General....... The Master of Science degree in Hydrogeology requires 24 semester credit hours of course work and six semester credit hours of thesis research.  Candidates must write a thesis based on original research and defend it at an oral examination.  For students on leave from industry, a special non-thesis option is available, which requires 30 semester credit hours of course work and the passing of a comprehensive written examination. The expectation is that full-time students should complete all degree requirements within two years.  Candidates with one or more academic deficiencies may require one or two additional semesters.

All students are also required to take GEOL 851 (regular attendance at this weekly seminar is expected of all students whether or not they are enrolled for credit).

For those students who enter the Master's program lacking a baccalaureate degree in the geosciences, deficiencies in their geological education need to be made up during the first year.  This should include coursework in structural geology, mineralogy or petrology, sedimentation or stratigraphy, and hydrogeology.  Students entering this program should also have a strong mathematics background.  Two semesters of calculus are required; a third semester of calculus and a course in differential equations are recommended.  Students lacking two semesters of calculus will be required to take calculus through MTHSC 108 (Calculus of One Variable II).  GEOL 415 (Analysis of Geological Processes) is recommended for students who have not had a third semester of calculus or differential equations.

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