Department of Geological Sciences (GRAD) 1 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL Financial Aid Approximately 11 teaching assistantships with stipends of $16,000 SCIENCES (GRAD) to $17,000 per academic year (2019–2020 stipends) are available to graduate students. In addition, all graduate students are eligible to apply for departmental summer fellowships ($7,000) research funds, and Contact Information conference funds ($1,000) from a departmental endowment. Department of Geological Sciences Visit Program Website (http://geosci.unc.edu) The department nominates three students to be considered by The Graduate School for nonservice fellowships; no additional Eric Kirby, Chair application is necessary. Faculty research grants support some research assistantships. Out-of-state students are recommended for remission The Department of Geological Sciences offers programs leading to the of out-of-state tuition costs; all students are recommended for an in- M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geological sciences. A broad background is state tuition award. Most students are eligible for both and therefore are offered in most major areas of geoscience, with particular emphasis responsible only for the payment of student fees. on hydrology, coastal processes, isotope geochemistry, geochronology, seismology, volcanology, igneous petrology, marine geology, low- temperature geochemistry, paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, Master of Science paleontology, paleoecology, sequence stratigraphy, structural geology, Requirements for the master of science degree are 30 semester hours earth surface processes, and tectonics. (including a minimum of three hours, but no more than six hours of GEOL 993), a thesis, and a final oral examination in defense of the thesis. Admission and General Degree Doctor of Philosophy Requirements Many students have completed a master's degree before being admitted Students admitted to pursue a graduate degree in the Department of to the doctoral program, but some students enter the Ph.D. program Geological Sciences normally are expected to have an undergraduate having completed only an undergraduate degree. Students admitted to degree in traditional geology, geochemistry, geophysics, biology, the M.S. program who elect to pursue a Ph.D. instead may be permitted chemistry, mathematics, physics, or other related interdisciplinary fields. to bypass the master's degree after one semester of residence upon All applicants must take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). All demonstration of superior scholastic performance and research foreign students whose native language is not English also must take the potential. Recommendation by the student's graduate committee and Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) examination. approval by the geological sciences faculty is required in this case. Course requirements for incoming students will be determined by Admission to the Ph.D. program after completing the M.S. degree in the individual graduate committees, often in consultation with the director of Department of Geological Sciences requires faculty approval. graduate studies. Specific requirements are varied to meet the needs and career objectives of the individual. Requirements for the Ph.D. degree are a minimum of 48 semester hours of graduate credit (which may include 30 hours from the M.S. Facilities and Research Interests degree) and a minimum of six hours and preferably no more than 12 hours of GEOL 994, a written comprehensive examination and an oral The Department of Geological Sciences occupies the 50,000 square feet comprehensive examination, a dissertation, and a final oral examination of floor space in Elisha Mitchell Hall. Research equipment and facilities in defense of the dissertation. include two thermal ionization mass spectrometers with associated Class 100 clean labs; quadrupole ICPMS; a sediment analysis laboratory including refrigerated core storage; a laser-size particle analyzer; X-ray Professors fluorescence spectrometer; X-ray diffractometer; field-emission electron Larry K. Benninger, Low-Temperature Geochemistry microprobe (at Fayetteville State University, remotely operable); scanning Drew S. Coleman, Isotope Geochemistry, Geochronology electron microscope with X-ray analysis and cathodoluminescence; Jonathan M. Lees, Seismology, Volcanology counting laboratory (alpha-, beta-, and gamma-emitting radionuclides); Donna M. Surge, Paleoclimate, Paleoecology, Low-Temperature experimental petrology laboratory; gas chromatograph-isotope ratio Geochemistry mass spectrometer (in Marine Sciences); seismic reflection system; microsampling system with epifluorescence capabilities. The Department Associate Professors excels in advanced computational methods, and numerous high-end Laura J. Moore, Coastal Geology workstation facilities are available, including CPU-enhanced parallel Tamlin M. Pavelsky, Global Hydrology processors and 4K visualization displays. Through RENCI (Renaissance Kevin G. Stewart, Structural Geology Computing Institute) researchers can access, for instance, HPC and visualization to model coastal storm surge; software and cyber tools for interoperability and sharing of hydrology data and models and Assistant Professors supercomputer clusters, such as Hatteras, a 5168-core cluster running Xiaoming Liu, Geochemistry CentOS Unix, and Blue Ridge, a 160-node cluster with a 40Gbit MPI Antonia Sebastian, Applied Hydrology and Water Resources interconnect and 20TB shared system. RENCI's visualization includes a Social Computing Room, a 24'x24' room that utilizes three projectors per Associated Faculty wall, capable of visualizing at 9.5 million pixels. John M. Bane Jr., Physical Oceanography 2 Department of Geological Sciences (GRAD) Christopher S. Martens, Chemical Oceanography GEOL 411. Oceanic Processes in Environmental Systems. 4 Credits. Principles of analysis of the ocean, coast, and estuarine environments Adjunct Appointment and the processes that control these environments are applied to the analysis of environmental phenomena. Case studies of environmental Alan E. Boudreau, Petrology, Geochemistry issues. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week. Requisites: Prerequisites, BIOL 101, CHEM 102, ENEC 222, MATH 231, Professors Emeriti PHYS 115 or 119; permission of the instructor for students lacking the Joseph G. Carter prerequisites. Paul Fullagar Grading status: Letter grade Allen F. Glazner, Igneous Petrology, Tectonics Same as: ENEC 411, MASC 411. Daniel A. Textoris GEOL 412. Principles and Methods of Teaching Earth Science. 4 Credits. Required preparation, any introductory geology course. This course Assistant Teaching Professors develops the knowledge and skills teachers need to implement inquiry- Michelle Haskin, Geoscience Education based earth science instruction: conceptual knowledge of earth sciences Joel W. Hudley, Sedimentology and Paleoclimatology and mastery of inquiry instructional methods. Students study inquiry in Megan F. Plenge, Geoscience Education cognitive science and learning theory. This course is a requirement for the UNC-BEST program in geological sciences. GEOL Gen Ed: EE- Service Learning. Grading status: Letter grade Advanced Undergraduate and Graduate-level Courses Same as: ENEC 412. GEOL 403. Oceanography. 3 Credits. GEOL 415. Environmental Systems Modeling. 3 Credits. Required preparation, major in a natural science or two courses in This course explores principles and strategies for studying environmental natural sciences. Studies origin of ocean basins, seawater chemistry phenomena, and presents methods for developing explanatory and and dynamics, biological communities, sedimentary record, and predictive models of environmental systems, e.g., predator-prey, oceanographic history. Term paper. Students lacking science background estuaries, greenhouse gases, and ecosystem material cycles. should see MASC 101. Students may not receive credit for both Requisites: Prerequisite, MATH 383; pre- or corequisite, PHYS 115 or 118, MASC 101 and MASC 401. and COMP 116. Grading status: Letter grade Grading status: Letter grade Same as: MASC 401, BIOL 350, ENVR 417. Same as: ENEC 415, MASC 415. GEOL 405. Geochemistry. 3 Credits. GEOL 417. Geomorphology. 3 Credits. Required preparation, one introductory geology course. Introduction to Introduction to process geomorphology with emphasis on quantitative the application of chemical principles to geological problems. Topics interpretation of weathering, hill slope, fluvial, glacial, and eolian include thermodynamics, kinetics, and isotope geochemistry. Previously processes from topography and landscapes. offered as GEOL 512/MASC 553. Requisites: Prerequisites, GEOL 201 and MATH 231; permission of the Requisites: Prerequisites, CHEM 102 and MATH 231; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Grading status: Letter grade Gen Ed: QI. Same as: ENEC 417. Grading status: Letter grade Same as: MASC 455. GEOL 417L. Geomorphology Laboratory. 1 Credit. Two laboratory hours per week. GEOL 406. Introduction to Geophysics. 3 Credits. Requisites: Pre- or corequisite, GEOL 417. Introduction to the fundamentals of global geophysics: gravity, Grading status: Letter grade. seismology, magnetism, heat, and plate tectonics. Both shallow and deep processes are considered. Emphasis is aimed at problem solving by GEOL 421. Archaeological Geology. 3 Credits. applying concepts. Previously offered as GEOL 515. Permission of the instructor. The application of geological principles Requisites: