Earth Sciences

www.smu.edu/earthsciences

Professor Heather DeShon, Department Chair

Professors: Stephen Arrowsmith, Heather DeShon, Robert T. Gregory, Zhong Lu, Maria Beatrice Magnani (Director of Graduate Studies), Neil Tabor, Crayton Yapp
Associate Professors: Douglas LaRowe, Andrew Quicksall
Assistant Professors: Alexander Chase, Sarah Travino, Xiao Yang
Lecturer: Weimin Feng
Research Professors: Michael Blanpied, Dori Contreras, Rita Economos, Anthony Fiorillo, Matthew Hornbach, Sarah McComas, Mihan H. McKenna Taylor, Matthew Siegler, H. Troy Stuckey, Alisa J. Winkler, Dale A. Winkler, Pierre Zippi

Geology or Geophysics Admission Requirements

The minimum requirements for admission to graduate study in the Earth sciences are those in effect for admission to graduate programs  of SMU. The GRE graduate school admission test is optional. International students applying from countries where English is not the native language are required to submit scores on the TOEFL English language proficiency examination.

Programs

• Geology, Ph.D.
• Geophysics, Ph.D.

• Applied Geophysics, M.S.
• Geology, M.S.
• Geophysics, M.S.

Courses

• GEOL 6049 - Graduate Full-Time Status
• GEOL 6107 - Departmental Seminar
• GEOL 6210 - Independent Study in Geoscience
• GEOL 6302 - Sedimentology: Clastic Environments
• GEOL 6309 - Special Topics in Geological Sciences
• GEOL 6310 - Independent Study in Geoscience
• GEOL 6320 - Dynamic Earth I
• GEOL 6321 - Dynamic Earth II
• GEOL 6338 - Thermodynamics of Geological Processes
• GEOL 6340 - Structural Interpretation of Seismic Reflection Profiles
• GEOL 6341 - Basin Analysis
• GEOL 6356 - Principles and Application of Remote Sensing
• GEOL 6360 - Paleoecology
• GEOL 6363 - Environmental Geology Seminar
• GEOL 6371 - Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology
• GEOL 6372 - Principles of Sedimentation
• GEOL 6373 - Principles of Stratigraphy
• GEOL 6375 - Theory of Heat Flow and Diffusion
• GEOL 6379 - Special Topics: Earth Sciences
• GEOL 6380 - Geophysical Inverse Theory
• GEOL 6386 - Geochemistry
• GEOL 6388 - Geodynamics
• GEOL 6389 - Theory of Digital Data Processing in Geophysics
• GEOL 6390 - Principles and Application of Radar Interferometry
• GEOL 6392 - Introduction to Seismology
• GEOL 6393 - Big Data in Geophysics
• GEOL 6394 - Theoretical Seismology I
• GEOL 6395 - Mathematical Methods of Geophysics and Theoretical Seismology II
• GEOL 6396 - Exploration Seismology
• GEOL 6398 - Thesis
• GEOL 6399 - Thesis
• GEOL 7100 - Research
• GEOL 7201 - Research in Sedimentology
• GEOL 7203 - Research in Stratigraphy
• GEOL 7209 - Research in Mineralogy and Petrology
• GEOL 7213 - Research in Geophysics
• GEOL 7215 - Research in Geochemistry
• GEOL 7300 - Research
• GEOL 7301 - Research in Sedimentology
• GEOL 7303 - Research in Stratigraphy
• GEOL 7305 - Research in Paleontology
• GEOL 7309 - Research in Mineralogy and Petrology
• GEOL 7313 - Research in Geophysics
• GEOL 7315 - Research in Geochemistry
• GEOL 7350 - Seminar in Paleontology
• GEOL 7351 - Seminar in Stratigraphy
• GEOL 7352 - Seminar in Sedimentology
• GEOL 7353 - Seminar in Petrology
• GEOL 7354 - Seminar in Geochemistry
• GEOL 7355 - Seminar in Geophysics
• GEOL 7357 - Seminar in Structural Geology
• GEOL 7380 - Research Project in Applied Geophysics
• GEOL 8049 - Graduate Full-Time Status
• GEOL 8100 - Research
• GEOL 8398 - Dissertation Research
• GEOL 8399 - Dissertation Research
• GEOL 8698 - Dissertation Research
• GEOL 8699 - Dissertation Research
• GEOL 8998 - Dissertation Research
• GEOL 8999 - Dissertation Research