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Master of Science Program in Geological Sciences
Thesis Option
University requirements.
- A minimum of 30 hours beyond the bachelor's degree.
- At least 15 hours of 8000- or 9000-level work.
- No more than 12 hours (of the 30) can be Geology 7085, 7990, 8085, & 8090 (problems, readings, thesis research, etc.).
- Read the pertinent parts of the Graduate Catalog for additional information on MU requirements for the Master's degree.
Advice: Take most of your classroom coursework (18 hrs. or more) the first year, then concentrate on thesis research the second year.
Departmental requirements.
- Admission is based upon examination of transcripts, required GRE
scores (Verbal and Quantitative), and letters of recommendation. Serious
consideration for admission requires a 3.00 GPA on the last 60 hours
of undergraduate work, GRE scores totaling 1100 on the Verbal and
Quantitative Tests, and strong letters of recommendation. Lower GPA's
must be offset by higher GRE scores.
- Students must maintain a GPA of 3.00 for all competitive classroom
work at MU. If GPA falls below 3.00, student must raise GPA to
3.00 or higher by end of next semester or be dropped from Master's
program.
- Equivalent of MU Bachelor of Science degree in geology or another
science field is normally required prior to receiving an advanced
degree. Science-course deficiencies must be made up before beginning
thesis work.
- There is no foreign language requirement.
- A thesis is required. (There is also a non-thesis option; see below).
The student must choose a supervisor by the middle of his second semester
in residence, and make a brief written report to the faculty outlining
the proposed thesis research.
- The Master's Final Exam is a defense of the thesis. The student
should invite all faculty members to attend their defense. An
oral presentation of the thesis results must be given at a departmental
seminar (either fall or winter semester) as a part of the defense.
After an open question-answer session, the student and the exam
committee may conclude the defense in a closed question-answer
session.
- Faculty members will not read theses or conduct final examinations during the summer field season.
Note: International students for whom English is a foreign language must submit a TOEFL score of at least 530 (paper-based) or 197 (computer-based) or 71 (Internet-based) to be considered for admission.
Non-Thesis Option
Our Department recently instituted a non-thesis option for the Master's Degree. We developed this additional track for students who
- are employed full- or part-time and who wish to pursue an advanced degree while working;
- are coming from engineering or chemistry backgrounds or other fields and who wish to acquire geologic knowledge to become registered geologists; and/or
- wish to study advanced geology for any reason, but do not wish to pursue thesis research.
Like the thesis opton, the non-thesis option also requires 30 hours beyond the bachelor's degree with at least 15 hours of 8000- or 9000-level work. The chief difference is that the non-thesis option requires 27 of the 30 hours to be classroom courses plus 3 hours of research credit leading to completion of a smaller-scope research project (instead of up to 12 research hours leading to a thesis). Although students conducting research leading to a thesis receive preferential consideration for Departmental financial support, those interested in the non-thesis option may also be supported if funds are available.
The Department offers graduate RA and TA positions in all sub-fields covered within the department. For further information, please contact Kristin Bennett (BennettKA@missouri.edu) or the individual faculty member (faculty list) with whom you would like to work.
For additional information on Graduate Studies:
phone: 573-882-3759
email: BauerR@missouri.edu
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Department of Geological
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University of Missouri
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Columbia, MO 65211-1380
Phone: 573-882-6785
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