Courses for MST Students

Student can usually complete an MST degree in two summers and the intervening academic year. To accommodate teacher's schedules, courses offered during the academic year are generally in the evenings, weekends and/or online. Student can complete most of their field-based course requirements during the first summer, take online courses during the academic year, and return for MST Project presentation and any remaining course work during the second summer. The following coursework has been created for MST students. In addition, other graduate courses in the department listed HERE are also available to MST students to choose from.

Description of Summer Field Courses Designed for MST students

The following field courses meet program requirements.

1. GL 499/699 Field and Laboratory Studies of Coastal Processes (4 Credit Hrs): This course consists of a one day orientation to the seashore environment, a four-day field trip to the New Jersey shore, and a day of additional laboratory work after the trip. Contact Dr. William Slattery for course schedule and other details. Course fee (transportation & lodging): $200.

2. GL 499/699 Caves, Rivers & Earthquake Field Studies (3 Credit Hrs): A four-day field course to western Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Indiana. Major topics include karst features in and around Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, fluvial processes along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and geological consequences of earthquakes at the Reelfoot lake, Tennessee and New Madrid, Missouri areas. Visit to an open-cast coal mining operation near Evansville, Indiana, and the Paleozoic history of the mid-western US at the Falls of the Ohio, near Louiseville, KY. Contact Dr. Abinash Agrawal for course schedule and other details. Course fee (transportation & lodging): $200.

3. GL 499/699 Glacial Landforms: Ohio to the Fingerlakes (3 Credit Hrs): A four-day field trip from Ohio to the Finger Lakes region of central NY examining, photographing, and studying the classic landforms and deposits associated with continental glaciation (i.e., drumlins, etc.), and subsequent evolution (i.e., Lake Erie shoreline retreat, Niagara Falls). Contact Dr. Ernest Hauser for course schedule and other details. Course fee (transportation & lodging): $200.

4. GL 499/699 Physical Geology/Natural History of Ohio (3 Credit Hrs): An introduction to the rich geological history, mineral resources and geological hazards of Ohio through day-long field trips. Contact Dr. Ernest Hauser for course schedule and other details. Course fee (transportation): $100.