Doy Zachry, Chairman of the Department, 118 Ozark Hall, 575-3355
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR MacDONALD; PROFESSORS KONIG, MANGER, STEELE, ZACHRY; PROFESSOR EMERITUS JACKSON; ADJUNCT PROFESSORS BRAHANA, WAGNER; ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GUCCIONE; ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DAVIS
Degree Conferred: M.S. (GEOL)
Prerequisites to Degree Program: Students admitted to graduate study should have completed an undergraduate geology program similar to that required for the B.S. degree at the University of Arkansas. Applicants lacking an appropriate background may satisfy deficiencies while enrolled in Graduate School. Prospective students should submit application forms, three letters of recommendation, and a statement of their graduate and professional goals before March 15 for the fall semester and October 15 for the spring semester in order to assure their consideration. These dates are also deadlines for receipt of application for financial assistance.
Requirements for the Master of Science Degree: The Department of Geology requires 30 graduate course credit hours, six of which will be derived from a thesis reporting the results of an original laboratory or field research problem. All course work, a thesis topic, and the final thesis must be approved by the student's thesis committee. This committee is selected by the student and the student's thesis director and will consist of a minimum of three members. At least two of the committee members will be chosen from Geology Department faculty whose areas of expertise coincide with the research interests of the student.
A minimum of 18 hours of geology course credit, excluding the six credit hours for the thesis and excluding variable credit courses, will be chosen from the three areas of geology listed below. A minimum of three hours credit must be taken in each area.
AREA I AREA II AREA III
Sedimentation Remote Sensing Geochemistry
Paleontology Geomorphology Igneous & Metamorphic
Petroleum Geology Hydrogeology Petrology
Sedimentary Petrology Geophysics Mineralogy
Stratigraphy Tectonics Economic Geology
Quaternary Geology Surficial Geology Mining Geology
To complete the requirements for the degree, the candidate must complete all course work with a grade-point average of 3.00, submit an acceptable thesis, and pass a comprehensive examination based primarily on a defense of the student's thesis.
Courses: Geology (GEOL)
4033 Hydrogeology (Sp) Occurrence, movement, and interaction of water with geologic and cultural features. Lecture 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: MATH 2564 and either GEOL 3513, 3511L, or consent.
4043 Water Resource Issues (Fa) Human impact on the quantity and quality of water resources including impact of agriculture, industrial, and municipal uses, and a comparitive policies and water resource development, past and present. Prerequisite: consent.
4050L Geomorphology Lab Corequisite: GEOL 4053.
4053 Geomorphology (Sp) Mechanics of landform development. Lecture 2 hours per week, laboratory 3 hours per week. Several local field trips are required during the semester. Prerequisite: GEOL 1004, 1113, or 3002. Corequisite: GEOL 4050L.
4153 Karst Hydrogeology (Irregular) Assessment of ground water resources in carbonate rock terrains; relation of ground water and surface water hydrology to karst; quantification of extreme variability in karst environments; data collection rationale. Field trips required. Prerequisite: GEOL 1033 or consent.
4220L Stratigraphy and Sedimentation Lab Corequisite: GEOL 4223.
4223 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (Sp) Intro-ductory investigation of stratigraphic and sedimentologic factors important to the study of sedimentary rocks. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours per week. A required weekend, two-day field trip will be conducted during the semester. Prerequisite: GEOL 3413. Corequisite: GEOL 4220L.
4250L Petroleum Geology Lab
4253 Petroleum Geology (Fa) Distribution and origin of petroleum. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 2 hours per week. Prerequisite: geology major and senior standing or consent.
4310L Advanced Optical Mineralogy Lab Corequisite: GEOL 4313.
4313 Advanced Optical Mineralogy (Sp) Crystal optics and the identification of non-opaque minerals by optical techniques. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours per week. Corequisite: GEOL 4310L.
436V Geology Field Trip (1-2) (Sp) Camping field trip to areas of geologic interest, usually conducted during Spring Break. May be taken for either 1 or 2 hours of credit and may be taken only two times for credit. Prerequisite: GEOL 3313 or consent.
4410L Principles of Remote Sensing Lab Corequisite: GEOL 4413.
4413 Principles of Remote Sensing (Fa) Theoretical and practical consideration of radar imagery, aerial photography, and infrared imagery for understanding Earth resource problems related to agriculture, archeology, engineering, forestry, geography, and geology. Two hours lecture and two hours laboratory per week. Prerequisite: GEOL 1004, 1113, or 3002. Corequisite: GEOL 4410L.
4430L Geophysics Lab Corequisite: GEOL 4433.
4433 Geophysics (Irregular) Derivation from physical principles, of the geophysical methods for mapping the Earth. Computational methods of converting gravity, magnetic, radiometric, electrical, and seismic data into geologic information. Lecture 3 hours per week, laboratory 2 hours per week. Prerequisites: MATH 2564, PHYS 2033/2031L, and either GEOL 3513, 3511L, or consent. Corequisite: GEOL 4430L.
4440L Geoscience Computing Lab Corequisite: GEOL 4443.
4443 Geoscience Computing (Irregular) Imple-mentation of small computer systems in the solution of geologic problems. Tabular and graphical display of data, graphical data input, hardware and software considerations. Exercises from structural geology, geochemistry, surface and borehole geophysics, and paleontology. Lecture 2 hours per week, laboratory 2 hours per week. Prerequisites: CSCI 1033/1031, MATH 2564, GEOL 3513, 3511L. Corequisite: GEOL 4440L.
445V Geophysical Field Exercise (1-6) (Irregular) Emulation of industrial geophysical exploration for groundwater, industrial minerals, metals, or hydrocarbons. Survey design, instrument operation, data processing, geologic interpretation, and report writing. Taught off-campus. Prerequisites: consent.
4710L Economic Geology Lab Corequisite: GEOL 4713.
4713 Economic Geology (Fa, Even years) Theoretical and practical consideration of selected metallic and non-metallic minerals for understanding their origin, distribution, and use. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 2 hours per week. Prerequisite: GEOL 2313. Corequisite: GEOL 4710L.
5001 Graduate Seminar (Irregular) Informal discussions of research as reported in geological literature. All graduate students are expected to attend.
5030L Geology of Arkansas Lab Corequisite: GEOL 5033.
5033 Geology of Arkansas (Su) A survey of the distribution, genesis, and age of the rocks, fossils, and landforms of the geological provinces of Arkansas. Equivalent to two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent. Corequisite: GEOL 5030L.
5043 Advanced Hydrogeology (Fa) Qualitative and quantitative geohydrology with emphasis on physics and chemistry of groundwater simulation of flow, and contamination/remediation. Several local field trips are required during the semester. Prerequisite: GEOL 4033.
5050L Quaternary Environments Lab Corequisite: GEOL 5053.
5053 Quaternary Environments (Fa) An interdisciplinary study of the Quaternary Period including dating methods, deposits, soils, climates, tectonics, and human adaptation. Lecture 2 hours per week, laboratory 2 hours per week. (Same as ANTH 5053 and GEOG 5053.) Prerequisite: GEOL 1113 and 1133. Corequisite: GEOL 5050L.
5063 Geochemistry (Fa) Chemistry of geologic processes and the geochemical cycles of selected elements. Prerequisite: CHEM 1103/1101L and 1123/1121L.
5076 Advanced Field Methods of Applied Hydro-geology (Su) Applied field course emphasizing collection and interpretation of ground water data. Three hours may be applied toward an M.S. degree in geology. Prerequisite: GEOL 4033 or consent.
5120L Stratigraphic Principles and Practice Lab Corequisite: GEOL 5123.
5123 Stratigraphic Principles and Practice (Sp, Irregular) Physical and biological characteristics of sedimentary environments and their correlation in time with emphasis on the local geologic section. Prerequisite: GEOL 4223 or consent. Corequisite: GEOL 5120L.
5132 Ammonoid Biostratigraphy (Sp, Irregular) Laboratory study of the biology, taxonomy, and biostratigraphy of Paleozoic ammonoid cephalopods. Prerequisite or corequisite: GEOL 5123.
5142 Conodont Biostratigraphy (Sp, Irregular) Laboratory study of the biology, taxonomy, and biostratigraphy of the conodonts. Prerequisite or corequisite: GEOL 5123.
5153 Environmental Site Assessment (Irregular) Principles, problems, and methods related to conducting an environmental site assessment. An applied course covering field site assessment, regulatory documentation, and report preparation. Prerequisite: GEOL 4033 or consent.
5163 Hydrogeologic Modeling (Irregular) Topics include numerical simulation of ground water flow, solute transport, aqueous geochemistry, theoretical development of equations, hypothesis testing of conceptual models, limitations of specific methods, and error analysis. Emphasis on practical applications and problem solving. Prerequisite: GEOL 4033, computer literacy and consent.
5213 Sedimentation (Irregular) Study of depositional processes, sedimentary environments, and facies for sediments and sedimentary rocks. Lecture 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: GEOL 4223 or consent.
5220L Sedimentary Petrology Lab Corequisite: GEOL 5223.
5223 Sedimentary Petrology (Irregular) Sediments and sedimentary rocks. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 2 hours per week. Prerequisite: GEOL 4223. Corequisite: GEOL 5220L.
5230L Sandstone Petrology Lab Corequisite: GEOL 5233.
5233 Sandstone Petrology (Sp, Even years) Texture, composition, digenesis, and interpretation of clastic sediment and rock, chiefly through thin-section analysis. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 2 hours per week. Prerequisite: GEOL 4313 and 5223 or consent. Corequisite: GEOL 5230L.
5240L Carbonate Petrology Lab Corequisite: GEOL 5243
5243 Carbonate Petrology (Fa) Thin-section and field analysis of the textural, compositional, environmental, and digenetic aspects of carbonate rocks. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: GEOL 5223. Corequisite: GEOL 5240L.
5250L Mineral Weathering and Diagenesis Lab Corequisite: GEOL 5253.
5253 Mineral Weathering and Diagenesis (Irregular) Consideration of mineral alteration, especially the clay materials, in subaerial and subaqueous environments at low temperatures and pressures. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 2 hours per week. Offered alternate years. Prerequisite: GEOL 2313 or consent. Corequisite: GEOL 5250L
5263 Hydrochemical Methods (Sp) Collection, analytical and interpretation techniques and methods for water, including quality control and quality assurance. Prerequisite: CHEM 1123, 1121L.
5311L Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Lab (Sp) Thin section study of igneous and metamorphic rock suites. Laboratory 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: GEOL 3313, 4313; Corequisite: 5313.
5313 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (Sp) Theoretical consideration of igneous and metamorphic rocks with respect to their origin. Lecture 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: GEOL 3313. Corequisite: GEOL 5311L.
5360L Analytical Geochemistry Lab Corequisite: GEOL 5363.
5363 Analytical Geochemistry (Sp, Even years) Application of x-ray diffraction and spectrometry, atomic absorption spectrometry, emission spectroscopy, colorimetry, and wet chemical methods for identification and characterization of geologic materials. Prerequisite: GEOL 2313, CHEM 1123/1121L, and PHYS 2033/2031L or 2073/2071L. Corequisite: GEOL 5360L.
5413 Advanced Structural Geology (Fa) Structural geology as applied to sedimentary rocks, and in the analysis of multiple deformation in metamorphic rocks. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: GEOL 3313, 3412, 3513, 3511L.
5423 Remote Sensing of Natural Resources (Sp, Odd years) Advanced course in remote sensing technology with special emphasis on interpretive techniques for resource management and research. Prerequisite: GEOL 4413.
5440L Advanced Petroleum Geology Lab Corequisite: GEOL 5444.
5444 Advanced Petroleum Geology (Sp, Even years) Advanced well logging techniques, quantitative analysis, and subsurface correlation. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 2 hours per week. Prerequisite: GEOL 4253 or consent. Corequisite: GEOL 5440L.
5463 Exploration Geochemistry (Sp, Odd years) Use of geochemistry in mineral and petroleum exploration.
5513 Gravity and Magnetic Methods (Irregular) Computational problems associated with reducing, enhancing, and interpreting gravity and magnetic data. Programming and calculational problems in petroleum and minerals exploration and geotechnical studies in mainframe and micro-computers. Prerequisites: MATH 2574, CSCI 1033/1031, and either GEOL 4433 or consent.
5523 Applied Seismic Methods (Irregular) Computer processing of refraction and reflection seismic data. Application of quantitative methods to petroleum and mineral exploration and engineering and groundwater studies. Prerequisites: CSCI 1033/1031 and either GEOL 4433 or consent.
560V Graduate Special Problems (2-4) (Fa, Sp, Su) Library, laboratory, or field research in different phases of geology. May be taken for a total of 2 to 4 hours of credit.
5733 Tectonics (Fa) Development and ramifications of the plate tectonics theory. Analysis of the evolution of mountain belts. Lecture 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: GEOL 3513, 3511L.
600V Master's Thesis (1-6) (Fa, Sp, Su) Prerequisite: graduate standing and consent.
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