Earth Science and Engineering (ErES)
The program has two tracks:- Fluid Earth Systems
- Solid Earth Systems
The Fluid Earth Systems track encompasses flow and transport processes both beneath and above the earth’s surface, including subsurface, surface and atmospheric flows. Solid Earth Systems encompasses the areas of seismology, geophysics, geodynamics and geomechanics. A student seeking a degree in ErSE must specify one track as a major, take a minimum of 3 courses at the 200 level or above in that track for the M.S. degree, and an additional 2 courses at the 300 level or above in that track for the Ph.D. degree. Each course carries 3 credit hours.
The M.S. degree requirement is 30 credit hours, and the Ph.D. requires a minimum of an additional 6 credit hours of course work and 24 hours of dissertation research. Typically, the duration of the M.S. program is 1.5 years, and the Ph.D. program is 3 years beyond that. More detailed information on degree requirements, including qualifying, candidacy, dissertation and final defense, are described in a separate document. Further details on degree coursework requirements as well as Ph.D. program qualification and requirements are described in Section 4.
The courses in each track are as follows:
Fluid Earth Systems
- ErSE 200, ErSE 201, ErSE 202, ErSE 215, ErSE 220, ErSE 253, ErSE 301, ErSE 302, ErSE 312, ErSE 313, ErSE 318, ErSE 319, ErSE 320, ErSE 321,ErSE 322, ErSE 324, ErSE 410
Solid Earth Systems
- ErSE 210, ErSE 211, ErSE 212, ErSE 215, ErSE 253, ErSE 260, ErSE 262, ErSE 311, ErSE 312, ErSE 313, ErSE 314, ErSE 320, ErSE 321, ErSE 322, ErSE 324, ErSE 410
Courses from other programs related to the Fluid Earth Systems track:
- EnSE 221, EnSE 222, EnSE 223, EnSE 224, EnSE 304, EnSE 321, MarSEA 211, MarSEA 212, MarSEA 213, MarSEA 214, MarSEA 215, MarSEA 216, MarSEA 311, MarSEA 313, MarSEA 314, MarSEA 315
In addition to the above, a number of courses from Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering may serve as appropriate electives for students in ErSE.