Program of Graduate Study The Degree of Master of Science The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Courses and Sample Ph.D. Programs Recent Ph.D. Theses Tuition and Financial Aid

The requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy are as follows:

1. GEOS 30200 must be taken in the student's first or second year.
2. A program of study approved by the student's advisory committee.
3. A reading comprehension examination in a modern foreign language may be required if deemed appropriate by the advisory committee.
4. A preliminary examination consisting of a written part covering fields that the student has selected for a program of study, and an oral part based upon the student's proposal for a dissertation topic that has been submitted as a research prospectus.
5. Admission to formal candidacy for the degree, based upon 1, 2, 3 above and upon the advisory committee's assessment of the student's competence and promise in independent research.
6. A dissertation by the candidate on the results of independent research in the geophysical sciences.
7. An oral final examination, concerned mainly with the subject of the dissertation and the field of specialization.