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You should discuss your graduate level course work with your thesis advisor.

600-level Classes

Geol 600 Seminar in Petrology & Geochemistry – Pietruszka - every other year in Fall semester – to be taught Fall 2006

Geol 600 (will be Geol631) Seminar: Numerical Simulation of Wave Propagation – Olsen – every 2-4 semesters depending on student interest – please contact Kim to let him know you want this course offered

Geol 600 (will be Geol632) Seminar: Inverse Theory – Olsen –last taught Fall 2006 - every 2-4 semesters depending on student interest – please contact Kim to let him know you want this course offered

Geol 600 Seminar: Collaborative Visualization – Frost – every Fall semester

Geol600 Seminar: Sensor Units – Frost – every Spring semester

Geol 600 Seminar: Skeletal Growth and Chemistry – Schellenberg – every other Fall semester – last taught Spring 2005

Geol 600 Seminar: Paleontology Evolution and Extinction – Leighton – every other Fall semester – last taught Fall 2006

Geol 600 Seminar: Advanced Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology – Camp – every Spring semester

Geol 611 Seminar: Geoscience Education Research and Practice – Riggs – no longer taught

Geol 615 Geology of Clays – Berry – will be taught Spring 2007

Geol 620 Seminar: Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction – Schellenberg –every other Fall semester - last taught Fall 2006

Geol 625 Paleoecology – Leighton – every other Spring semester - last taught Spring 2006

Geol 630 Selected Topics in Geophysics – Jiracek/Olsen/Day – two sections will be taught in Spring 2007

Geol 633 Quaternary Geology – Rockwell – generally every 3rd semester - last taught Fall 2005 – to be offered Spring 2007?

Geol 635 Petrology of Terrigenous Rocks – Girty – last taught Spring 2005 – ask Gary about when this course may be offered

Geol 640 Geotectonics – Kimbrough – last taught Spring 2006 – ask Dave about when this course may be offered

Geol 642 Neotectonics – Rockwell – generally every 3rd semester – last taught Spring 2006

Geol 645 Advanced Structural Geology – Girty –last taught Fall 2006 – ask Gary about when this course may be offered

Geol 651 Numerical Modeling of Ground-Water Flow – Thorbjarnarson – every 3rd semester –last taught Fall 2006

Geol 652 Multiphase Flow – Huntley – not taught anymore

Geol 653 Ground Water Aquifer Testing – Huntley/lecturer - to be taught Spring 2007?

Geol 660 Isotope Geology – Pietruszka – every other year in Fall semester – last taught Fall 2005

Geol 676 Solute Transport in Groundwater – Thorbjarnarson – every 3rd semester – last taught Fall 2005 – to be taught Spring 2007

Geol 677 Environmental Fate of Organic Contaminants – Thorbjarnarson – every 3rd semester – last taught Spring 2006 – to be taught Fall 2007

Geol 687 Volcanology – Camp – every Fall semester - last taught Fall 2005 (due to sabbatical leave)

Geol 688 Form and Function – Leighton – every other Fall semester - last taught Fall 2005

500-Level Classes – maximum of 6 units of 500-level geology classes can count toward MS:

Geol501  Geochronology – Kimbrough – ask him about schedule

Geol502 Geology of North America – Peterson – every semester

Geol505 Photogeology and Remote Sensing – Frost – generally every Spring – last taught Spring 2006 – will be taught Spring 2007

Geol514 Process Geomorphology – Rockwell/lecturer – every or every other Fall semester – last taught Fall 2005

Geol530 Geochemistry – Pietruszka – taught every Fall semester

Geol 533 Geophysical Analysis – Day – last taught Spring 2006 – will be taught Spring 2007

Geol 536 Sedimentology and Lithostratigraphy – Morrow – every Spring semester

Geol 537 Geobiology – Leighton/Schellenberg – every Spring semester

Geol 540 Marine Geology – formerly taught by Bertine (retired)

Geol 545 Descriptive Physical Oceanography – Dorman – every  other Fall semester – to be taught Fall 2007

Geol 550 Engineering Geology – last taught Fall 2006 (Elliott)

Geol 551 Hydrogeology – Thorbjarnarson - every Fall semester

Geol 560 Earthquake Seismology – Day – generally taught every other year - last taught Spring 2006

Geol 580 Seismic Interpretation – Mellors – every Fall semester

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