Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences (PhD)
Degree Requirements
Graduate programs are offered in Atmospheric Science, Earth Science, and Marine Science. Specific course requirements are determined by the advisory committee of each student.
Degrees earned will be distributed as: "Doctor of Philosophy in Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences" without track specifications.
Marine Science Track
Within marine sciences the subdisciplines include:
- Biological Oceanography
- Chemical Oceanography
- Geological Oceanography
- Physical Oceanography
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Courses 1 | 12 | ||
| Principles of Physical Oceanography | |||
| Principles of Biological Oceanography | |||
| Geological Oceanography | |||
| Principles of Chemical Oceanography | |||
| Seminar Course 2 | 1 | ||
| Seminar | |||
| Area of Focus Courses | 50 | ||
| Courses in the "Area of Focus" are determined in conjunction with the academic committee | |||
| Courses Outside Area of Focus | 9 | ||
| "Courses Outside Area of Focus" are determined in conjunction with the academic committee | |||
| Total Hours | 72 | ||
Earth Science Track
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminar Course 2 | 1 | ||
| Seminar | |||
| Area of Focus Courses | 71 | ||
| Courses in the "Area of Focus" are determined in conjunction with the academic committee | |||
| Total Hours | 72 | ||
Atmospheric Science Track
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminar Course 2 | 1 | ||
| Seminar | |||
| Area of Focus Courses 1 | 71 | ||
| Courses in the "Area of Focus" are determined in conjunction with the academic committee | |||
| Total Hours | 72 | ||
- 1
Marine science students are required to take core courses in all three subdisciplines other than their own; this requirement may be fulfilled at the M.S. level.
- 2
MEA 801 is required of all Ph.D. students no later than the fourth semester in residence.
Faculty
Lecturers
- Viney Pal Aneja
- DelWayne R. Bohnenstiehl
- Jason Cordeira
- Adam Curry
- Nicholas Dygert
- David B. Eggleston
- David Paul Genereux
- Timothy Glotfelty
- Peter Jeurgen Harries
- Ruoying He
- David Kimmel
- Gary M. Lackmann
- Elana L. Leithold
- Jay Frederick Levine
- Jing-pu Liu
- David A. McConnell
- Kay McMonigal
- Nicholas Meskhidze
- Helena Mitasova
- Lewis Andrew Owen
- Matthew David Parker
- John Peters
- Markus Dirk Jan Petters
- Zhen Qu
- Walter A. Robinson
- William J. Showers
- Lian Xie
- Sandra E. Yuter
- Anantha Aiyyer
- Paul Kevin Byrne
- Christopher Lee Osburn
- Astrid Schnetzer
- Karl William Wegmann
- Carli Arendt
- Stuart Bishop
- Magdalena Alyssa Ellis Curry
- Catherine Van Wie Davis
- Lily Hughes
- Ethan Gordon Hyland
- Sarah Larson
- Ryan William Paerl
- Andres Camilo Rey Sanchez
- Arianna Soldati
- Otis B. Brown
- Curtis Congreve
- Brian K. Eder
- Elisabeth Streit Falk
- Kenneth E. Kunkel
- Roberto Javier Mera
- Carrie J. Thomas
- Joseph Brendan Zambon
- Fredrick Semazzi
- Charles Ernest Knowles
- Satya Pal Singh Arya
- Jerry M. Davis
- David John DeMaster
- John Crothers Fountain
- James Patrick Hibbard
- Thomas Sawyer Hopkins
- Leonard J. Pietrafesa
- Sethu Raman
- Allen J. Riordan
- Dale A Russell
- Ping-Tung Shaw
- Edward F. Stoddard
- Donna Lee Wolcott
- Thomas G. Wolcott
- William Howard Battye
- Geoffrey Weszely Bell
- Scott Anthony Braun
- Michael Brennan
- Subrahmanyam Bulusu
- Brian A. Colle
- Jeffrey Cunningham
- Johannes Michael Leopold Dahl
- Kathie Dello
- David R. Easterling
- Scott Howard Ensign
- Troy Gilmore
- Peter Hamilton
- Russel S. Harmon
- Barron Halton Henderson
- Nam-Young Kang
- David E. Kingsmill
- Branko Kosovic
- Emlyn Howard Koster
- Benjamin Kravitz
- Nicole Deneault LaDue
- Romuald Lipcius
- Huiqing Liu
- David Mechem
- Siddhartha Mitra
- Maria Janeth Molina
- Andrew Newell
- Lester Perry
- Sharon Phillips
- Brandon Puckett
- S. Trivikrama Rao
- Joseph Rudek
- Blake Schaeffer
- Jenni Stanley
- Robert Christopher Tacker
- Susan White
- Shaocai Yu
- Yang Zhang
- Yin San Zhang
- Xiangdong Zhang