SUBSURFACE GEOSCIENCE
COURSEWORK

     Courses in the Departments of Earth Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Chemical Engineering, Computational and Applied Mathematics, and Economics as well as in the Jones School of Management have been incorporated into the curriculum.  Students will enroll in two courses team-taught by industry leaders.  Petroleum Industry Economics and Management introduces students to essential components of financial decision making in the energy business, emphasizing risk analysis, and Modern Industrial Exploration Techniques exposes students to advanced techniques currently used in the exploration industry.

     The Subsurface Geoscience degree requires a total of 40 credit hours, not including the internship:

RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND  
     Applicants for the Professional Master's in Subsurface Geoscience must have:

• B.A. or B.S. degree in a related science or engineering program that included course work in general physics, chemistry, calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations
• Scores from the general Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
• Completed course work in geology and/or geophysics is preferred
• Completed course work in computer skills are preferred, but not required

REQUIRED COURSES   

Science core courses (19 hrs):
ESCI 441         Geophysical Data Analysis (F) or ESCI 440   (F)
ESCI 415         Petroleum Geology (S)
ESCI 442         Exploration Geophysics I (F)
ESCI 417         Petroleum Industry Economics and Management (S)
ESCI 444         Exploration Geophysics II (S)
ESCI 420         Modern Industrial Exploration Techniques (S)

Required Cohort courses (9 hrs):
NSCI 610         Management in Science and Engineering (F)
NSCI 501         Professional Master’s Seminar (F, S) [required for two semesters]
NSCI 512         Professional Master's Project (F, S)
NSCI 511         Science Policy & Ethics (S)

(List of Course Descriptions)

Internship:
An internship under the guidance of a host company, government agency, or national laboratory.  A summary of the internship project is required in both oral and written form as part of the Professional Master’s Seminar.

RECOMMENDED ELECTIVES (12 hrs) 
      Students will choose four electives.  Not every course is offered every year. Some courses may require prerequisites or instructor permission. 

Geology Focus Area
ESCI 427    Seismic Sequence Stratigraphy (S)
ESCI 428    Interpretation of Reflection Seismograms (F)
ESCI 450    Remote Sensing (S)
ESCI 463    Advanced Structural Geology (F)
ESCI 504    Siliciclastic Depositional Systems (F)
ESCI 505    Applied Sedimentology (F)
ESCI 506    Carbonate Depositional Systems (S)

Geophysics Focus Area
CENG 571  Flow and Transport through Porous Media I (S)
ESCI 427    Seismic Sequence Stratigraphy (S) 
ESCI 428    Interpretation of Reflection Seismograms (F)
ESCI 454    Geographic Information Science (F)
ESCI 461    Seismology I (F)
ESCI 542    Seismology II (F)

Additional Electives

COMP 429  Introduction to Computer Networks (S)
ESCI 454    Geographic Information Science (F)
STAT 310    Probability and Statistics (F, S)
STAT 410    Introduction to Statistical Computing and Computer Models (F)

CAAM 378    Introduction to Operations Research (F)
CEVE 322    Engineering Economics for Engineers (F)
ECON 486    Energy Economics (S)
MGMT 636    Systems Analysis and Database Design
MGMT 661    International Business Law (S)
MGMT 674    Production and Operations Management (F)
MGMT 676    Project Management / Project Finance (S)
MGMT 721    General Business Law (S)
NSCI 625      New Venture Creation for Science and Engineering (S)

and others ....

Last updated 06/9/2008 by Dagmar Beck