About This Program

地质科学硕士学位提供问ualified students the opportunity for advanced study in a wide variety of geologic fields. Focus areas include environmental research (water, surface and subsurface processes; geohazards; and natural resources), as well as evolution of earth's systems research (climate change, paleoecology and evolution, crustal processes).

Contact Information

• Program Coordinator:David Singer|dsinger4@kent.edu| 330-672-3006
• Connect with an Admissions Counselor:U.S. Student|International Student

Program Delivery

• Delivery:
  • In person
• Location:
  • Kent Campus

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For more information about graduate admissions, visit thegraduate admission website. For more information on international admissions, visit theinternational admission website.

Admission Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• Minimum 2.750 undergraduate GPA on a 4.000-point scale
• Official transcript(s)
• Goal statement
• Three letters of recommendation
• English language proficiency - all international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions) by earning one of the following:
  • Minimum 550 TOEFL PBT score (paper-based version)
  • 最低79新托福分数(网络版本)
  • Minimum 77 MELAB score
  • Minimum 6.5 IELTS score
  • Minimum 58 PTE score
  • Minimum 110 Duolingo English Test score

For more information about graduate admissions, visit thegraduate admission website. For more information on international admission, visit theOffice of Global Education’s admission website.

Application Deadline

• Fall Semester
  • Priority deadline: January 15
    Applications submitted by this deadline will receive the strongest consideration for admission.

Program Requirements

Major Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Major Requirements
ESCI 60084	GEOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENT ORIENTATION	1
ESCI 60087	WRITING IN THE EARTH SCIENCES	1
Additional Program Requirements1		24
Culminating Requirement
ESCI 60199	THESIS I	6
Minimum Total Credit Hours:		32

¹

Students must complete 9 credit hours at the 60000-level.

²

Upon the completion of the thesis proposal defense, the student registers for 6 credit hours ofESCI 60199. Thereafter, the student must be continuously registered inESCI 60299until all degree requirements are met.

Graduation Requirements

Graduation Requirements Summary

Minimum Major GPA	Minimum Overall GPA
	3.000

• Participation in required orientation and colloquia
• Accepted and publicly defended thesis that incorporates the results of a program of original geologic research
• All students will have a fundamental knowledge and understanding of earth materials by the end of the second year in the program. This will be fulfilled by a lecture and lab course in Earth Materials or an equivalent course related to mineralogy and/or petrology as determined by the graduate coordinator.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

1. Show in-depth comprehension of several areas, including both basic and applied aspects of geology/earth sciences.
2. Formulate testable scientific hypotheses and carry out independent research using appropriate field, experimental, analytical and/or computational methods.
3. Describe, synthesize and interpret the results of a scientific investigation, and understand its broader applications.