Graduate Program

Fall Term Schedule

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Fall 2020

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
EESC 412-1 Clim.Chng.Persp-Chem Ocean. John Kessler TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Most introductory courses to chemical oceanography cover a variety of topics that are only related because they are under the broad umbrella of chemical oceanography. Some of these topics include the carbon dioxide and inorganic carbon chemistry, salinity, marine nutrients, dissolved gases and organic constituents. Similarly, most discussions of climate change and chemical oceanography only touch on ocean acidification. This course seeks to provide the same broad prospective to conventional chemical oceanography courses but will interweave the unifying theme of climate change into these numerous and diverse topics. Location Hylan Building Room 203 (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
EESC 415-1 Seismology & Earth Structure Tolulope Olugboji MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM
This course introduces the theoretical foundations of seismology: the study of (an-)elastic vibrations, the sources that generate them and the planetary interiors through which they propagate. It plays a leading role in addressing key scientific questions involving our planet's dynamic systems and other terrestrial planetary interiors, providing direct constraints on planetary structure and composition from crust to core. We will cover fundamental concepts of elasticity, stress, strain, seismometer design, the derivation of the seismic wave equation and its application to describing the full seismic spectrum. Location Hylan Building Room 105 (MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM)
EESC 436-1 Physics of Climate Lee Murray TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
A broad and quantitative overview of the basic features of Earth's climate system and the underlying physical processes. Topics include the global energy balance, atmospheric thermodynamics, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics, atmospheric dynamics, general circulation, weather systems, surface processes, ocean circulation, and climate variability and forecasting. Students will understand what drives present-day temperature, precipitation, and wind patterns, as well as major modes of natural climate variability including the El Niño-Southern Oscillation phenomenon and Ice Age cycles, and extreme weather. We will learn how the rise of human civilization has influenced the climate system, and how this legacy and our future actions can influence climate in the coming century. Location Lechase Room 163 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
EESC 454-1 Planetary Interiors Miki Nakajima TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
Prerequisites: MTH 165, PHY 113, PHY 227 or equivalent. Basic knowledge of PHY 237 (quantum mechanics) is expected. This course will offer an overview of planetary interiors based on physical and numerical analyses. Planetary interiors provide crucial insights into the formation of planets and their evolution. The course will review materials including (but not limited to) basic physics of star and planet formation, planetary materials under high pressures, gravity fields, planetary impacts, magnetic fields, mantle convection, and exoplanet observations. Numerical analyses and data visualization are important aspects of the lectures and homework assignments. Basic coding skills are required. Location Hutchison Hall Room 205 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
EESC 456-1 Paleomagnetism and Global Plate Tectonics Rory Cottrell MWF 11:50AM - 12:40PM
The basic paleomagnetic methods used to determine absolute plate motions will be reviewed. Applications will include the potential cause and effect relationship between changes in absolute plate motions, mantle plume volcanism, orogeny and climate change Location River Campus (MWF 11:50AM - 12:40PM)
EESC 456-2 Paleomagnetism & Global Plate Tectonics Rory Cottrell MWF 11:50AM - 12:40PM
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EESC 456-3 Paleomagnetism & Global Plate Tect Rory Cottrell MWF 11:50AM - 12:40PM
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EESC 468-1 Principles of Experimental Geochemistry Dustin Trail MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
Many of the geochemical and physical processes in the solid earth occur in regions inaccessible to drilling. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to techniques that enable scientists to study the interior of our planet and other planets in the solar system through laboratory experimentation. Over the course of the semester, students will be guided though the design and execution of state-of-the-art high temperature high pressure experiments. Writing assignments and data analysis will also be a key component of the course. Students will synthesize the results of the experiments, and place them in a broader context to understand how the interiors of planets work. Location Hutchison Hall Room 205 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
EESC 468-2 Principles of Experimental Geochemistry Dustin Trail –
Many of the geochemical and physical processes in the solid earth occur in regions inaccessible to drilling. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to techniques that enable scientists to study the interior of our planet and other planets in the solar system through laboratory experimentation. Over the course of the semester, students will be guided though the design and execution of state-of-the-art high temperature high pressure experiments. Writing assignments and data analysis will also be a key component of the course. Students will synthesize the results of the experiments, and place them in a broader context to understand how the interiors of planets work.
EESC 490-1 Supervised College Teaching Chiara Borrelli –
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EESC 490-2 Supervised College Teaching Pennilyn Higgins –
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EESC 490-3 Supervised College Teaching Mauricio Ibanez Mejia –
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EESC 490-4 Supervised College Teaching John Kessler –
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EESC 490-5 Supervised College Teaching Gautam Mitra –
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EESC 490-6 Supervised College Teaching Tolulope Olugboji –
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EESC 490-7 Supervised College Teaching John Tarduno –
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EESC 490-8 Supervised College Teaching Thomas Weber –
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EESC 491-1 Master's Readings in Geology – –
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EESC 493-1 Master's Essay John Tarduno –
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EESC 495-1 Master's Research in Geology John Tarduno –
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EESC 499-1 Research Frontiers in Geo Sc John Kessler –
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EESC 591-01 PhD Readings in Geology Mauricio Ibanez Mejia –
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EESC 591-02 PhD Readings in Geology Lee Murray –
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EESC 591-03 PhD Readings in Geology John Kessler –
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EESC 591-04 PhD Readings in Geology Gautam Mitra –
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EESC 591-05 PhD Readings in Geology Miki Nakajima –
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EESC 591-06 PhD Readings in Geology Tolulope Olugboji –
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EESC 591-07 PhD Readings in Geology Vasilii Petrenko –
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EESC 591-08 PhD Readings in Geology John Tarduno –
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EESC 591-09 PhD Readings in Geology Dustin Trail –
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EESC 591-10 PhD Readings in Geology Thomas Weber –
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EESC 591-11 PhD Readings in Geology Carmala Garzione –
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EESC 595-1 PhD Research in Geology Mauricio Ibanez Mejia –
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EESC 595-10 PhD Research in Geology Thomas Weber –
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EESC 595-11 PhD Research in Geology Carmala Garzione –
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EESC 595-2 PhD Research in Geology John Kessler –
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EESC 595-3 PhD Research in Geology Gautam Mitra –
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EESC 595-4 PhD Research in Geology Lee Murray –
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EESC 595-5 PhD Research in Geology Miki Nakajima –
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EESC 595-6 PhD Research in Geology Tolulope Olugboji –
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EESC 595-7 PhD Research in Geology Vasilii Petrenko –
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EESC 595-8 PhD Research in Geology John Tarduno –
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EESC 595-9 PhD Research in Geology Dustin Trail –
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EESC 895-1 Cont of Master's Enrollment – –
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EESC 897-1 Masters Dissertation – –
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EESC 899-1 Master's Dissertation John Tarduno –
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EESC 997-1 Doctoral Dissertation Mauricio Ibanez Mejia –
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EESC 997-10 Doctoral Dissertation Thomas Weber –
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EESC 997-11 Doctoral Dissertation Carmala Garzione –
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EESC 997-2 Doctoral Dissertation John Kessler –
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EESC 997-3 Doctoral Dissertation Gautam Mitra –
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EESC 997-4 Doctoral Dissertation Lee Murray –
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EESC 997-5 Doctoral Dissertation Miki Nakajima –
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EESC 997-6 Doctoral Dissertation Tolulope Olugboji –
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EESC 997-7 Doctoral Dissertation Vasilii Petrenko –
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EESC 997-8 Doctoral Dissertation John Tarduno –
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EESC 997-9 Doctoral Dissertation Dustin Trail –
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EESC 999-01 Doctoral Dissertation Mauricio Ibanez Mejia –
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EESC 999-02 Doctoral Dissertation John Kessler –
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EESC 999-03 Doctoral Dissertation Gautam Mitra –
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EESC 999-04 Doctoral Dissertation Lee Murray –
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EESC 999-05 Doctoral Dissertation Miki Nakajima –
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EESC 999-06 Doctoral Dissertation Tolulope Olugboji –
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EESC 999-07 Doctoral Dissertation Vasilii Petrenko –
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EESC 999-08 Doctoral Dissertation John Tarduno –
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EESC 999-09 Doctoral Dissertation Dustin Trail –
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EESC 999-10 Doctoral Dissertation Thomas Weber –
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EESC 999-11 Doctoral Dissertation Carmala Garzione –
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Number	Title	Instructor	Time
Monday
Monday and Wednesday
EESC 415-1 Seismology & Earth Structure Tolulope Olugboji
This course introduces the theoretical foundations of seismology: the study of (an-)elastic vibrations, the sources that generate them and the planetary interiors through which they propagate. It plays a leading role in addressing key scientific questions involving our planet's dynamic systems and other terrestrial planetary interiors, providing direct constraints on planetary structure and composition from crust to core. We will cover fundamental concepts of elasticity, stress, strain, seismometer design, the derivation of the seismic wave equation and its application to describing the full seismic spectrum.
EESC 468-1 Principles of Experimental Geochemistry Dustin Trail
Many of the geochemical and physical processes in the solid earth occur in regions inaccessible to drilling. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to techniques that enable scientists to study the interior of our planet and other planets in the solar system through laboratory experimentation. Over the course of the semester, students will be guided though the design and execution of state-of-the-art high temperature high pressure experiments. Writing assignments and data analysis will also be a key component of the course. Students will synthesize the results of the experiments, and place them in a broader context to understand how the interiors of planets work.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
EESC 456-1 Paleomagnetism and Global Plate Tectonics Rory Cottrell
The basic paleomagnetic methods used to determine absolute plate motions will be reviewed. Applications will include the potential cause and effect relationship between changes in absolute plate motions, mantle plume volcanism, orogeny and climate change
EESC 456-2 Paleomagnetism & Global Plate Tectonics Rory Cottrell
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EESC 456-3 Paleomagnetism & Global Plate Tect Rory Cottrell
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Tuesday
Tuesday and Thursday
EESC 454-1 Planetary Interiors Miki Nakajima
Prerequisites: MTH 165, PHY 113, PHY 227 or equivalent. Basic knowledge of PHY 237 (quantum mechanics) is expected. This course will offer an overview of planetary interiors based on physical and numerical analyses. Planetary interiors provide crucial insights into the formation of planets and their evolution. The course will review materials including (but not limited to) basic physics of star and planet formation, planetary materials under high pressures, gravity fields, planetary impacts, magnetic fields, mantle convection, and exoplanet observations. Numerical analyses and data visualization are important aspects of the lectures and homework assignments. Basic coding skills are required.
EESC 412-1 Clim.Chng.Persp-Chem Ocean. John Kessler
Most introductory courses to chemical oceanography cover a variety of topics that are only related because they are under the broad umbrella of chemical oceanography. Some of these topics include the carbon dioxide and inorganic carbon chemistry, salinity, marine nutrients, dissolved gases and organic constituents. Similarly, most discussions of climate change and chemical oceanography only touch on ocean acidification. This course seeks to provide the same broad prospective to conventional chemical oceanography courses but will interweave the unifying theme of climate change into these numerous and diverse topics.
EESC 436-1 Physics of Climate Lee Murray
A broad and quantitative overview of the basic features of Earth's climate system and the underlying physical processes. Topics include the global energy balance, atmospheric thermodynamics, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics, atmospheric dynamics, general circulation, weather systems, surface processes, ocean circulation, and climate variability and forecasting. Students will understand what drives present-day temperature, precipitation, and wind patterns, as well as major modes of natural climate variability including the El Niño-Southern Oscillation phenomenon and Ice Age cycles, and extreme weather. We will learn how the rise of human civilization has influenced the climate system, and how this legacy and our future actions can influence climate in the coming century.
Wednesday
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Friday