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The fully-online Environmental Geology M.S. degree program requires 32 credit hours (thesis not required), 12 of which must be at the 500-level (8 in GEOL). Students must work with their program advisor to individualize their program and the required capstone research project. Students must complete a minimum of 24 hours of coursework, 12 of which must be from within the unit. All students must maintain a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (A = 4.0). If the GPA falls below this minimum after 12 graduate hours of graded coursework, it must be raised to 3.0 or above after the completion of 12 additional graduate hours of graded coursework and must be maintained at or above the minimum thereafter. See approved elective course list below.

Geodata Science and Analysis

Students completing the Environmental Geology online MS program must complete 2 of the following online core courses focusing on Geodata Science and Analysis (6 min. hrs.):

Advanced Topics in Environmental Geology

Students must complete at least 3 of the following online courses focusing on advanced topics (9 min. hrs.):

Capstone Research Project

Students must complete the following capstone course:

Electives

In addition to the above categories, students in the Environmental Geology online M.S. program can select any of the following approved courses as electives, selected with help from the program adviser: