Requirements for the M.A. Degree with Report

MA with Report Degree Option

This degree option is designed for students who have been working professionals and seek coursework to enhance their technical knowledge. The expectation is that this degree will be completed in three semesters. Students in this degree option are not eligible to be a Teaching Assistant.

The requirements for the MA with Report degree option are:

1) One of the MA with Report degree options must be declared in the application for admission. Currently the following programs exist:

• MA with Report in Petroleum Geology
• MA with Report in Hydrogeology

2) For admission, a faculty member in the Department of Geological Sciences must be identified who will supervise the preparation of the required report.

3) A minimum of 30 credit hours of course work is required (requirements for degree options may vary) with at least 24 hours at the graduate level and at least 15 hours of course work in Geological Sciences (GEO).

4) A written technical "Master's Report" worth 3 hours of credit (GEO 398R) must be prepared, evaluated and approved by a report committee consisting of three faculty members (supervisor and two other faculty members). This report is generally based upon a synthesis of library research of a subject approved by the report supervisor. Original work involving field studies or collection of basic data may be part of the report. No more than one summer or one semester is to be devoted to production and evaluation of the report.

5) The Departmental degree requirement is that all coursework including the final approval of the report must be completed before six semesters have elapsed.

MA with Report in Hydrogeology

The MA with Report in Hydrogeology is designed for persons who have substantial professional work experience in the hydrology and environmental geology field.

Required Core Courses - 19 hours
GEO 382C Groundwater Field Methods
GEO 382S Physical Hydrology
GEO 387C Chemical Hydrogeology
GEO 388H Environmental Isotope Geochemistry
GEO 191W Aquifer Testing (one hour of credit)
GEO 391C Physical Hydrogeology
GEO 398R Master's Report

Optional Courses must total at least 12 hours.

Optional Course List #1 - up to 6 hours (select up to two)

GEO 382F Fractured Rock Hydrology and Mechanics
GEO 383 Depositional Systems: Terrigenous Clastics
GEO 383C Geology and Hydrology
GEO 383D Numerical Methods I: Computational Methods in Geological Sciences
GEO 383E Digital Methods in Hydrogeology
GEO 383M Petrography of Carbonates
GEO 383N Biogenic and Evaporite Depositional Systems
GEO 387E Environmental Organic Geochemistry
GEO 388G Global Biogeochemical Cycles
GEO 391 Geologic Records of Environmental Change

Optional Course List #2 - at least 6 hours (select at least two)

CE 380S Environmental Fluid Mechanics
CE 381R The Finite Element Method
CE 381T Numerical Modeling of Physical Systems
CE 385D Water Resources Planning and Management
CE 385J Hazardous Waste Management
CE 385K Water Quality
CE 385S Statistics in Water Resources
CE 394K Groundwater Pollution and Transport
CE 394K Surface Water
CE 394K Geographic Information Systems in Water Resources
GRG 394K Geographic Information Systems
GRG 384C Watershed Systems and Environmental Management
PGE 381M Transport Processes in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
PGE 382L Numerical Methods in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
PGE 383 Special Topics in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
PGE 386K Advanced Fluid Flow in Porous Media

Free Elective - 3 hours

Select 3 hours of courses at upper-division or graduate level in any UT Department.
Approved List - March 1999

MA with Report in Petroleum Geology

The MA with Report in Petroleum Geology is designed for persons who have substantial professional work experience in the oil and gas exploration and development.

Required Core Courses - 18 hours

GEO 383 Depositional Systems: Terrigenous Clastics
GEO 383N Biogenic and Evaporite Depositional Systems
GEO 380N Sequence Stratigraphy
GEO 384C Geophysics I: Exploration Geophysics
GEO 381E Brittle Structure
GEO 398R Master's Report

Optional Course List - 9 hours (select at least three)

GEO 383L Petrography of Sandstones
GEO 383M Petrography of Carbonates
GEO 391 Petroleum Workstations
GEO 380E Sedimentary Processes
GEO 383R Reservoir Geology and Advanced Recovery
GEO 380C Advanced Structural Geology
GEO 391C Physical Hydrogeology

Free Electives - 6 hours

Select at least 6 hours of upper-division or graduate level courses in UT Department(s) other than GEO.
Approved List - March 1999