2012-2013 University Catalog
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences
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■ Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences
Phone: 703-993-6069
Web: aoes.gmu.edu
Faculty
Professors: Diecchio, Dirmeyer, Hazen (Robinson Professor), Kinter, Schneider, Schopf, Shukla, Straus (Chair), Summers*
Associate professors: Boybeyi, Chiu, DelSole, Houser**, Huang, Klinger, McBride
Assistant professors: Jin, Lu, Stan, Uhen
Term professors: Krishnamurthy
Term associate professors: Nord, Verardo
Term assistant professors: Kysar-Mattietti
Term research faculty: Doty
* Primary Affiliation in the School of Physics, Astronomy, and Computational Sciences
** Primary Affiliation in the Geography and Geoinformation Science Department
Course Work
The department offers all course work designated CLIM and GEOL in the Courses chapter of this catalog.
Honors Program for Earth Science and Geology
Earth science majors who have completed 16 credits of math and science, including GEOL 302, BIOL 308 or CLIM 301 with a GPA of 3.00 or higher are eligible to enter the departmental honors program. Transfer students who have an incoming GPA of 3.10 or higher in math and science and a B or better in GEOL 302 or BIOL 308 are also eligible. To graduate with honors in Earth Science students are required to maintain a minimum GPA of 3.00 in math and science and complete one of the two following sets of courses with an average GPA of 3.50 or better: (1) GEOL 410, 411 and 420 or (2) CLIM 408, 409 and GEOL 420.
Undergraduate Degree
Undergraduate Minor
Doctoral Degree
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