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Web: aoes.gmu.edu

Faculty

Professors: DelSole, Diecchio, Dirmeyer, Hazen (Robinson Professor), Huang, Kinter, Schneider, Schopf (chair), Shukla, Straus, Summers*

Associate professors: Boybeyi, Chiu, Houser**, Klinger, McBride

Assistant professors: Singleton, Stan, Uhen

Term associate professors: Nord, Verardo

Term assistant professors: George, 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  section 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 .

Programs

• Atmospheric Sciences, BS (pending SCHEV approval)
• Earth Science, BS
• Geology, BA

• Atmospheric Science Minor
• Earth Science Minor
• Geology Minor
• Ocean and Estuarine Science Minor
• Paleontology Minor

• Climate Dynamics, PhD

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