APPLICATION DEADLINE: Review of applications begins February 1^st. Applications received after that date may not receive the highest priority in decisions on funding and acceptance.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: Prospective graduate candidates are generally expected to have completed the equivalent of a year of chemistry, two courses of physics, and mathematics through integral calculus prior to enrolling. Beyond this, the graduate admission requirements of the Department depend upon which of the six graduate options the student elects to pursue. Applicants who do not fulfill these requirements should ask the Graduate Chair, Greg Springer, or their prospective advisor about solutions available to them.

Applicants wishing to pursue a graduate degree in the Geology option are expected to have an undergraduate degree in Geology, and must have completed coursework in the following areas: mineralogy (including optical mineralogy), petrology, stratigraphy-sedimentology, structural geology, a field methods course, geomorphology, and paleontology. One of the latter two courses, however, may be used to meet graduate course requirements, and a lack of these two courses is not considered a deficiency.

Applicants wishing to pursue a graduate degree in the Environmental Geology, Environmental Geochemistry, Hydrogeology or Geophysics options must have completed undergraduate coursework in mineralogy, sedimentology-stratigraphy, petrology and structural geology. Geomorphology is an additional undergraduate course requirement in the Environmental Geology and Hydrogeology options. Required graduate courses previously taken as an undergraduate permits students in these four options to use one deficiency course (Geol 550 or 560) to meet graduate course requirements. Applicants for Geophysics should additionally have completed the math prerequisites for differential equations prior to their entry into the program. Applicants to the Geoscience Education option should have an undergraduate degree in Geology, or an Education degree with significant coursework in the Earth and other sciences.

Students who do not meet the prescribed requirements should contact the Graduate Chair (see above) or their potential advisor. At the latest, these students will be notified of course deficiencies upon their arrival on campus. Deficiencies may usually be taken for graduate credit but generally cannot be used to meet the departmental requirement of eight letter-graded graduate courses. However, certain deficiency courses can be taken to meet both degree and deficiency requirements for students who, because of deficiencies, are required to take a total of eleven or more courses. Deficiency courses must be made up during the first year of residence. The minimum acceptable grade for making up deficiencies is "B".

For general information on graduate admission to Ohio University, see the appropriate section of the Graduate Catalog.

You can apply on-line at: http://www.ohio.edu/graduate/APPLY.cfm