Montana State University Department of Earth Sciences

The Earth Sciences encompass those branches of science which deal with Earth materials and processes, their variability across time and space, and their significance to humanity. Major subdivisions include Geology and Geography, and some minor subdivisions include Geophysics, Geochemistry, Climatology, and Cartography. The course matrix below shows the courses we offer and the approximate organization of our undergraduate and graduate courses. Links lead to the MSU Course Bulletin description or a course site where available.

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Earth Sciences COURSE MATRIX
GEO			ERTH			GPHY
103 Environmental Geology	105 Oceanography	111 Dinosaurs	101 Earth Sys. Sience		102 Topics in Earth Sciences	121 Human Geography		141 World Regional Geography
	140 Planetary Geoscience		201 Honors Earth Sys. Science		212 Yellowstone: A Scientific Laboratory		284 Geographic Information Science and Cartography
208 Earth Materials	211 Historical Geology	290 Undergraduate Research	290 Undergraduate Research		291 Special Topics	290 Undergraduate Research		291 Special Topics
	291 Special Topics		303 Weather and Climate		307 Geomorph.	321 Urban Geography	322 Economic Geography	325 Cultural Geography
302 Mineralogy	309 Sediment./ Stratigraphy	310 Invert. Paleontology	432 Surface Water Resources	450 Snow Dynamics & Accumulation	455 Physiography of the United States	365 Geographic Planning		384 Geographic Info. Science and Spatial Analysis
312 Dinosaur Paleontology	315 Structural Geology	330 Paleontology Lab and Research Techniques	484 Quaternary Environment		490 Undergraduate Research	411 Biogeography	425 Geographic Thought	431 Historical Geography
411 Vertebrate Paleontology	413 Macroevolution/ Fossil Record	417 Taphonomy: Fossil Preservation	494 Seminar		498 Internship	441 Mountain Geography	445 Regional Geography	446 East Asia in the Global System
419 Field Paleontolgy	429 Field Geology	433 Global Tectonics	502 Fluvial Geomorphology		505 Geomicrobiology	461 Tourism Planning		484 Applied GIS and Spatial Analysis
439 Geophysics	440 Volcanology	445 Glacial Geology	512 Mountains and Plains Riparian Process	516 Northern Rocky Mountain Geology	517 Electronic Hydrology	490 Undergraduate Research		491 Special Topics
448 Sediment. Petrology	449 Metamorph. Petrology	450 Igneous Petrology	519 Hydrology of Streams and Lakes		551 Snow Science Seminar	492 Independent Study	494 Seminar	497 Geography Instruction
490 Undergraduate Research	491 Special Topics	492 Independent Study	582 Quaternary Paleoecology & Vegetation History	583 Topics in Paleoecology	584 Quaternary Environments of the Western United States	498 Internship		499 Senior/Thesis Capstone
494 Seminar	497 Geology Instruction	498 Internship	585 Advances in Geobiology	588 Professional Development	589 Graduate Consultation	501 GIS and Environmental Modeling	503 Settlement Geography	504 GIS Research Fundamentals
	499 Senior Thesis/ Capstone		590 Master's Thesis	591 Special Topics	592 Internship	505 Bioclimatography	520 Land Use Planning	591 Special Topics
508 Depositional Systems	510 Igneous Geochem.	515 Structural Geology	594 Seminar		598 Internship	592 Independent Study		594 Seminar
517 Taphonomy: Deciphering the Fossil Record	520 Ancient Ocean Systems	521 Hell Creek Paleontology	605 History of Geological Concepts		689 Grad. Res. Creative Activity Instruction
	522 Dinosaur Paleontology II		690 Dissertation Research		694 Doctoral Seminar
530 Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins	533 Global Tectonics	535 Advanced Stratigraphy
540 Volcanology	542 Comparative Osteology	548 Sediment. Petrology
550 Graduate Ig. Petrology	581 Quaternary Environment	583 Appl. Geol. Hydrology
591 Special Topics	592 Independent Study	594 Seminar
	598 Internship

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