Graduate Programs

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Finding Sustainable Earth solutions

Our graduate program prepares students for employment aimed at securing energy, water and food for a growing planet. Our curriculum addresses today’s resource and energy challenges and gives you the opportunity to study with internationally renown faculty members. Students benefit from strong research programs within a high-tech infrastructure and field study.

The Sustainable Earth Systems Sciences (SESS) graduate program at UT Dallas focuses on the following areas:

Environmental Earth Science and Hydrology involves graduate courses and research conducted by Professors Tom Brikowski, David Hyndman, David Lumley, Hejun Zhu, Zach Sickmann, Kristina Butler, Nadine Igonin and Yujie Zheng.
Energy and Critical Minerals involves graduate courses and research conducted by Professors David, Robert Stern, Hejun Zhu, Nadine Igonin, Zach Sickmann, Kristina Butler, Ignacio Pujana and Lowell Waite.
Geophysics involves graduate courses and research conducted by Professors David Lumley, Hejun Zhu, Nadine Igonin, Yujie Zheng and David Hyndman.
Earthquake Seismology and Geophysical Imaging / Inversion involves graduate courses and research conducted by Professors David Lumley, Hejun Zhu, Nadine Igonin and Yujie Zheng.
Remote Sensing involves graduate courses and research conducted by Professors Yujie Zheng, Zach Sickmann, Mortaza Pirouz and David Hyndman.
Trace Elements and Isotope Geochemistry involves graduate courses and research conducted by Professors Robert Stern, Ignacio Pujana, Kristina Butler and Zach Sickmann.
Structural Geology and Tectonics involves graduate courses and research conducted by Professors Robert Stern, Zach Sickmann, Kristina Butler, Mortaza Pirouz and Hejun Zhu.
Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Paleontology involves graduate courses and research conducted by Professors Zach Sickmann, Kristina Butler, Ignacio Pujana, William Griffin and Mortaza Pirouz.

Graduate Degrees

Find curriculum, career options and application requirements for our graduate programs below.

Geosciences

Fast-Track MS enables exceptionally gifted undergraduate students to add master’s level courses to their undergraduate degree plans. The hours required to complete the master’s degree is reduced by the number of Fast-Track graduate hours completed.
Master of Science degree in geosciences
Doctorate of Philosophy in geosciences for BS, MS students who wish to continue to advanced studies for research-oriented positions in industry, academia and government.

Geospatial Information Sciences, GIS*

*via School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

You can find a complete list of all courses by semester on the Course Book page, as well as syllabi, textbook list, course evaluation, instructor CV and other information.

Geosciences Graduate Catalog

Advising

Prospective students are strongly encouraged to communicate with Ms. Leah Thompson, Dr. Stern or Dr. Zhu during the completion of their application material and to discuss their research interests as well as their potential research supervisors.

Current graduate students are strongly encouraged to communicate with Ms. Leah Thompson, Dr. Stern or Dr. Zhu for course load, compliance with deadlines, qualifying exams, final theses and dissertation defenses.