Research
Research in the Department of Geosciences includes a wide range of topics and disciplines in Earth Sciences including Biogeosciences, Energy Geosciences, Paleoclimate, Solid Earth and Planetary Sciences, Surface and Hydrological Processes, and Lithospheric Processes.
Undergraduate Programs
The Department of Geosciences has three undergraduate programs: Majors in Geology, Geophysics, and Earth Science, minors in Geology and Earth Science, and a secondary major in Geology.
News
See More NewsPh.D. student, Jerrad Watts, received an award for best graduate student oral presentation at the 2024 North-Central & South-Central Section Meeting.
Graduate: Jerrad Watts, “Psycho” Echinoid Spines – Evolution through Spine Morphospace in Crown Group Cidaroid Echinoids
The Department of Geosciences presents an O.T. Hayward Distinguished lecture by Dr. Harrison "Jack" Schmitt on "Geologic insights on the Moon and from the Apollo 17 mission" at the Hurd Welcome Center on Monday, April 8th at 9:30 am.
The Geosciences Department as part of the O.T. Hayward Distinguished Lecture Series is hosting a panel discussion on "The future of lunar exploration" at the Hurd Welcome Center on Monday, April 8th at 3:00 pm.
The Department of Geosciences presents an O.T. Hayward Distinguished lecture by Dr. Kerri Donaldson Hanna on "Robotically exploring silicic volcanoes from the surface of the Moon" at the Baylor Sciences Building, Room D.109 on Tuesday, April 9th at 11:15 am.