Department of Geosciences
Baylor Geosciences focuses on integrative and interdisciplinary research, teaching, and service in Earth and planetary sciences.
About the Photo
A sandstone slab from the Early Triassic (Induan) Dinwoody Formation from Beaverhead Co., Montana. The fossils preserved on the slab are bivalve genera Eumorphotis and Promyalina, which act as opportunistic "disaster taxa" and proliferate in the aftermath of the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction.
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.
Graduate Programs
The Department of Geosciences offers two graduate degrees: MS and PhD.
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 and Events
Baylor professor, team of global scholars make groundbreaking discovery in East Africa
Jun. 2, 2023
By Caitlyn Meisner -- After 10 years of research, collaboration and annual summer trips to East Africa, Dr. Daniel Peppe, associate professor of geosciences, and his team of global scholars — many who are Baylor graduates — published their scientific discovery that changed the understanding of East African evolution of the climate and apes.
Dr. Dan Peppe on Baylor Connections
Jun. 1, 2023
Dr. Daniel Peppe, a Baylor geosciences professor, was part of an international team whose decade-long research has shifted Africa’s prehistoric timeline by 10 million years.
Peppe explains the team's work and findings — on the latest Baylor Connections.
Baylor research leads to a 10-million-year history adjustment
May 31, 2023
How did a Baylor professor play a role in adjusting what scientists thought they knew about Africa’s historic timeline — by 10 million years?!?
Congratulations to our Spring Geosciences Graduates
May 15, 2023
Baylor Geosciences congratulates our recent graduates on their accomplishments.