Kent State University Catalog 2010 - 2011

Applied Geology - Ph.D.

COLLEGE:	College of Arts and Sciences
DEPARTMENT:	Department of Geology 221 McGilvrey Hall E-mail: geology@kent.edu Tel: 330-672-2680 Fax: 330-672-7949 Web: http://www.kent.edu/cas/geology

DESCRIPTION:	The Ph.D. in Applied Geology prepares students for careers in industry and academic institutions where research into the application of geological principles focuses on solution to basic and applied research questions. Focus areas include study of modern environments and society's interactions with that environment and research into paleo-environments, paleoecology, biological evolution and tectonics.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:	Official transcript(s), 3.0 GPA, GRE, goal statement and three letters of recommendation.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:	The courses taken by doctoral students are determined jointly with members of the graduate faculty of the department but in all cases must fulfill certain basic requirements. All students must maintain a 3.0 or greater GPA. Coursework shall be arranged so that it embraces one major area of concentration in applied geology and a minor area related to another aspect of geology
CANDIDACY:	To be admitted to candidacy for the doctoral degree, a student must first fulfill the additional breadth requirement and must pass comprehensive written and oral examinations. Both of these requirements must be met prior to the start of the fifth semester after admission to the doctoral program. The comprehensive examinations focus on mastery of the student’s major area of concentration and one minor area, as well as the fundamentals of geology and its allied sciences as appropriate to the student’s proposed dissertation topic. Students who fail the comprehensive examinations may be allowed to repeat them once; this must be completed more than one month after the initial examination, but less than six months thereafter.
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT:	All students working toward the doctoral degree must demonstrate either proficiency in a modern language other than their native language, or alternatively, knowledge sufficiently advanced to propose research in a field ancillary to the student’s major. To satisfy this requirement the student must either pass an appropriate foreign language test or prepare and defend orally a written research proposal in an ancillary field of study.
RESIDENCY:	All students admitted to the doctoral program must complete two successive semesters of full-time graduate study at Kent State University. During this time they must obtain a minimum of 22 semester credits.
PROGRAM FEE:	None