Dartmouth College - Hanover, New Hampshire

Department of Earth Sciences

The Department of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth includes all disciplines devoted to the study of the Earth. At the advanced level, research and teaching emphasize watershed processes, environmental geochemistry, advanced structural geology and geophysics, sedimentology, paleontology, and remote sensing. We combine field research, both here and abroad, with laboratory and theoretical studies to understand the fundamental processes affecting applied earth sciences.

Within the Department of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth College, we offer undergraduate and graduate degrees to train a variety of students. The undergraduate degree contains both course and field work components, and provides the background knowledge for a career in earth sciences. Although not required, often undergraduate students also are encouraged to take part in active research projects under the direction of faculty within the department. Graduate studies involve academic course work and independent research. The Ph.D. is conferred upon candidates who have demonstrated scholarship and expertise in their field of earth science, and conducted novel independent research. To this end, the doctoral program is designed to develop the skills needed to conduct and interpret original research in the earth sciences, and to present the data and conclusions in a publishable format.

Source: Department Website August 2010