3290 Department of Geosciences

Main Office 730 Langdale Hall; 404-413-5750

Department of Geosciences
38 Peachtree Center Ave.
730 Langdale Hall
P.O. Box 3965
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Phone: 404-413-5750
Fax: 404-413-5768
geosciences.gsu.edu

Katherine Hankins, Chair, khankins@gsu.edu
Lawrence Kiage, Director of Graduate Studies for Geosciences, geosgraddirector@gsu.edu
Richard Milligan, Dual Degree Coordinator, rmilligan@gsu.edu

Programs

• Chemistry, Ph.D., Geology Concentration

• Geographic Information Science Professional Certificate

• Geosciences, M.S.
• Geosciences, M.S., Geography Concentration
• Geosciences, M.S., Geology Concentration
• Geosciences, M.S., Water Sciences Concentration

• Geosciences, B.A. or B.S./M.S.

Courses

• GEOS 6000 - Advanced Topics in Physical and Historical Geology
• GEOS 6002 - Hydrogeology
• GEOS 6003 - Principles and Applications of Environmental Geochemistry
• GEOS 6004 - Advanced Environmental Geochemistry
• GEOS 6005 - Geology of Georgia
• GEOS 6006 - Sedimentary Environments and Stratigraphy
• GEOS 6008 - Rock Fracture and Fluid Flow
• GEOS 6009 - Applications of Chemical Tracers in Hydrology
• GEOS 6010 - Groundwater Hydrology
• GEOS 6011 - Principles of Paleontology
• GEOS 6012 - Sustainable Development: Practice and Policies
• GEOS 6013 - Structural Geology
• GEOS 6015 - Mineralogy
• GEOS 6016 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
• GEOS 6017 - Environmental Geology
• GEOS 6018 - Introduction to Environmental Health and Safety
• GEOS 6020 - Urban Environments
• GEOS 6030 - Computational Epidemiology I
• GEOS 6040 - Computational Epidemiology II
• GEOS 6042 - Environmental Instrumentations I: Aqueous Media
• GEOS 6043 - Environmental Analytical Methods and Instrumentations 2: Solid Media
• GEOS 6050 - Natural Environments of Georgia
• GEOS 6051 - Introduction to the Environmental History of Georgia
• GEOS 6075 - Fundamentals of Soils
• GEOS 6095 - Colloquium in the Geosciences
• GEOS 6097 - Topics in Geographical Sciences
• GEOS 6099 - Teaching Practicum
• GEOS 6120 - Basic Field Methods in Geology
• GEOS 6121 - Applied Field Methods in Environmental Geosciences
• GEOS 6123 - Geoinformatics
• GEOS 6235 - Water, Wastewater, and the Environment
• GEOS 6245 - Urban Hydrology
• GEOS 6402 - Geography of Africa
• GEOS 6451 - Aquatic Pollution and Toxicology
• GEOS 6515 - Qualitative Methods in Geography
• GEOS 6518 - Digital Cartography
• GEOS 6520 - Quantitative Spatial Analysis
• GEOS 6530 - Introduction to Remote Sensing
• GEOS 6532 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
• GEOS 6534 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
• GEOS 6535 - Enterprise GIS
• GEOS 6536 - GIS Programming
• GEOS 6538 - Urban Geographic Information Systems
• GEOS 6550 - Field School in the Geosciences
• GEOS 6640 - Geomorphology
• GEOS 6642 - Advanced Weather and Climate
• GEOS 6644 - Environmental Conservation
• GEOS 6646 - Water Resources
• GEOS 6648 - Biogeography
• GEOS 6650 - Surface Water Hydrology
• GEOS 6762 - Economic Geography
• GEOS 6764 - Urban Geography
• GEOS 6768 - Metropolitan Atlanta
• GEOS 6774 - Contemporary Urban Theory and Issues
• GEOS 6778 - Political Geography
• GEOS 6784 - Global Climate Change
• GEOS 6832 - Geosciences Internship
• GEOS 6834 - Applied Research in GIS
• GEOS 7002 - Introduction to Earth Materials
• GEOS 7021 - General Geology for Teachers I
• GEOS 7022 - General Geology for Teachers II
• GEOS 7112 - Introduction to Weather and Climate for Teachers
• GEOS 8001 - Nanominerals in Geochemical Environments
• GEOS 8002 - Geoscience Research Methods
• GEOS 8005 - Economic Geography
• GEOS 8006 - Survey of Geographic Thought
• GEOS 8007 - Urban Political Ecology and Environmental Justice
• GEOS 8010 - Seminar in Urban-Economic Geography
• GEOS 8030 - Seminar in Cartography
• GEOS 8040 - Seminar in Geomorphology and Hydrology
• GEOS 8045 - Seminar in Biogeography
• GEOS 8048 - Seminar in Climatology
• GEOS 8055 - Directed Research
• GEOS 8060 - Teaching Practicum
• GEOS 8065 - Capstone Research
• GEOS 8097 - Directed Study in Geosciences
• GEOS 8521 - Advanced Quantitative Analysis
• GEOS 8534 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
• GEOS 8989 - Capstone Research
• GEOS 8990 - Capstone Practicum
• GEOS 8999 - Thesis Research
• GEOS 9999 - Dissertation Research