Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Geoscience - Environmental Geosciences

About

Students in Saint Louis University's Ph.D. in geoscience programs apply physics and chemistry to study Earth processes from the surface to the core. These studies prepare SLU graduates for diverse careers in government, industry, consulting and academia. Program Highlights; The University's geoscience facilities include a network of seismograph stations surrounding the New Madrid fault zone. A digital-image analysis lab. A remote-sensing lab. Active research areas in geophysics include earthquake seismology and tectonics. Active environmental geoscience research at SLU includes land-use effects on water quality, contaminant transport hydrogeochemistry, surface water-groundwater interactions, reservoir sustainability, wetland biogeochemistry, fluvial geomorphology, and coastal geomorphology and processes. Graduates will be able to assess relevant literature or scholarly contributions in the earth and atmospheric sciences. Graduates will be able to apply the major practices, theories or research methodologies in the earth and atmospheric sciences. Graduates will be able to apply knowledge from the earth and atmospheric sciences to address problems in broader contexts. Graduates will be able to articulate arguments or explanations to both a disciplinary or professional audience and to a general audience in oral forms. Graduates will be able to articulate arguments or explanations to both a disciplinary or professional audience and to a general audience in written forms. Graduates will be able to evidence scholarly or professional integrity in earth and atmospheric sciences. An environmental geochemistry lab with instrumentation to analyze the chemistries of waters, soils and sediments. SLU's Doctor of Philosophy in Geosciences requires a minimum of 48 credits of coursework and exactly 12 credits of dissertation research. Up to 24 credits of coursework leading to a master’s degree may count toward the credit requirement. 

Career Path  

Graduate career path includes Geoscience Research Scientist,Principal Investigator (Geoscience), Research Center Director (Earth & Environmental Sciences), Scientific Journal Editor (Geoscience Focus),Academic Careers (Professor, Department Chair, Dean), Geologist (Doctoral Level), Geophysicist, Petrologist,Mining Geoscientist, Hydrogeologist, Geochemist, Mineralogist, Paleontologist, Environmental Geoscientist, Soil Scientist, Climate Change Scientist, Atmospheric Scientist (Geoscience Focus), Oceanographer, Petroleum Geoscientist, Coastal Geoscientist, Environmental Policy Analyst (Geoscience),Sustainability Geoscientist, Natural Hazards Specialist, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Stratigrapher, Sedimentologist, Energy Resources Geoscientist, Volcanologist, Seismologist.