Computational Geosciences Minor
The Computational Geosciences Minor provides a selection of courses that will establish an understanding of computational methods in geosciences. The courses in this minor emphasize the understanding of geophysical and geochemical laws and their equations. Students completing this minor will gain knowledge on how to solve such equations, both analytically and numerically, to solve specific geoscience problems (e.g., transport in porous media to study pollutant plumes, wave equation to study earthquakes and seismic methods). Students will use high-level programming tools (e.g., MATLAB, Python).
The Computational Geosciences Minor requires 15 credit hours as follows:
Requirements
Hours
One of the following four courses:
3
Two upper-division GEO courses:
6 or 7
Please Note:
Registration for any of these courses requires that existing prerequisite course requirements are adequately met.
Petitions to substitute another course to use toward any requirement must be submitted to the Jackson School Student Services Office.
*GEO 325G is preferred for this category for students with no prior programming experience.
**GEO 325K, GEO 325M, and GEO 366M may only apply toward a single category for the minor