Applicant's background must include the equivalent of a least one year each of calculus, chemistry, and physics. Geology Emphasis in this option can be arranged in accord with individual interests in a number of specialties, including petrology, structural geology, tectonics, geophysics, glacial geology, glaciology, geomorphology, hydrogeology, and geochemistry. The Department Geology, hydrology, geochemistry, ocean mapping, and oceanography laboratories are maintained in James Hall, Morse Hall, Chase Hall, and the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory. The faculty of the Department of Earth Sciences maintain offices and laboratories, and other facilities in four buildings on campus, and interact regularly with several established campus research centers. Department facilities include a suite of computational, geophysical, geochemical, and field mapping equipment as well as local field sites for instruction and research.
Additional facilities are available through cooperation with other departments and research centers.
We also have affiliations and ongoing collaborations with the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping , the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, and the Environmental Research Group . Research Graduate programs in Earth Sciences provide a unique opportunity to study earth and environmental sciences at the local, regional, and global scale. The University of New Hampshire is geographically well situated for studies in the earth sciences. Superimposed on this natural backdrop are the challenges created by a growing U.S. population and resulting pollution threats to the environment. The Graduate Programs in Earth Sciences have strong ties with those in Natural Resources providing important linkages between the physical, chemical, and biological systems.