Lecture and lab. Includes 3-day field trip. A writing intensive course in which students prepare a volcanic history, hazard assessment and mitigation plan for a volcano of their choice. Cooperative programs, field courses and excursions, and exchange opportunities available to students to get first-hand experience in volcanology. The Geology Program has close ties with the marine geology program in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
Many students have geology and marine geology faculty on their committees.
At the Hatfield Marine Science Center, Bob Embley and Bill Chadwick participate in research on active mid-ocean ridge volcanism. The Geology Program maintains a field station and teaches a field course near Mitchell Oregon in the midst of the Clarno volcanics and John Day volcaniclastic section. Sample preparation facilities include saws, crushers, mineral separation and sample dissolution laboratories. General state of funding available to new graduate students Students may be supported through teaching assistantships or research assistantships. The former are awarded by the department and the latter by individual researchers.