地球科学理学硕士

作为西密歇根大学地球科学硕士课程的研究生，您将获得有关地球过程的广泛视野以及地球科学内特定学科的专业知识。通过课程和研究，您将选择专注于一个或多个领域，例如地球化学，地球物理学，地貌学，水文地质学，岩石学，遥感，沉积系统，地球科学教育或经济地质。您的课程将为您提供基础的理论知识，以及执行相关领域和实验室技术的能力。在论文研究过程中，您将学习如何设计调查，收集和分析自己的数据，形成解释并与同行，教职员工和地球科学界的成员分享您的结果。该计划提供了广泛的职业成功所必需的专业知识，批判性思维和沟通技巧。该计划的
As a graduate student in the M.S. program in geosciences at Western Michigan University, you will gain a broad perspective on Earth processes as well as a specialization in a specific discipline within the geosciences. Through coursework and research, you will choose to specialize in one or more areas such as geochemistry, geophysics, geomorphology, hydrogeology, petrology, remote sensing, sedimentary systems, earth science education or economic geology. Your coursework will provide you with foundational theoretical knowledge, as well as the ability to carry out relevant field and laboratory techniques. During your thesis research, you will learn how to design an investigation, collect and analyze your own data, form interpretations and share your results with peers, faculty and members of the geoscience community. The program provides the specialized knowledge, critical thinking and communication skills necessary to succeed in a wide range of careers. Graduates of this program have attained positions in state and federal government agencies, non-profit agencies, environmental and geotechnical consulting firms, the oil and gas industry, the mining industry and the education sector. Many graduates have pursued a doctoral degree upon completing this program.