地球科学哲学博士

地学哲学博士的主要目的是训练学生成为独立的研究人员和/或老师，并将学生带到地球科学专门领域的前沿。博士 学生通常会在既定兴趣领域就读该计划，并且已经选择了一名研究顾问。在特殊情况下，学生可能会被录取为博士学位。该计划没有建立感兴趣的领域。该计划总共需要至少72 sh的研究生学分。在广泛的范围内，所选课程应反映学生的个人需求，兴趣和才华，并且他们的顾问和咨询委员会必须批准它们。所有博士候选人都必须满足研究生院的学位要求。
The Doctor of Philosophy in geoscience is designed primarily to train students to be independent researchers and/or teachers, and to bring students to the forefront of a specialized area of geoscience. Ph.D. students usually enter the program with established fields of interest and a research advisor already selected. Under exceptional circumstances, a student may be admitted to the Ph.D. program without an established field of interest. The Ph.D. program requires an overall minimum 72 s.h. of graduate credit. Within broad limits, courses selected should reflect the individual needs, interests and talents of the student, and their advisor and advisory committee must approve them. All doctoral candidates must satisfy the degree requirements of the Graduate College. After earning their first 24 s.h. of graduate credit, Ph.D. students must be either (1) enrolled at least two consecutive semesters in full-time study (9 s.h. per semester minimum) at The University of Iowa, or (2) enrolled for a minimum of 6 semester hours in three consecutive semesters during which the student holds at least a one-quarter-time assistantship certified by the department as contributing to the student's doctoral program. They are required to include in their plan of study at least 18 s.h. of regular course work taught by tenured or tenure-track faculty members of the Department of Geoscience.