Graduate studies in the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences focus on understanding and safely managing the Earth and its resources for the future, with degrees leading to careers in industry, government, nonprofit organizations, and academia. Our curriculum emphasizes the sociocultural facets, or social geology, inherent specifically in hazards-related work and broadly in the fields of geological sciences and engineering. Our graduate program is flexible, accommodating students individual goals and affording specialization for myriad careers in the earth sciences, geophysics, and geological engineering.<br><br>Research activities in the master's or doctorate program in geology span fundamental and precise laboratory studies of rocks and minerals to field studies in remote and rugged locations to high-performance computing of climate and natural hazards using remotely sensed data. Current studies include characterizing the hydrology of melting glaciers in Alaska, Svalbard, and Nepal, landslide and flood hazards in El Salvador, and transport and observation of atmospheric pollutants in remote locations like Greenland and the Azores.