Rutgers University School of Graduate Studies (New Brunswick) 0 courses
The Master’s degrees in Earth and Planetary Sciences is designed to provide an educational environment to encourage students to become competent and technically adept Earth and planetary scientists who wish to pursue a career in education, industry, government, non-governmental organizations, or the service sector. The program also serves to lay a solid foundation for those students who desire to continue on with advanced graduate studies toward the Ph.D. degree either at Rutgers or at another institution. The conventional and “4+1” tracks of M.S. degree require 24 credits of course work and 6 credits of research. The Environmental Geosciences track requires 27 course and 3 research credits and completion of an internship. In addition to course work, the conventional and “4+1” tracks require a short-written thesis proposal entailing the specifics and goals of the intended research thesis. The M.S. degree is granted following completion of the written thesis (conventional) or capstone paper (“4+1” and Environmental Geoscience tracks), approved by the Thesis Advisor and Thesis Committee, and completion of a successful open departmental oral defense. In most cases, the student who had been admitted with a B.A. or a B.S. with no major deficiencies will complete his/her M.S. within 2 full academic years (24 months) depending upon the area of study. The student must file an application for a diploma (obtained from the Registrar) before April 1 preceding the May Commencement or...
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