Geological and Environmental Science

The City University of New York

United States of America, New York City

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The City University of New York

United States of America , New York City

Key Facts

Program Level

Master by Course Work

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Campuses

Main Site

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines27-Aug-2022 February-2022

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Duration 12 month(s)

Tuition Fee

USD 855 / year

Apply Date February-2022

Next Intake 27-Aug-2022

Geological and Environmental Science

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Overview Geological and Environmental Science coursework at The City University of New York and research opportunities are available to specialize in atmospheric sciences, global climate change, chemical oceanography and paleoceanography, environmental geology and geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, soil biogeochemistry and physiology, shallow subsurface and marine geophysics, groundwater and surface water hydrology, urban ecology and limnology, geomicrobiology, geomorphology and quaternary studies, sedimentation, sedimentary petrology, paleontology, experimental mineralogy and petrology, igneous and metamorphic petrology. Learning outcomesExciting projects are being performed by students and faculty, including arsenic contamination in the drinking water supply, environmental health and safety, cancer and genetic epidemiology, environmental geochemistry, study of sewage effluent contamination and its effects on hypoxia and the benthic foodweb in Long Island Sound, salinity intrusion and microbial contamination in the NY–NJ Harbor Estuary, paleoclimatological history of the Hudson River, global climate change (including hurricane patterns of the past and the future), tectonic history of Westchester County and the State of Maine, radiometric ages of ancient rocks and radionuclide tracing of oceanic carbon cycling, plant-atmosphere CO2 fluxes, microbial ecology of plant litter, and earthquake hazards. I want to find another Master Course Students who have successfully completed the program have found employment in industry or government, or have entered PhD programs. Students in the Master of Science program in applied environmental geosciences are eligible for Roux Scholarships.

The Geological and Environmental Science offers programs at The City University of New York of courses and research leading to the Master of Arts in Geological and Environmental Science.