Online Geoscience Degree :: Accredited Universities

Australia's economy is heavily reliant on the export of minerals and other natural resources and there are excellent job prospects in all areas of geoscience. Australia is currently experiencing a minerals boom and the Minerals Council of Australia has concluded that the mining industry will require an increasing number of trained geologists and geoscientists into the future. Australia is also facing ongoing environmental challenges such as shortage of water, increased salinization of agricultural soils and loss of biodiversity resulting in strong demand for comprehensively trained geoscientists.

This innovative degree provides the opportunity to study a major in Fossil Fuels, Mineral Deposits or Remediaton and includes topics such as resource geology and environmental issues, optical mineralogy and igneous petrology, ore deposit geology, exploration and environmental geochemistry, field mapping and sedimentology, palaeontology and stratigraphy, applied geophysics, among others. The major completed will appear on the academic transcript and testamur.

Entry Requirements

Assumed knowledge is any two units of General Mathematics or Mathematics or Mathematics Extension.

Recommended studies: Chemistry and/or Physics.

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Intensive mandatory schools may be a requirement of some of the units in this course. See Unit Catalogue for specific requirements.

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The BOMP provides a student with a wide variety of meteorology courses. The program was designed to complement weather training received in the military. However, military meteorological training is not a requirement for the program.

Complete the 17 course, 52 hour program fully online to earn the Certificate in Broadcast and Operational Meteorology.

Apply this 17 course, 52 hour program toward the B.S. in Geosciences, Concentration in Broadcast and Operational Meteorology, also available online.

Entry Requirements

To be accepted into the freshmen class at Mississippi State University, students must satisfactorily complete the following College Preparatory Curriculum (CPC) with an appropriate core grade-point average:

- English -- 4 units, all requiring substantial communication skills components.

- Mathematics -- 3 units: Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry. (Algebra I taken in the 8th grade will be accepted for admission provided the course content is the same as the high school course.)

- Natural Science -- 3 units, chosen from Biology, Advanced Biology, Chemistry, Advanced Chemistry, Physical Science, Physics, Advanced Physics, or another science course of comparable rigor. (Two science units must be laboratory based.)

- Social Studies -- 3 units, including U.S. History, World History (substantial Geography component), Government (½ unit), and Economics (½ unit) or Geography (½ unit).

- Advanced Electives -- 2 units, chosen from Foreign Language, World Geography, 4th-year laboratory-based Science, and 4th-year Mathematics. One of the units must be Foreign Language or World Geography. (Foreign
Language taken in the 8th grade will be accepted for admission provided the course content is the same as the high school course.)

- Computer -- ½ unit: computer as a productivity tool, not as a keyboarding device.

Pre-high School Units - Algebra I, or first year Foreign Language, or Mississippi Studies taken prior to high school will be accepted for admission provided the course content is the same as the high school course.

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Primarily suited to hydrocarbon industry professionals who wish to further develop their knowledge and skills while working, this online version of the well-established Royal Holloway MSc course has an international reputation for excellence in the petroleum industry.

Finding new reserves is becoming ever more challenging and the enhanced recovery of reserves from existing fields is becoming increasingly important. Well-trained Petroleum Geoscientists with the ability to integrate geological and geophysical data, and to apply it on a variety of scales, have a vital role to play.

This MSc in Petroleum Geoscience provides training in the practical and technical skills to address a range of exploration and production challenges, from predicting the likely distribution of hydrocarbons in a frontier sedimentary basin, to quantifying the complex structural, stratigraphic and sedimentological architecture of individual reservoirs.

Royal Holloway, University of London is one of the leading centres for Earth Science research in the UK. It has excellent links with the international oil industry and a strong programme of industry-funded petroleum geology research, which ensures that this Masters is up-to-date, focused and commercially relevant.

Royal Holloway staff provide tutorial support for each module, plus guidance for your dissertation and for project work, which is based on industry data.

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Comprehensive learning materials delivered via a dedicated web portal: video clips, animations, audiovisual presentations, fully illustrated manuals, self-assessment quizzes, exercises and computer-based practicals including examples of subsurface data such as seismic and well-log data

A field trip and intensive study seminars held in the UK as part of the final module on the course

Option to be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Petroleum Geoscience if you choose not to undertake the project.

Entry Requirements

Academic Requirements
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Summary of the entrance requirements:

An undergraduate degree (e.g. bachelor) which is considered at least comparable to a UK second class honours degree, in a physical science subject, preferably but not necessarily related to geoscience. The degree must be awarded from an institution acceptable to the University. An upper second class degree equivalent is beneficial but not essential if you have work experience in the oil and gas industry.

Work experience in the oil and gas industry, preferably carrying out evaluation of conventional and/or unconventional petroleum systems, but any technical oil and gas related work will be considered. Sufficient relevant work experience may be considered to replace the requirement for a second class honours degree qualification in geoscience; cases are considered on an individual basis

Applicants for the MSc must demonstrate that they have access to interpretation software, data and local expert supervision before they can register for and complete the research project module PGM051 necessary to complete the MSc. Usually this means applicants should be currently in employment with an oil and gas company, but exceptions can be made for students who can arrange data, software and supervision by other means.

You do not need to be currently in employment within the oil and gas industry to complete the six taught modules. Successful completion of these modules is sufficient to qualify for a PG Diploma.

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You will meet the English language requirement if you have passed, within the past three years

(IELTS) International English Language Testing System when an overall score of at least 6.5 is achieved with a minimum of 6.0 in each sub-test

(TOEFL) iBT Test of English as a Foreign Language overall score of 92 or above with at least 22 in both Reading and Writing Skills sub-tests and at least 20 in both Speaking and Listening sub-tests provided you took the examination before 29 May 2014.

Please note we are unable to accept (TOEFL) iBT Test of English as a Foreign Language results if you have taken the examination after the 29 May 2014.

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Does your career as a teacher require you to obtain a Master of Science degree, continuing education units or graduate course work? Does your schedule make it difficult to attend an evening class once a week after a full day of teaching? Are you looking for graduate courses that focus on science content? If the answer to any of these questions is YES, then consider the Teachers in Geosciences (TIG) program via distance education.

- Earn a Master of Science degree in Geosciences from Mississippi State University in two years via distance education.

- Established in 1998, the TIG program is reputable, accredited, and flexible.

- The 12-course, 36-credit hour program of study includes courses in meteorology, geology, astronomy, oceanography, hydrology and environmental geoscience.

- All courses in the two-year program are offered online, except the final 8-10 day on-location field methods course. This course is offered at a variety of locations around the country, including Yellowstone & the Grand Tetons; Central Arizona, including the Grand Canyon; Eastern New York; the Outer Banks of North Carolina; San Salvador Island, Bahamas; Western Washington State, including Mount St. Helens and Mt. Rainier; the Eastern Sierra, including Yosemite; Western Lake Superior; and the Great Plains Storm Chase.

- Designed for K-12 teachers and professionals in education-related fields such as Extension, Park Service, and museums.

Entry Requirements

An applicant for admission to the Teachers in Geosciences (TIG) program must hold a bachelor’s degree from a fully recognized four-year educational institution that has unconditional accreditation with appropriate regional accrediting agencies.

Admission is based primarily on past performance and letters of recommendation. Regular admission to graduate study in the Master of Geosciences program requires a minimum grade point average of 2.75 on the last 60 hours of undergraduate work. Please note that the GRE is not required for admission into this program.

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The M.S. degree in Geosciences with a concentration in Applied Meteorology is designed for individuals with meteorological, environmental, or hazards-related careers worldwide. The program was developed in consultation with representatives from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET), the National Weather Service and the Caribbean Weather Service.

The 12-course, 36-credit hour program of study includes specialized courses in meteorology, climatology, GIS and hazards.

The Applied Meteorology Program (AMP) is reputable, accredited, and flexible.

All of the courses are taught online with the exception of the final capstone course workshop. The capstone course is designed around an 8 - 10 day workshop that is hosted at Mississippi State University during the summer semester.

Entry Requirements

To be admitted to the Applied Meteorology Program (AMP), one must hold a bachelor’s degree in a natural science from a four-year educational institution that has unconditional accreditation from a regional accrediting agency. An upper level course in Synoptic Meteorology (or equivalent) is a prerequisite for beginning the program of study.

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