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Program checklist · Ph.D.

Geophysics

University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Ph.D.
Credential class
ceterms:DoctoralDegree
CIP
40.0603
Catalog edition
2025-2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
240727
CourseShelf checklist
CK_240727_32c0e061
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements

2 items
  1. GEOG 1000
    World Regional Geography
    As published: “- World Regional Geography”
  2. GEOG 1010
    Introduction to Physical
    As published: “- Introduction to Physical”

Geography

4 items
  1. GEOG 1020
    Introduction to Human Century
    As published: “- Introduction to Human Geography”
  2. GEOG 1101
    Surviving the Apocalypse: The
    As published: “- Surviving the Apocalypse: The”
    3
  3. GEOG 2370
    Chicano History: Origins to
    As published: “- Chicano History: Origins to GEOG”
    3
  4. GEOG 3010
    Geomorphology of Earth's
    As published: “- Geomorphology of Earth's”

Dynamic Landscapes

9 items
  1. GEOG 3050
    Economic Geography
    As published: “- Economic Geography”
    3
  2. GEOG 3280
    Spatial Methods
    As published: “- Spatial Methods”
    4
  3. GEOG 3400
    Traditional Ecological
    As published: “- Traditional Ecological Knowledge”
  4. GEOG 3450
    Weather and Climate
    As published: “- Weather and Climate”
    3
  5. GEOG 3480
    Environmental Change
    As published: “- Environmental Change”
    3
  6. GEOG 3550
    Natural Hazards and Society
    As published: “- Natural Hazards and Society”
    3
  7. GEOG 4000
    Terrain Analysis
    As published: “- Terrain Analysis”
    3
  8. GEOG 4013
    Political Geography
    As published: “- Political Geography”
  9. GEOG 4040
    Conservation of Natural
    As published: “- Conservation of Natural”

Resources

3 items
  1. GEOG 4051
    Environmental Politics
    As published: “- Environmental Politics”
    3
  2. GEOG 4052
    Federal Land Politics
    As published: “- Federal Land Politics”
    3
  3. GEOG 4080
    Management of Major River
    As published: “- Management of Major River”

Basins

3 items
  1. GEOG 4113
    Geological Remote Sensing
    As published: “- Geological Remote Sensing”
    4
  2. GEOG 4441
    Advanced Climate Variability
    As published: “- Advanced Climate Variability”
    3
  3. GEOG 4445
    Drug War Geopolitics in the
    As published: “- Drug War Geopolitics in the”

Americas

3 items
  1. GEOG 4450
    Fluvial Geomorphology
    As published: “- Fluvial Geomorphology”
  2. GEOG 4470
    Fire Ecology
    As published: “- Fire Ecology”
    3
  3. GEOG 4475
    Politics of Natural Resources in
    As published: “- Politics of Natural Resources i”

Latin America

11 items
  1. GEOG 4502
    Images of Wyoming and the
    As published: “- Images of Wyoming and the West”
  2. GEOG 4550
    Geography of Wine
    As published: “- Geography of Wine”
    3
  3. GEOG 4555
    Political Ecology
    As published: “- Political Ecology”
    3
  4. GEOG 4560
    Global Cities
    As published: “- Global Cities”
    3
  5. GEOG 4580
    Sense of Place
    As published: “- Sense of Place”
  6. GEOG 4590
    Geography of Conflicts
    As published: “- Geography of Conflicts”
    3
  7. GEOG 4875
    Independent Studies
    As published: “- Independent Studies”
    16
  8. GEOG 4880
    Current Topics
    As published: “- Current Topics”
    16
  9. GEOG 4885
    Seminar: (TOPICS)
    As published: “- Seminar: (TOPICS)”
    13
  10. GEOG 4960
    Field Studies
    As published: “- Field Studies”
    1-6
  11. GEOG 4965
    Directed Studies/ Research
    As published: “- Directed Studies/ Research”

Problems

2 items
  1. GEOG 4990
    Internship/ Practicum
    As published: “- Internship/ Practicum”
    16
  2. GEOG 5040
    Conservation of Natural
    As published: “- Conservation of Natural”

Resources

11 items
  1. GEOG 5060
    Landscape Ecology
    As published: “- Landscape Ecology”
    3
  2. GEOG 5441
    Advanced Climate Variability
    As published: “- Advanced Climate Variability”
  3. GEOG 5445
    Drug War Geopolitics in the
    As published: “- Drug War Geopolitics in the”
  4. GEOG 5450
    Fluvial Geomorphology
    As published: “- Fluvial Geomorphology”
    4
  5. GEOG 5470
    Fire Ecology
    As published: “- Fire Ecology”
    3
  6. GEOG 5502
    Images of Wyoming and the
    As published: “- Images of Wyoming and the West”
  7. GEOG 5560
    Global Cities
    As published: “- Global Cities”
    3
  8. GEOG 5570
    Cultural Geography
    As published: “- Cultural Geography”
    3
  9. GEOG 5580
    Sense of Place
    As published: “- Sense of Place”
    3
  10. GEOG 5590
    Geography of Conflicts
    As published: “- Geography of Conflicts”
  11. GEOG 5920
    Continuing Registration: On
    As published: “- Continuing Registration: On”
    1-2

Campus

1 item
  1. GEOG 5940
    Continuing Registration: Off
    As published: “- Continuing Registration: Off”
    1-2

Campus

6 items
  1. GEOG 5960
    Thesis Research
    As published: “- Thesis Research”
    1-12
  2. GEOL 1001
    Earth Science and Society
    As published: “- Earth Science and Society”
    1
  3. GEOL 1005
    Earth & Dinosaurs
    As published: “- Earth & Dinosaurs”
    3-4
  4. GEOL 1050
    Gold and the American West
    As published: “- Gold and the American West”
    3
  5. GEOL 1060
    Geology of the National Parks
    As published: “- Geology of the National Parks”
    3
  6. GEOL 1070
    The Earth: Its Physical Energy Resource Management and
    As published: “- The Earth: Its Physical”

Environment

2 items
  1. GEOL 1100
    Physical Geology
    As published: “- Physical Geology”
    4
  2. GEOL 1101
    The Anthropocene: Human's
    As published: “- The Anthropocene: Human's”

Control of Nature

4 items
  1. GEOL 1102
    First Year Experience: "Geology
    As published: “- First Year Experience: "Geology”
    3
  2. GEOL 1110
    Physical Geology for Engineers
    As published: “- Physical Geology for Engineers”
    4
  3. GEOL 1310
    The Water-Energy-Climate
    As published: “- The Water-Energy-Climate Nexus”
  4. GEOL 1320
    Global Sustainability: Managing
    As published: “- Global Sustainability: Managing”

Earth's Resources

1 item
  1. GEOL 1330
    Water, Dirt, and Earth's
    As published: “- Water, Dirt, and Earth's”

Environment

1 item
  1. GEOL 2000
    Geochemical Cycles and the
    As published: “- Geochemical Cycles and the Earth”

System

10 items
  1. GEOL 2020
    Introduction to Petrology
    As published: “- Introduction to Petrology”
    4
  2. GEOL 2050
    Principles of Paleontology
    As published: “- Principles of Paleontology”
    4
  3. GEOL 2070
    Introduction to Oceanography
    As published: “- Introduction to Oceanography”
    4
  4. GEOL 2080
    General Field Geology
    As published: “- General Field Geology”
    3
  5. GEOL 2100
    Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
    As published: “- Stratigraphy and Sedimentation”
    4
  6. GEOL 2120
    Quantitative GeoMethods
    As published: “- Quantitative GeoMethods”
  7. GEOL 2220
    Communicating Earth Science
    As published: “- Communicating Earth Science”
    3
  8. GEOL 3005
    Principles of Geophysics
    As published: “- Principles of Geophysics”
    4
  9. GEOL 3040
    Introduction to Groundwater
    As published: “- Introduction to Groundwater”
    3
  10. GEOL 3051
    Building and Sustaining a
    As published: “- Building and Sustaining a”

Habitable Planet

3 items
  1. GEOL 3110
    Invertebrate Paleontology
    As published: “- Invertebrate Paleontology”
    4
  2. GEOL 3250
    Geosciences and Computers
    As published: “- Geosciences and Computers”
    4
  3. GEOL 3400
    Geologic Hazards: A Historical
    As published: “- Geologic Hazards: A Historical”

Scientific Review

3 items
  1. GEOL 3450
    Weather and Climate
    As published: “- Weather and Climate”
    3
  2. GEOL 3480
    Environmental Change
    As published: “- Environmental Change”
  3. GEOL 3500
    Global Change: A Geological
    As published: “- Global Change: A Geological”

Perspective

4 items
  1. GEOL 3550
    [Inactive]
    As published: “- Natural Hazards and Society”
  2. GEOL 3600
    Earth and Mineral Resources
    As published: “- Earth and Mineral Resources”
    4
  3. GEOL 3650
    Energy for Society: Addressing
    As published: “- Energy for Society: Addressing”
    4
  4. GEOL 4000
    Paleomagnetism in
    As published: “- Paleomagnetism in”

Geology/Geophysics

4 items
  1. GEOL 4001
    Modeling the Earth System
    As published: “- Modeling the Earth System”
    4
  2. GEOL 4010
    Exploration Geoscience
    As published: “- Exploration Geoscience”
    3
  3. GEOL 4020
    Global Biogeochemistry
    As published: “- Global Biogeochemistry”
    3
  4. GEOL 4025
    Igneous and Metamorphic
    As published: “- Igneous and Metamorphic”

Petrology

1 item
  1. GEOL 4030
    Groundwater Flow and Solute
    As published: “- Groundwater Flow and Solute”

Transport Modeling

1 item
  1. GEOL 4040
    Conservation of Natural
    As published: “- Conservation of Natural”

Resources

7 items
  1. GEOL 4050
    Geology of Wyoming
    As published: “- Geology of Wyoming”
    3
  2. GEOL 4060
    Rocky Mountain Field Trip
    As published: “- Rocky Mountain Field Trip”
    1
  3. GEOL 4113
    Geological Remote Sensing
    As published: “- Geological Remote Sensing”
    4
  4. GEOL 4125
    Igneous Petrology
    As published: “- Igneous Petrology”
    2
  5. GEOL 4130
    Mathematical Geosciences
    As published: “- Mathematical Geosciences”
    3
  6. GEOL 4140
    Diversity Inclusion Geoscience
    As published: “- Diversity Inclusion Geoscience”
    1
  7. GEOL 4150
    Paleontology of Lower
    As published: “- Paleontology of Lower”

Vertebrates

2 items
  1. GEOL 4160
    Regional Tectonics
    As published: “- Regional Tectonics”
    2
  2. GEOL 4170
    Paleontology of Cenozoic
    As published: “- Paleontology of Cenozoic”

Placental Mammals

10 items
  1. GEOL 4190
    Petroleum Geology
    As published: “- Petroleum Geology”
    3
  2. GEOL 4191
    Methods in Petroleum Geology
    As published: “- Methods in Petroleum Geology”
    3
  3. GEOL 4200
    Topics in Geology
    As published: “- Topics in Geology”
    13
  4. GEOL 4210
    Topics in Geophysics
    As published: “- Topics in Geophysics”
    13
  5. GEOL 4214
    Topics in Economic Geology
    As published: “- Topics in Economic Geology”
  6. GEOL 4250
    Mathematical Geosciences
    As published: “- Mathematical Geosciences”
    3
  7. GEOL 4310
    Advanced Stratigraphy
    As published: “- Advanced Stratigraphy”
  8. GEOL 4320
    Cenozoic Stratigraphy
    As published: “- Cenozoic Stratigraphy”
    4
  9. GEOL 4420
    Sedimentary Rocks
    As published: “- Sedimentary Rocks”
    4
  10. GEOL 4440
    High-Performance Computing for
    As published: “- High-Performance Computing for”

Scientists and Engineers

10 items
  1. GEOL 4441
    Advanced Climate Variability
    As published: “- Advanced Climate Variability”
    3
  2. GEOL 4460
    Planetary Geology
    As published: “- Planetary Geology”
    3
  3. GEOL 4470
    Fire Ecology
    As published: “- Fire Ecology”
    3
  4. GEOL 4505
    Paleoenvironmental Research
    As published: “- Paleoenvironmental Research”
    4
  5. GEOL 4525
    Environmental Data Analysis
    As published: “- Environmental Data Analysis”
    4
  6. GEOL 4610
    Structural Geology and Tectonics
    As published: “- Structural Geology and Tectonic”
  7. GEOL 4666
    Plate Tectonics
    As published: “- Plate Tectonics”
    3
  8. GEOL 4717
    Field Course in Geology
    As published: “- Field Course in Geology”
    6
  9. GEOL 4720
    Ore Deposits
    As published: “- Ore Deposits”
    4
  10. GEOL 4760
    Rates and Timescales of Surface
    As published: “- Rates and Timescales of Surface”

Processes

4 items
  1. GEOL 4777
    Geochemistry of Natural Waters
    As published: “- Geochemistry of Natural Waters”
    3
  2. GEOL 4800
    Independent Study
    As published: “- Independent Study”
    13
  3. GEOL 4835
    Applied/Exploration Geophysics
    As published: “- Applied/Exploration Geophysics”
    3
  4. GEOL 4850
    Principles of Digital Filtering and
    As published: “- Principles of Digital Filtering and”

Time Series Analysis

3 items
  1. GEOL 4880
    Earth Surface Processes
    As published: “- Earth Surface Processes”
    3
  2. GEOL 5020
    Fundamentals of Research
    As published: “- Fundamentals of Research”
    2
  3. GEOL 5030
    Groundwater Flow and Solute
    As published: “- Groundwater Flow and Solute”

Transport Modeling

1 item
  1. GEOL 5040
    Conservation of Natural
    As published: “- Conservation of Natural”

Resources

4 items
  1. GEOL 5050
    Introduction to Isotope Geology
    As published: “- Introduction to Isotope Geology”
    3
  2. GEOL 5060
    Rocky Mt. Field Trip
    As published: “- Rocky Mt. Field Trip”
    3
  3. GEOL 5113
    Geological Remote Sensing
    As published: “- Geological Remote Sensing”
    4
  4. GEOL 5120
    Tectonic Evolution of the North
    As published: “- Tectonic Evolution of the North”

American Cordillera

9 items
  1. GEOL 5140
    Diversity Inclusion Geoscience
    As published: “- Diversity Inclusion Geoscience”
    1
  2. GEOL 5150
    Metamorphic Petrology
    As published: “- Metamorphic Petrology”
    4
  3. GEOL 5160
    Regional Tectonics
    As published: “- Regional Tectonics”
    2
  4. GEOL 5180
    Reflection Seismology
    As published: “- Reflection Seismology”
    3
  5. GEOL 5190
    Petroleum Geology
    As published: “- Petroleum Geology”
    3
  6. GEOL 5191
    Methods in Petroleum Geology
    As published: “- Methods in Petroleum Geology”
  7. GEOL 5200
    Topics in Geology
    As published: “- Topics in Geology”
    1-3
  8. GEOL 5210
    Topics in Geophysics
    As published: “- Topics in Geophysics”
    1-3
  9. GEOL 5211
    Seminar in Structural Geology
    As published: “- Seminar in Structural Geology an”
    1

Tectonics

6 items
  1. GEOL 5212
    Sedimentary Seminar
    As published: “- Sedimentary Seminar”
    1
  2. GEOL 5213
    Seminar in Tectonics
    As published: “- Seminar in Tectonics”
    2
  3. GEOL 5214
    Topics in Economic Geology
    As published: “- Topics in Economic Geology”
  4. GEOL 5215
    Inverse Theory
    As published: “- Inverse Theory”
    3
  5. GEOL 5216
    Global Seismology
    As published: “- Global Seismology”
    3
  6. GEOL 5220
    Vertebrate Morphology and
    As published: “- Vertebrate Morphology and”

Evolution

4 items
  1. GEOL 5230
    Vertebrate Paleobiogeography
    As published: “- Vertebrate Paleobiogeography”
    2
  2. GEOL 5250
    Mathematical Geosciences
    As published: “- Mathematical Geosciences”
    3
  3. GEOL 5300
    Sedimentary Basins
    As published: “- Sedimentary Basins”
    4
  4. GEOL 5321
    Engineering and Environment
    As published: “- Engineering and Environment”

Geophysics

1 item
  1. GEOL 5330
    Mechanics of Sediment
    As published: “- Mechanics of Sediment Transport,”
    4

Erosion and Deposition

1 item
  1. GEOL 5340
    Advanced Tectonics and
    As published: “- Advanced Tectonics and”

Sedimentation

9 items
  1. GEOL 5410
    Applied Geochemical Analysis
    As published: “- Applied Geochemical Analysis”
    3
  2. GEOL 5420
    Surfaces and Interfaces
    As published: “- Surfaces and Interfaces”
    3
  3. GEOL 5441
    Advanced Climate Variability
    As published: “- Advanced Climate Variability”
    3
  4. GEOL 5446
    Introduction to Geostatistics
    As published: “- Introduction to Geostatistics”
    3
  5. GEOL 5450
    Geochemical Modeling
    As published: “- Geochemical Modeling”
    3
  6. GEOL 5470
    Fire Ecology
    As published: “- Fire Ecology”
    3
  7. GEOL 5505
    Paleoenvironmental Research
    As published: “- Paleoenvironmental Research”
  8. GEOL 5525
    Environmental Data Analysis
    As published: “- Environmental Data Analysis”
    4
  9. GEOL 5550
    Numerical Methods in Ground
    As published: “- Numerical Methods in Ground”

Water Geology I

1 item
  1. GEOL 5560
    Numerical Methods in Ground
    As published: “- Numerical Methods in Ground”

Water Geology II

5 items
  1. GEOL 5570
    Advanced Geohydrology
    As published: “- Advanced Geohydrology”
    3
  2. GEOL 5600
    Theoretical Petrology
    As published: “- Theoretical Petrology”
    3
  3. GEOL 5610
    Geological Thermodynamics I
    As published: “- Geological Thermodynamics I”
    4
  4. GEOL 5630
    Electronic Microprobe
    As published: “- Electronic Microprobe”
    3
  5. GEOL 5640
    Advanced Igneous Petrology
    As published: “- Advanced Igneous Petrology”

Seminar

2 items
  1. GEOL 5650
    Advanced Metamorphic
    As published: “- Advanced Metamorphic Petrology”
  2. GEOL 5660
    Microstructural Analysis of
    As published: “- Microstructural Analysis of”

Deformed Rocks

6 items
  1. GEOL 5666
    Plate Tectonics
    As published: “- Plate Tectonics”
    3
  2. GEOL 5680
    Rock Physics
    As published: “- Rock Physics”
  3. GEOL 5700
    Seminar in Structure and
    As published: “- Seminar in Structure and”
    3
  4. GEOL 5720
    Ore Deposits
    As published: “- Ore Deposits”
    4
  5. GEOL 5730
    Seismic Data Processing
    As published: “- Seismic Data Processing”
    3
  6. GEOL 5760
    Rates and Timescales of Surface
    As published: “- Rates and Timescales of Surface”

Processes

7 items
  1. GEOL 5777
    Geochemistry of Natural Waters
    As published: “- Geochemistry of Natural Waters”
    3
  2. GEOL 5820
    Advanced Geomorphology
    As published: “- Advanced Geomorphology”
    1-3
  3. GEOL 5835
    Applied/Exploration Geophysics
    As published: “- Applied/Exploration Geophysics”
    3
  4. GEOL 5850
    Economic Geology
    As published: “- Economic Geology”
    1-6
  5. GEOL 5851
    Environmental Geology
    As published: “- Environmental Geology”
  6. GEOL 5855
    Ground Water Hydrology Credits
    As published: “- Ground Water Hydrology”
  7. GEOL 5856
    Mathematical and Statistical
    As published: “- Mathematical and Statistical”
    1-6

Geology

4 items
  1. GEOL 5857
    Mineralogy and Crystallography
    As published: “- Mineralogy and Crystallography”
    1-6
  2. GEOL 5862
    Structural Geology
    As published: “- Structural Geology”
    1-6
  3. GEOL 5900
    Practicum in College Teaching
    As published: “- Practicum in College Teaching”
    1-3
  4. GEOL 5920
    Continuing Registration: On
    As published: “- Continuing Registration: On”
    1-2

Campus

1 item
  1. GEOL 5940
    Continuing Registration: Off
    As published: “- Continuing Registration: Off”
    2

Campus1

3 items
  1. GEOL 5959
    Enrichment Studies
    As published: “- Enrichment Studies”
    1-3
  2. GEOL 5960
    Thesis Research
    As published: “- Thesis Research”
    1-12
  3. GEOL 5980
    Dissertation Research
    As published: “- Dissertation Research”
    1-12
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