GEOL 641: Environmental Geochemistry (3 credits) Dr. Bruce Herbert
Geochemical processes affecting the fate and transport of inorganic and organic pollutants in terrestrial systems; equilibrium and kinetic modeling.

GEOL 646: Biogeochemical Cycling in Subsurface Systems (3 credits) Dr. Jennifer McGuire
Fundamental concepts and research techniques in the study of coupled biogeochemical cycles; focus on connections between major elemental cycles of carbon oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and metals including biotic and abiotic transformations in subsurface systems.

GEOL648: Stable Isotope Geology (3 credits) Dr. Ethan Grossman
Survey of stable isotope applications in the study of global change, environmental geochemistry, hydrogeology, igneous and metamorphic geology, carbonate geology, paleoclimatology, oceanography and paleoceanography, and petroleum geochemistry.

GEOL 650: Paleoecology (3 credits) Dr. Anne Raymond
Interrelationships of organisms and environment in the fossil record; methods and criteria available for interpreting ancient environments; critical review of classical studies and current research in paleoecology.

GEOL 654: Evolutionary Patterns and Theory (3 credits) Dr. Anne Raymond
Evolutionary patterns in the fossil record and application of evolutionary theory to understanding these patterns; comparisons of neo-Darwinian and punctuational hypotheses; events and processes pertaining to microevolutionary and macroevolutionary change; and methods of determine phylogenies of organisms.

GEOL658: Earth Systems Through Deep Time: Global Change, Paleoclimate, and Life (3 credits) Drs. Ethan Grossman, Anne Raymond, Tom Olszewski, Brent Miller, Debbie Thomas, Dave Wiltschko and others
History and cause of global change in the Earth System, Archean to Holocene; impact of biotic change on the Earth System; influence of tectonics on paleochemistry and climate change; influence of climate on tectonics; methods and models for evaluating global change.

GEOL 681 Sec 602: Evolution of Photosynthesis (1 credit) Dr. Mike Tice
Evolution of photosynthesis from geological and biological perspectives: distribution of photosynthesis; evidence for early photosynthetic organisms; evolution of photosynthetic pigments and reaction centers; acquisition of electron donors for photosynthetic carbon fixation.

GEOL 689: Geochemical Characterization of Natural Systems (3 credits) Drs. Jennifer McGuire, Bruce Hertbert, Ethan Grossman, Ray Guillemette, Robert Popp

GEOL 689: Applied Micropaleontology (3 credits) Dr. Bridget Wade
This course looks at the major microfossil groups, foraminifera, nannofossils, ostracods, and palynology. We will examine their mode of life and their application to studies of climate change, paleoceanography, paleoecology, evolution, stratigraphy and oil and gas exploration.

GEOL 689 Sec 602: Geobiology of Prokaryotes (4 credits) Dr. Mike Tice