Graduate Program
The Climate Change Institute offers an M.S. degree program with potential for a
continuing Ph.D. program through Earth Sciences or another related university
department. An Independent Ph.D. program is also possible through
the Graduate School. Students affiliated with the institute investigate human and global
change, past, present and future. The primary disciplines are: Climatology,
Archaeology, Glaciology, Glacial Geology, Ecology, History, Marine Geology, and
Modeling.
Please download our new graduate study brochure [PDF].
The M.S. program has two required courses:
ERS 542 - Clilmate and the Earth System
Study of the physical environments of the Quaternary Period with special emphasis on ice-age theories, world-wide terrestrial and marine glacial stratigraphy, paleoclimatology, and effects of environment on society. One weekend field trip. Lec 2, Lab 2. Prerequisite: ERS 541 or permission. Cr 3. Offered every 2nd year.INT 500 - Climate, Culture and the Biosphere
Selected areas of study - physical, biological and anthropological - related to the Quaternary Period. One weekend field trip may be required. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: permission. Cr Ar.For more information, please contact the Graduate Coordinator:
Prof. Greg Zaro
207-581-1857 phone
Gregory_ZaroATumit.maine.edu