Graduate Courses
The course schedule is subject to change. Please refer to student centre for the most up to date information. Registration for fall courses opens in early August, Winter courses in December and Summer courses in April.
Winter 2025 Courses
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GEOLOGY/GEOPHYSICS 9580: Graduate Seminar Instructor: Roberta Flemming rflemmin@uwo.ca Wednesdays 11:30am-1:30pm
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This is a required course for all new M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in the Department of Earth Sciences. The objectives of the course are to: i) write and present a thesis/project proposal, ii) develop strong research skills, iii) learn how to effectively present information orally, iv) become familiar with grant proposal writing, and v) practice scientific and professional learning skills through teamwork exercises. |
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GEOLOGY 9516: Advanced Mineralogy Thursdays 1:30-4:30pm Instructor: Roberta Flemming rflemmin@uwo.ca
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Participants will investigate the relationship between crystal structure and mineral behaviour by collecting and interpreting crystallographic data on their own research specimens (and correlating this with other available data). Lectures will begin with fundamental crystallographic concepts, theory and techniques of X-ray diffraction. Additional topics include temperature-, pressure-, and composition-dependent changes in crystal structure, and selected spectroscopic techniques (may include Raman, IR, NMR or other methods). There are five laboratory assignments and an independent research project. The students will present their independent research projects as a manuscript-style report and a symposium-style presentation. There is a 3-hour final exam. |
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GEOLOGY 9552: Mineral Deposit Geochemistry Tuesday 12:30-2:30pm LEC Friday 10:30-11:30am LEC Friday 11:30am-12:30pm TUT Instructor:
* Crosslisted with ES 4432 |
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GEOLOGY / PLANETSCI 9606: Remote Sensing Monday 8:30-10:30am Thursday 8:30-9:30am Instructor: Catherine Neish cneish@uwo.ca
*Crosslisted EarthSci 4606 |
The principle objective of this course is to provide participants with a strong technical and conceptual grounding in remote sensing data. The course will focus on image analysis; learning the ability to manipulate and analyze a wide variety of remote sensing data sets. Participants will get a hands-on experience applying the learned techniques to diverse terrestrial and planetary data sets and deriving meaningful geologic and environmental information. It will feature both overview lectures on background theory, as well as hands-on exercises using satellite data, geological maps, and field data. This course is intended to provide the non-specialist analytical tools when working with various types of spatial and spectral data. |
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GEOPHYSICS 9507: Mineral Physics Tuesday/Thursday 11:30-12:30pm LEC Wednesday 2:30-5:30pm LAB Instructor: Sean Shieh sshieh@uwo.ca
*Crosslisted with ES 4424 |
The course introduces elementary solid state theory, thermodynamics, elasticity, equation of state, stress and strength, phase transformations, high pressure and high temperature science and technique, mineral physics of mantle and core. This course aims to introduce how to study the physical and mechanic properties of materials at ambient and extreme conditions that can be applied to nature and industry system. |
Course Outline: Grad SeminarSummer 2025
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GEOLOGY 9650: Field Structural Analysis May 1-11, 2025 Field School Instructor: Dazhi Jiang djiang3@uwo.ca
*Crosslisted with ES 3350Y |
