Overview

Geology at Stephen F. Austin State University consists of a minimum of 30 hours of graduate coursework, including at least: 18 hours of graduate geology coursework from at least three different major fields of geologic study (i.e. hydrogeology, geochemistry, geophysics, petrology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, or structural geology); three hours each of thesis research (GOL 589) and thesis writing (GOL 590); six hours of additional coursework as approved by the graduate committee.

Learning outcomes

The Master of Science Degree Without Thesis consists of a minimum of 36 hours of graduate coursework, including at least: 30 hours of graduate geology coursework from at least five different major fields of geologic study (i.e. hydrogeology, geochemistry, geophysics, petrology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, or structural geology); six hours of additional coursework as approved by the graduate committee.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Earth Science Activities

Petroleum Geology

Optical Mineralogy

Ground Water

Special Topics in Geology

Environmental Waste Management

Groundwater Monitoring Design

Groundwater Modeling

Sedimentology

Depositional Systems

Igneous and Metamorphic Petrography

Sedimentary Petrography

Advanced Structural Geology

Geochemistry

Environmental Techniques

X-Ray Crystallography

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Nacogdoches, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.5

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

To apply for a master’s degree program at SFA, you must meet one of the following requirements:

Be in your final year of undergraduate work;
Hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university; or
Have 95 or more semester hours of undergraduate work at SFA and be approved as an Overlap Student (an undergraduate pursuing graduate and undergraduate studies at the same time).

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

15220 USD / year

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Out-of-State

15220 USD / year

≈ 15220 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

7930 USD / year

≈ 7930 USD / year

Additional Details

Border-State residents: $ 720.00

Living costs

Nacogdoches

United States

921 - 1707 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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