Geosciences

Overview

About Geosciences at Midwestern State University

Details concerning specific thesis projects should be addressed to the appropriate faculty.  Accepted students are strongly encouraged to associate themselves with a faculty member by the end of their first semester in the Geosciences program. This faculty member will serve as the student’s graduate advisory committee chair and will be responsible for supervising the student’s degree program.

Mission

Midwestern State University is a leading public liberal arts university committed to providing students with rigorous undergraduate and graduate education in the liberal arts and the professions. Through an emphasis upon teaching, augmented by the opportunity for students to engage in research and creative activities alongside faculty and to participate in co-curricular and service programs, 

Midwestern State prepares its graduates to embark upon their careers or pursue advanced study. The university’s undergraduate education is based upon a comprehensive arts and sciences core curriculum. The understanding that students gain of themselves, others, and the social and natural world prepares them to contribute constructively to society through their work and through their private lives.