Department Description

Faculty members also participate in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program. The department also offers a graduate-level Waste Management Certificate Program. Those who designate geosciences (geology or geography focus) on their application for admission to the doctoral program must meet admission and other requirements available from the department. See the School of Graduate Studies section of this catalog for more information about doctoral programs. The department takes a lead role in the undergraduate interdisciplinary environmental studies program. Courses offered by the department can be used to fulfill the requirements of the Missouri Department of Education for earth science and science-math teaching specialties.

All students in the Department of Geosciences must maintain a minimum grade-point average above 3.0 in each course taken to fulfill departmental degree requirements. This minimum GPA applies to all UMKC courses and to all credit hours transferred from other institutions and accepted by the department.