APPLICATIONS FOR FALL 2002 MUST BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY 4, 2002.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Degrees offered: MS and PhD

BS or BA is required. Graduate students may enter the department with a bachelor's degree in geology or a related earth science, or some other field relevant to the intended field of specialization.

Minimum Standards are often completed upon application. However, deficiencies may be removed upon enrollment.

Calculus - 2 semesters (3 quarter system terms)

Chemistry - 2 semesters (3 quarter system terms)

Physics - 2 semesters (3 quarter system terms)

Field camp - 6-8 cr mapping course equivalent to UW-Madison's Field Camp (Geology 459). Students with a geology degree must take field camp before starting Graduate School. Other students may have the requirement waived.

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GPA must be >3.0. The average GPA of applicants offered positions with funding in the last three years was 3.6.

GRE (Graduate Record Exam) is required. Subject test is not required. The average scores for students offered positions with funding in the last 3 years was verbal, 75%; quantitative, 75%; analytical 79%.

TOEFL is required for students for whom English is not the first language and who have not attended an institution with English-language instruction. The minimum required score is 550 (paper) or 213 (computer).

Some specialty areas (mineralogy, sedimentology, etc.) have their own requirements and they will be sent on request.

Hydrogeology Program requires a minimum of 12 credits of geology

Financial Support (scholarships and research assistantships), is available to the most highly qualified applicants. A completed application file serves as an application for Department financial support and the Department will contact the best applicants about opportunities for funding. You will be considered for either a Teaching Assistantship (currently $10,475 to $13,814/academic year), a Research Assistantship (currently $16,350/12 months), or a University Fellowship (currently $16,440/annual). All the appointments include excellent free health benefits. The holder of an appointment is exempt from the payment of non-resident and resident tuition. RAs, TAs, PAs pay segregated fees - $260.55/semester for 2001-02.

International applicants whose native language is not English are not eligible for teaching assistantships during their first year of graduate work. Exceptions to this eligibility criterion for non-native speakers can be made if the student's undergraduate degree was obtained from an English-speaking university, if the student obtained an M.S. from an English-speaking university, or if the student completed other undergraduate or graduate study for a period of at least a year in a country where the native language and the language of instruction at the university is English. The SPEAK Test is required if you plan to be a teaching assistant. International students are eligible for research assistantships but these are available only through individual professors in their area of specialty, and each student must contact the professors on an individual basis for this. If you have personal financial resources that could support you in Wisconsin during the first year and also will pay the $45 application fee, please let us know and we will send the application material.

Application deadline is January 4, 2002 for the fall of 2002 for those interested in Department support. Note that this deadline applies both to the university application and the items to be submitted to the department listed below. Admission for other sessions are on an individual basis and you would need to contact professors directly to see if they have any research assistantships.

Submit the following to the Department to complete an application

Application form - Department copy (also available as an electronic form)

Supplement form - Indicate your top 3 areas of interest (also available as an electronic form)

Reasons for Graduate School - State your reasons for graduate study, specify your special interests within your chosen discipline, indicate your background preparation in that area, and mention any relevant skills or exprience that you have acquired.

Letters of Recommendation - Have 3 letters sent directly to the department and include the recommender's ranking form (also available as an electronic form).

Transcripts - Official copies of all transcripts. Send any copies you have until we receive the official copy.

GRE scores - Official copy required. Send any copies you have until we receive the official copy.

TOEFL (for international applicant). Send any copies you have until we receive the official copy.

Financial Statement form (for international applicants)

Detailed information about graduate programs in Geology & Geophysics is available from:

Sharon Meinholz, Graduate Studies Secretary

Department of Geology & Geophysics, UW-Madison

Weeks Hall, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706

608-262-9266

sharonm@geology.wisc.edu

Department Email & Telephone

geodept@geology.wisc.edu

608-262-8960

Department Web address

http://www.geology.wisc.edu

If you plan to apply to graduate studies in geology and geophysics after reading "Who Should Apply," then we encourage you to continue with the application process. Please email the Graduate Studies Secretary your area(s) of interest within geology or geophysics.

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(document created July 31, 1997 T. Simo)