Information from C. Liner, former U Arkansas Geoscience Department Chair
of the land upon which the University of Arkansas stands
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Enrollment Update 2018
All plots represent Fall Semester enrollment data from UA Institutional Research and Assessment
Total enrollment history. Both undergraduate and graduate numbers are sill dropping, largely because of an ongoing oil price bust in 2015 that strongly affected geology enrollments.
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Degrees awarded are steady, but this is a 4+ year lagging indicator of enrollment. |
Graduate student history and breakdown. Geoscience PhD students have flattened out at 18, underpinned by 9 hard-funded teaching assistant (TA) slots and supplemented by 9 research assistant (RA) positions. Conversion of Geography MA degree to MS is almost complete (MA Geography degree is discontinued). Geology MS continues to be impacted by slow hiring in the oil and gas sector following the price collapse of 2015-6 and industry rotation to unconventional resource plays that are driven more by data analytics and less by geoscience. |
Friday, August 31, 2018
GEOS Colloquium
You should be able to scroll U/D and L/R to see everything. Yellow highlight dates are open. As we fill slots, this site will stay up to date.
Final colloquium schedule will be posted before the beginning of each semester at
https://fulbright.uark.edu/departments/geosciences/eventsandcolloquiumcalendar/
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Process notes from Jo Ann Kvamme (4/27/18):
- Speakers are solicited from the Geosciences Faculty
- one slot each semester is reserved for a speaker sponsored by the GEOS External Advisory Board
- Suggestions for speakers are solicited from the Geosciences Faculty
- Off campus speaker expenses are generally covered by the inviting faculty member
- If a speaker requires Department funds, prior approval from GEOS Chair is required.
- Off campus speaker expenses are generally covered by the inviting faculty member
- Society sponsored speakers (AAPG, AWG, AAG, AGU, etc)
- Expenses are generally mostly covered by the organization with some expenses paid by the department – all department expenses require prior GEOS Chair approval
- Expenses are generally mostly covered by the organization with some expenses paid by the department – all department expenses require prior GEOS Chair approval
- All suggested speakers are considered, prioritized and contacted about participation (in the event the slots for the semester are full I ask if we want to place the speaker on a “potential speaker” for the next semester or can set a date for the next semester).
It is best if we can fill the lectures for the semester the previous semester. I keep a running calendar (now live above) so we can also place suggestion speakers and dates for two semesters out.
Scheduling priority:
- Sponsored speakers are usually locked in first since these must be booked early
- Faculty bringing speakers to campus (we try to accommodate speakers who are visiting – however this is not always possibly depending on the speakers previously booked.)
- Faculty on Campus (we try to have campus faculty (or those not needing a hotel room] on football, BBB weekends since hotels may be hard to find and require multiple night stay)
- We try to insure there is something for everyone in the department with a variety of subject matter
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
MS Geology Course Tracks
Geochemistry/Petrology Track: see Drs. Suarez/Potra
Geoinformatics Track: see Dr. Aly
Hydrogeology Track: see Dr. Hays
Petroleum Track: see Drs. Sharman /Liner
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Petroleum Track Detail
Fall
GEOS 510V(3) Dyn of Sed Transport (alt yrs, 19, 21)
GEOS 5283 Economic Geology (alt yrs, 19, 21)
GEOS 5393 Math Modeling Geol Proc (alt yrs, 19, 21)
GEOS 5433 The Solid Earth (alt yrs, 18, 20)
GEOS 5563 Tectonics
GEOS 5723 Petroleum Geophysics (alt yrs, 18, 20)
GEOS 5743 Petroleum Geology
Spring
GEOS 5143 3D Seismic Exploration (alt yrs, 18, 20)
GEOS 510V(3) Imperial Barrel Award (limit 5 students)
GEOS 5423 Remote Sensing of Nat Res (alt yrs, 18, 20)
Irregular
GEOS 510V(3) Advanced Strat and Sedimentation
GEOS 510V(3) Subsurface Geological Mapping
GEOS 5123 Stratigraphic Principles
GEOS 5223 Sedimentary Petrology
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Petrology/Geochemistry Track Detail
Fall
GEOS 5663 Low Temperature Geochemistry of Natural Waters
GEOS 5283 Economic Geology
BIOL 5933 Global Biogeochemistry: Elemental Cycles and Environmental Change
Spring
GEOS 5863/ANTH 5863 Quantitative Techniques in Geosciences
GEOS 5853 Environmental Isotope Geochemistry
GEOS 5273 Introduction to Geochemistry
Irregular
GEOS 5223 Sedimentary Petrology
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Support links
1. GEOS Faculty contact info can be found here
2. GEOS course descriptions can be found here
Saturday, August 11, 2018
Thursday, July 19, 2018
GEOS Research Funding (fiscal 2018)
Data from UA Research Office
Grant proposals submitted |
Grant proposals awarded |
Sponsor breakdown for awarded proposals |
Sunday, July 1, 2018
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