Graduate Course Work
The following table lists courses recommended to students in economic geology. To broaden their appreciation of mineral deposits geology and its role in society, graduate students supplement their graduate coursework in geology with offerings in mining engineering, economics and business, geophysics, and metallurgical and materials engineering. Course descriptions are listed in the CSM Graduate Catalog.
| Course number | Course Title | Credits | Instructor | |
| Fall | GEOL 501 | Applied Stratigraphy | 4.0 | Piret Plink-Björklund |
| GEOL 505 | Advanced Structural Geology | 3.0 | Yvette Kuiper | |
| GEOL 520 | New Developments in the Geology and Exploration of Ore Deposits | 3.0 | Zhaoshan Chang/Thomas Monecke | |
| GEOL 524 | Economic Geology | 4.0 | Thomas Monecke | |
| GEGN 532 | Geological Data Analysis | 3.0 | Kamini Singha | |
| GEOL 555 | Structural Field Research | 4.0 | Yvette Kuiper | |
| GEOL 524 | Economic Geology | 3.0 | Thomas Monecke | |
| GEGX 571 | Geochemical Exploration | 3.0 | Karen Kelley and Zhaoshan Chang | |
| GEOL 645 | Volcanology | 3.0 | Wendy Bohrson | |
| Spring | GEGN 403 | Mineral Exploration Design | 3.0 | Steve Enders |
| GEOL 513 | Hydrothermal Geochemistry | 3.0 | Thomas Monecke | |
| GEOL 514 | Business of Economic Geology | 3.0 | Steve Enders | |
| GEOL 519 | Abitibi Geology and Exploration Field School | 3.0 | Thomas Monecke | |
| GEOL 521 | Field and Ore Deposit Geology | 3.0 | Thomas Monecke/Zhaoshan Chang | |
| GEOL 523 | Reflected Light and Electron Microscopy | 2.0 | Katharina Pfaff | |
| GEOL 540 | Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology | 3.0 | Yvette Kuiper | |
| GEOL 598 | Skarn and Related Deposits | 3.0 | Zhaoshan Chang | |
| MNGN 528 | Mining Geology | 3.0 | Elizabeth Holley | |