Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara

MSc Earth Science

Graduate education is a great way of attaining your future career goals. Our graduate program, ranked among the best in the country, leads to the Masters or the Ph.D. in Earth Science degrees in a variety of areas of specialization, plus three optional doctoral emphases and an optional certificate in university teaching. We offer study in geochemistry, geophysics, geomorphology and Quaternary geology, petrology, sedimentology and stratigraphy, tectonics, structural geology and crustal evolution, and paleobiology. Our priority is to provide students an unparalleled academic experience, such that by completion of the program they are exceptional Earth scientists and scholars.