Departmental Advisors
Director, Graduate Affairs
Fan-Chi Lin
271 FASB
Director, Undergraduate
Pete Lippert
383 FASB
Geological Engr
Jeff Moore
383 FASB
Undergraduate Academic Advising
Sean Meyer
104 FASB
Graduate Coordinator
801-581-7162
383 FASB
Departmental Notes
For course descriptions and pre-requisite information click on the subject column next to the appropriate catalog number.
Attention: Classroom assignments may change between the time you
register and when classes begin. Please check your class schedule for the latest classroom location
information before attending class.
GEO 104 - 001 World of Dinosaurs
GEO 104 - 001 World of Dinosaurs
- Class Number: 7030
- Instructor: LOEWEN, MARK
- Component: Lecture
- Type: Remote Real-Time
- Units: 0.0
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $550.00
- Seats Available: 4
GEO 105 - 090 National Parks Geology
GEO 105 - 090 National Parks Geology
- Class Number: 19975
- Instructor: ANDERSON, LEIF
- Component: Lecture
- Type: Online
- Units: 0.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Fees: $525.00
- Seats Available: 2
GEO 110 - 001 Evolving Earth
GEO 110 - 001 Evolving Earth
- Class Number: 14695
- Instructor: Allabush, Kathleen A
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 0.0
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $525.00
- Seats Available: 2
GEO 210 - 001 Reactive Earth
This course requires registration for a lab and/or discussion section. Students will be automatically registered for this lecture section when registering for the pertinent lab and/or discussion section.
GEO 210 - 001 Reactive Earth
- Class Number:
- Instructor: De Obeso, Juan Carlos
- Instructor: WARIX, SARA
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $575.00
- Seats Available: 2
This course requires registration for a lab and/or discussion section. Students will be automatically registered for this lecture section when registering for the pertinent lab and/or discussion section.
GEO 210 - 002 Reactive Earth
GEO 210 - 002 Reactive Earth
- Class Number: 18153
- Instructor: De Obeso, Juan Carlos
- Instructor: WARIX, SARA
- Component: Laboratory
- Type: In Person
- Units: 0.0
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $1,080.00
- Seats Available: 2
GEO 1000 - 001 Science in Cinema
GEO 1000 - 001 Science in Cinema
- Class Number: 4911
- Instructor: LOEWEN, MARK
- Component: Lecture
- Type: Remote Real-Time
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 500
GEO 1030 - 090 Living with Quakes
This is an online course, which does not have a specific meeting time or location throughout the semester. For additional information, please visit https://online.utah.edu/about-online-learning/
GEO 1030 - 090 Living with Quakes
- Class Number: 12842
- Instructor: Miyagi, Lowell M
- Component: Lecture
- Type: Online
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 325
This is an online course, which does not have a specific meeting time or location throughout the semester. For additional information, please visit https://online.utah.edu/about-online-learning/
GEO 1040 - 001 World of Dinosaurs
GEO 1040 - 001 World of Dinosaurs
- Class Number: 9677
- Instructor: LOEWEN, MARK
- Component: Lecture
- Type: Remote Real-Time
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 500
GEO 1050 - 090 National Parks Geology
GEO 1050 - 090 National Parks Geology
- Class Number: 15872
- Instructor: ANDERSON, LEIF
- Component: Lecture
- Type: Online
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 325
GEO 1100 - 001 Evolving Earth
GEO 1100 - 001 Evolving Earth
- Class Number: 9965
- Instructor: Allabush, Kathleen A
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 50
GEO 1120 - 002 Earth System Science
GEO 1120 - 002 Earth System Science
- Class Number: 15879
- Instructor: OSTRANDER, CHAD
- Instructor: WANG, JON
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 100
GEO 1900 - 001 Lwr Div UG Research
GEO 1900 - 001 Lwr Div UG Research
- Class Number: 18234
- Instructor: LIPPERT, PETER C
- Component: Laboratory
- Type: In Person
- Units: 1.0 - 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 15
GEO 2100 - 001 Reactive Earth
This course requires registration for a lab section. Students will be automatically registered for this lecture section when registering for the pertinent lab section. Meets with GEO 3070.
GEO 2100 - 001 Reactive Earth
- Class Number:
- Instructor: De Obeso, Juan Carlos
- Instructor: WARIX, SARA
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $50.00
- Seats Available: 25
This course requires registration for a lab section. Students will be automatically registered for this lecture section when registering for the pertinent lab section. Meets with GEO 3070.
GEO 2100 - 002 Reactive Earth
Meets with GEO 3070
GEO 2100 - 002 Reactive Earth
- Class Number: 10375
- Instructor: De Obeso, Juan Carlos
- Instructor: WARIX, SARA
- Component: Laboratory
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $50.00
- Seats Available: 25
Meets with GEO 3070
GEO 2500 - 001 Wasatch in the Field
This class will have required field work either on Thursdays or Fridays.
GEO 2500 - 001 Wasatch in the Field
- Class Number: 9967
- Instructor: Bowen, Brenda
- Instructor: JOHNSON, WILLIAM
- Instructor: Lin, Fan-Chi
- Instructor: MOORE, JEFFREY R
- Component: Field Work
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $75.00
- Seats Available: 50
This class will have required field work either on Thursdays or Fridays.
GEO 3020 - 001 Mineralogy
This course requires registration for a lab and/or discussion section. Students will be automatically registered for this lecture section when registering for the pertinent lab and/or discussion section.
GEO 3020 - 001 Mineralogy
- Class Number:
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 25
This course requires registration for a lab and/or discussion section. Students will be automatically registered for this lecture section when registering for the pertinent lab and/or discussion section.
GEO 3040 - 001 Sedimentology & Stratig
This course requires registration for a lab and/or discussion section. Students will be automatically registered for this lecture section when registering for the pertinent lab and/or discussion section.
GEO 3040 - 001 Sedimentology & Stratig
- Class Number:
- Instructor: JOHNSON, CARI
- Component: Lecture
- Type: Hybrid
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $85.00
- Seats Available: 30
This course requires registration for a lab and/or discussion section. Students will be automatically registered for this lecture section when registering for the pertinent lab and/or discussion section.
GEO 3040 - 002 Sedimentology & Stratig
GEO 3040 - 002 Sedimentology & Stratig
- Class Number: 12373
- Instructor: JOHNSON, CARI
- Component: Laboratory
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $85.00
- Seats Available: 30
GEO 3100 - 001 Dynamic Earth
GEO 3100 - 001 Dynamic Earth
- Class Number: 10548
- Instructor: Lin, Fan-Chi
- Instructor: MOORE, JEFFREY R
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 25
GEO 3250 - 001 Geology of Utah
GEO 3250 - 001 Geology of Utah
- Class Number: 19371
- Instructor: GODSEY, HOLLY
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $50.00
- Seats Available: 25
GEO 3400 - 001 Computational Methods
This course requires registration for a lab and/or discussion section. Students will be automatically registered for this lecture section when registering for the pertinent lab and/or discussion section.
GEO 3400 - 001 Computational Methods
- Class Number:
- Instructor: VAN DAM, TONIE
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $96.47
- Seats Available: 15
This course requires registration for a lab and/or discussion section. Students will be automatically registered for this lecture section when registering for the pertinent lab and/or discussion section.
GEO 3900 - 001 Upr Div Undergrad Res
GEO 3900 - 001 Upr Div Undergrad Res
- Class Number: 3681
- Instructor: LIPPERT, PETER C
- Component: Independent Study
- Type: In Person
- Units: 1.0 - 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 10
GEO 4970 - 001 Senior Thesis
GEO 4970 - 001 Senior Thesis
- Class Number: 3682
- Instructor: LIPPERT, PETER C
- Component: Independent Study
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 5
GEO 4999 - 001 Honors Thesis/Project
GEO 4999 - 001 Honors Thesis/Project
- Class Number: 12415
- Instructor: LIPPERT, PETER C
- Component: Honors Thesis Project
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 5
GEO 5210 - 090 Seismology I
GEO 5210 - 090 Seismology I
- Class Number: 11730
- Instructor: THORNE, MICHAEL S
- Component: Lecture
- Type: Online
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $53.53
- Seats Available: 13
GEO 5250 - 001 Inversion Theory
GEO 5250 - 001 Inversion Theory
- Class Number: 3683
- Instructor: ZHDANOV, MICHAEL
- Component: Lecture
- Type: Hybrid
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 10
GEO 5265 - 001 The Magnetic Earth
GEO 5265 - 001 The Magnetic Earth
- Class Number: 19370
- Instructor: LIPPERT, PETER C
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 10
GEO 5320 - 001 Signal Processing
GEO 5320 - 001 Signal Processing
- Class Number: 19372
- Instructor: KOPER, KEITH
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 10
GEO 5350 - 001 Groundwater
GEO 5350 - 001 Groundwater
- Class Number: 3684
- Instructor: Solomon, Kip
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $12.00
- Seats Available: 30
GEO 5370 - 001 Environ. Contaminants
GEO 5370 - 001 Environ. Contaminants
- Class Number: 19373
- Instructor: JOHNSON, WILLIAM
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 10
GEO 5650 - 001 Hydrology
GEO 5650 - 001 Hydrology
- Class Number: 12843
- Instructor: Brooks, Paul
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 15
GEO 5660 - 001 Geochemistry
GEO 5660 - 001 Geochemistry
- Class Number: 15880
- Instructor: De Obeso, Juan Carlos
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $65.00
- Seats Available: 20
GEO 5680 - 001 Carbon Cycle
GEO 5680 - 001 Carbon Cycle
- Class Number: 19367
- Instructor: BOWEN, GABRIEL
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 15
GEO 5900 - 001 Internship
GEO 5900 - 001 Internship
- Class Number: 3685
- Instructor: LIPPERT, PETER C
- Component: Practicum
- Type: In Person
- Units: 1.0 - 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 15
GEO 5920 - 001 DLS-Undergraduate
GEO 5920 - 001 DLS-Undergraduate
- Class Number: 3686
- Instructor: KOHL, ISSAKU E.
- Instructor: WARIX, SARA
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 0.5 - 5.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 2
GEO 5920 - 004 Geoscience for Energy
GEO 5920 - 004 Geoscience for Energy
- Class Number: 16932
- Instructor: SORKHABI, RASOUL B
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 0.5 - 5.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 5
GEO 5920 - 006 UPLIFT-ing—Utah FORGE Workshop
Also meets with Geo 6920-006
GEO 5920 - 006 UPLIFT-ing—Utah FORGE Workshop
GEO 5920 - 090 Intro to Linux Computing
GEO 5920 - 090 Intro to Linux Computing
- Class Number: 15882
- Instructor: THORNE, MICHAEL S
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: Online
- Units: 0.5 - 5.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 15
GEO 6211 - 090 Seismology I
GEO 6211 - 090 Seismology I
- Class Number: 11729
- Instructor: THORNE, MICHAEL S
- Component: Lecture
- Type: Online
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $53.53
- Seats Available: 5
GEO 6250 - 001 Inversion Theory & Apps
GEO 6250 - 001 Inversion Theory & Apps
- Class Number: 3687
- Instructor: ZHDANOV, MICHAEL
- Component: Lecture
- Type: Hybrid
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 15
GEO 6265 - 001 The Magnetic Earth
GEO 6265 - 001 The Magnetic Earth
- Class Number: 19369
- Instructor: LIPPERT, PETER C
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 10
GEO 6320 - 001 Signal Processing
GEO 6320 - 001 Signal Processing
- Class Number: 19365
- Instructor: KOPER, KEITH
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 10
GEO 6350 - 001 Groundwater
GEO 6350 - 001 Groundwater
- Class Number: 3688
- Instructor: Solomon, Kip
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $12.00
- Seats Available: 8
GEO 6370 - 001 Environ. Contaminants
GEO 6370 - 001 Environ. Contaminants
- Class Number: 19364
- Instructor: JOHNSON, WILLIAM
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 10
GEO 6650 - 001 Hydrology
GEO 6650 - 001 Hydrology
- Class Number: 12844
- Instructor: Brooks, Paul
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 5
GEO 6660 - 001 Geochemistry
GEO 6660 - 001 Geochemistry
- Class Number: 15871
- Instructor: De Obeso, Juan Carlos
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $65.00
- Seats Available: 7
GEO 6680 - 001 Carbon Cycle
GEO 6680 - 001 Carbon Cycle
- Class Number: 19368
- Instructor: BOWEN, GABRIEL
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 5
GEO 6920 - 001 DLS-Graduate
GEO 6920 - 001 DLS-Graduate
- Class Number: 3689
- Instructor: KOHL, ISSAKU E.
- Instructor: WARIX, SARA
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 0.5 - 5.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 2
GEO 6920 - 004 Geoscience for Energy
GEO 6920 - 004 Geoscience for Energy
- Class Number: 13124
- Instructor: SORKHABI, RASOUL B
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 0.5 - 5.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 5
GEO 6920 - 005 Comp & Num Methods
Note: Attendance of the lab section, Geo 3040-002, is required when adding this course.
GEO 6920 - 005 Comp & Num Methods
- Class Number: 13438
- Instructor: VAN DAM, TONIE
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Fees: $96.47
- Seats Available: 7
Note: Attendance of the lab section, Geo 3040-002, is required when adding this course.
GEO 6920 - 006 UPLIFT-ing—Utah FORGE Workshop
Also meets with Geo 5920-006.
GEO 6920 - 006 UPLIFT-ing—Utah FORGE Workshop
GEO 6920 - 009 Near Surface Geophysics Smnr
GEO 6920 - 009 Near Surface Geophysics Smnr
- Class Number: 17146
- Instructor: ANDERSON, LEIF
- Instructor: THORNE, MICHAEL S
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 0.5 - 5.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 10
GEO 6920 - 010 Mineralogy
Attendance in Geo 3020-002 is also required when enrolling in this course.
GEO 6920 - 010 Mineralogy
GEO 6920 - 090 Intro to Linux Computing
GEO 6920 - 090 Intro to Linux Computing
- Class Number: 15885
- Instructor: THORNE, MICHAEL S
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: Online
- Units: 0.5 - 5.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 3
GEO 6950 - 001 Reviews Earth Sci
GEO 6950 - 001 Reviews Earth Sci
- Class Number: 3691
- Instructor: BIRGENHEIER, LAUREN P
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 15
GEO 6970 - 001 Thesis Research-Masters
Please contact the department office to obtain class numbers for additional sections of Thesis Research.
GEO 6970 - 001 Thesis Research-Masters
- Class Number: 3693
- Instructor: Allabush, Kathleen A
- Component: Thesis Research
- Type: In Person
- Units: 1.0 - 12.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 5
Please contact the department office to obtain class numbers for additional sections of Thesis Research.
GEO 6980 - 001 Faculty Consultation
GEO 6980 - 001 Faculty Consultation
- Class Number: 3692
- Instructor: Solomon, Kip
- Component: Independent Study
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 5
GEO 7320 - 001 Signal Processing
GEO 7320 - 001 Signal Processing
- Class Number: 19366
- Instructor: KOPER, KEITH
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 10
GEO 7970 - 001 Thesis Research-Ph D
Please contact the department office to obtain class numbers for additional sections of Thesis Research.
GEO 7970 - 001 Thesis Research-Ph D
- Class Number: 3706
- Instructor: Allabush, Kathleen A
- Component: Thesis Research
- Type: In Person
- Units: 1.0 - 12.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 5
Please contact the department office to obtain class numbers for additional sections of Thesis Research.
GEO 7970 - 031 Thesis Research-Ph D
GEO 7970 - 031 Thesis Research-Ph D
- Class Number: 15360
- Instructor: ANDERSON, LEIF
- Component: Thesis Research
- Type: In Person
- Units: 1.0 - 12.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 5
GEO 7980 - 001 Faculty Consultation
GEO 7980 - 001 Faculty Consultation
- Class Number: 3719
- Instructor: Solomon, Kip
- Component: Independent Study
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 5
GEO 7990 - 001 Cont Reg-Ph D
GEO 7990 - 001 Cont Reg-Ph D
- Class Number: 3720
- Instructor: Solomon, Kip
- Component: Continuing Registration
- Type: In Person
- Units: 0.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 5