DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE

GEOPHYSICS MAJOR

Geophysics seeks to understand the vast and complicated body that is the earth. Because most of the earth's interior is inaccessible to direct observation, the geophysicist uses the basic principles of physics to devise indirect methods of exploring those parts of the earth that cannot be reached by shovel or drill bit. Looking deep into our earth, we are confronted with basic, profound, and intricate questions: How did the earth evolve? How does it compare with the moon and other planets? What causes continents to move, mountains to form, and volcanoes to erupt? Why do earthquakes occur and how can their effects be mitigated? What accounts for the heat that seeps out of the earth and what causes its magnetic field? What happens to a mineral when it encounters the high pressures and temperatures found deep within the earth? These questions require an interdisciplinary approach that links the disciplines of mathematics, physics, geology, and chemistry. Moreover, your study here will encompass theoretical and experimental science as well as fieldwork to study geodynamic processes and the structure of the Earth and other planets.

The broad scope of the geophysics track opens up a wide variety of employment opportunities. Petroleum companies, mining and quarrying companies, geotechnical firms, environmental firms, and construction firms are among the potential employers in private industry. Government at the federal, state, and local levels employs geophysicists for a variety of tasks, ranging from the administration of regulations to the monitoring of earth data to the performance of original research. Colleges and universities, non-profit research institutions, and museums also hire geophysicists. With the entire earth as the subject of study, it is not unusual for many geophysical jobs to involve travel to the far corners of the globe.

Lower Division Required Courses: EPS 50 The Planet Earth (4) Chemistry 1A+1AL General Chemistry (3+1)

or Chemistry 4A General Chemistry and Quant. Analysis (4)

Math 1A+1B Calculus (4 units each) Math 53 Multivariable Calculus (4) Math 54 Linear Algebra & Differential Equations (4)

or Physics 89 Introduction to Mathematical Physics (4)

Physics 7A+7B+7C Physics for Scientists and Engineers (4 units each)

Upper Division Required Courses: EPS 102 History and Evolution of Planet Earth (4)(SP) Math 121A Mathematical Tools for the Physical Sciences (4)

or EPS 104 Mathematical Methods in Geophysics (4) (SP Odd years)

EPS 122 Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors (3)(SP) Effective 10-19-15 for new majors EPS 150 Case Studies in Earth Systems (2)

or Physics 5A+5B+5C (3 units each) PLUS 11 units of upper division electives approved by your faculty advisor. If suggested courses below are not offered, talk to faculty adviser about a substitution:

EPS 100A Minerals: Their Constitution and Origin (4)(FA)

EPS 100B Genesis and Interpretation of Rocks (4)(SP) EPS 101 Field Geology and Digital Mapping (4) (FA) EPS 103 Introduction to Aquatic and Marine

Geochemistry (4)(SP) EPS 108 Geodynamics (4)(FA) EPS 109 Computer Simulations in EPS (4)(FA)

EPS 116 Structural Geology and Tectonics (3)(SP) EPS 117 Geomorphology (4)(FA) EPS 125 Stable Isotope Geochemistry (4)(SP even years) EPS 130 Strong Motion Seismology (3)(SP) EPS C162 Planetary Astrophysics (4)(FA) EPS C178 Applied Geophysics (3)(FA) Physics 105 Analytic Mechanics (4) Physics 110A Electromagnetism and Optics (4)

For more detailed information about this specialization, please contact: Nadine Spingola-Hutton 305 McCone Hall (510) 643-4068 tinyurl.com/epsadvisor Prof. Doug Dreger 281 McCone Hall dreger@seismo.berkeley.edu Be sure and ask about the Ramsden Scholarships for EPS declared majors.

DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE

GEOPHYSICS MAJOR WORKSHEET

1/31/2018

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Lower Division Requirements Class Term Units Grade Comments

EPS 50 4

Math 1A 4

Math 1B 4

Math 53 4

4

Upper Division Requirements Class Term Units Grade Comments EPS 102 History and Evolution of Planet Earth

Sp 4

4

EPS 122 Physics of the Earth & Planetary Interiors

Sp 3

EPS 150 Case Studies 2 For seniors only

Elective Course: Minimum of 11 units—Faculty Advisor approval needed Class Term Units Grade Comments

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