PSU’s graduate certificate in engineering geology provides practicing geologists an opportunity to upgrade their engineering credentials and post-baccalaureate students an accessible way to obtain skills in engineering geology while partially fulfilling requirements towards a professional master’s. The certificate is designed to accommodate professionals and students who are employed full or part-time.
Requirements
Choose one course from each of the following four sections:
Required
- G 570 Engineering Geology
Choose One
- G 650 Research Methods I - Reading
- G 651 Research Methods II - Writing
- G 523 Statistics and Data Analysis in the Geosciences
Choose One
- CE 537 Earthquake Engineering
- CE 541 Advanced Soil Mechanics
- CE 542 In Situ Behavior and Testing of Soils
- CE 543 Introduction To Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- CE 544 Advanced Shallow Foundation Design
- CE 546 Numerical Methods in Soil-Structure Interaction
- CE 549 Deep Foundation Design and Analysis
- CE 550 Transportation Safety Analysis
- CE 569 Subsurface Hydrology
- Geog 580 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing
- Geog 588/USP 591 Geographic Information Systems I: Introduction
- Geog 592/USP 592 Geographic Information Systems II: Advanced GIS
Note: If G 524 or G 525 is taken toward this certificate, then Geog 588 and Geog 592 may not be taken from this list to count toward these 4 credits.
Choose One
- G 524 Geographical Information Systems for the Natural Sciences
- G 525 Field GIS
- G 562 Hillslope Materials and Processes
- G 576 Earthquake Geology
- G 580 Basin Analysis
- G 581 Field Geology
Total Credit Hours: 16
Courses must be completed within seven years of the award of the Graduate Certificate, and a cumulative GPA of 3.00 must be attained in all courses to be used for the Certificate. At least two thirds of the credits for the Graduate Certificate, or 15 credits, whichever is larger, are required to be taken at Portland State University.