Geophysical research involves the application of the laws and principals of physics to further our understanding of the Earth and its inner workings. Geophysics research at Boston University encompasses a broad range of topics and methods, including seismology (regional and global velocity and attenuation tomography, earthquake source seismology), high pressure experimental rock deformation, computational fluid dynamics and analog geodynamic modeling of mantle convection.
Our department offers both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at the graduate level, as well as a B.A. in Geophysics and Planetary Science at the undergraduate level. Several of our faculty members currently have opportunities for prospective graduate students.
ES505 Plate Tectonics and Kinematics
ES581 Solid Earth Geophysics
ES660 Geodynamics I
ES681 Geodynamics II: Fluids and Fluid Transport
ES701 Quantitative Methods I: Mechanics of Earth Materials
ES702 Quantitative Methods II: Analysis and Modeling of Geologic Processes
ES781 Methods of Seismology
ES831 Physics of Earth Materials
Note: A complete list of our departmental course offerings is available here.