Monash University: Geology and Geophysics

Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

Major: Geology & Geophysics

Study Abroad University: Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Purdue Semester: Spring

Purdue Year: Sophomore

Purdue course curriculum for that semester

  • EAPS 244 Earth Materials II, or Earth History (3xx), or Plate Tectonics (3xx), or other EAPS elective.
  • Physics or Biol sequence
  • General Education or similar elective
  • Free Elective

Study Abroad course replacement options

  • ESC2111 The Dynamic Earth I: Building of Continents & the Environment; or  ESC 3291 Climates in Geological Time; or ESC 3411 Sediments, Basins, and Resources
  • PHS 1011 Physics, PHS1022 Physics or BIOL Elective, or Elective
  • MTH, other Science Elective, or Elective
  • Select from the Faculty (college) of Arts for general education electives or from the  Faculty of Science for option electives

Information about University

Monash University has a dynamic multicultural community serving more than 36,000 students. In just over thirty years, Monash has achieved an international reputation for its teaching and research excellence.  With a population of about four million people, Melbourne is the largest city in the province of Victoria and has been voted one of the world's most livable cities.