The Geology Senior Thesis (GEOL 393&394) 

• Description of the Senior Thesis
• Senior Thesis Group Photos
• The Senior Thesis Coordinator is Dr. Philip Candela
• To date there have been approximately 450 Senior Theses completed in the UMD Geology Department. These include laboratory work, theoretical projects, mapping projects, and field projects ranging in location from the College Park campus to as far afield as Alaska, Chile, Maine, and Namibia.
• Many of these theses have resulted in presentations at scientific conferences and publications in refereed journals.
• The Senior Thesis Program was initiated by Dr. Peter Stifel and coordinated by him for over 20 years.
• All senior theses are kept in the permanent collection of the Geology Department:
• Senior thesis titles from the 1970s
• Senior thesis titles from the 1980s
• Senior thesis titles from the 1990s
• Senior thesis titles from 2000 to the present (Papers/Posters since 2003 available online)