To fulfill coursework requirements, students may choose any 500 level AST, GLG, or SES course or other topics with advisor approval. Students should work with their faculty advisor to select courses that are best for their program of study. Below are a list of special topic courses that have previously been offered. Course offerings vary by instructor and semester. Students should refer to the ASU class search for semester offerings.
AST special topics (591 or 598)
Exoplanets
Gravitational Wave Astronomy
The Distant Universe
GLG special topics (591 or 598)
Advanced Field Geology
Advanced Mineralogy: Crystallography & Spectroscopy
Advanced Remote Sensing
Analytical Instruments
Biogeochemical Evolution of Earth
Carbon Management
Carbon Storage
Chemistry of Atmospheres
Climate Science Seminar
Computers in Geology
Crustal Deformation
Environmental Systems Biology
Exploring the Moon
Field Geochemistry
Fundamentals of Planetary Geology
Geochemistry
Geology of Mars
Geomorphology
Geophysics
Hydrogeology
Introduction to Mineral Physics
Isotope Geochronology and Thermochronology
Meteorites and Cosmochemistry
Nuclear Forensics
Numerical Methods
Ore Depostis
Orogenic Systems
Paleontology
Planetary Geochemistry
Planetary Volcanology
Python for Graduate Research
Quaternary Geochronology
Remote Sensing
Science and Controversies
Seismology
Surface Processes and Landscape Evolution
Tectonic Geomorphology
Tectonic Synthesis
Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy and Instrument Design
Thermal Processes, Geochronology, Thermochronology
Thermodynamics of Natural Systems
Volcanology
Planetary Volcanology
SES special topics (591 or 598)
Advances in Lunar Geosciences
Aeolian Geomorphology
An Introduction to Astrostatistics
An Overview of Planetary Atmospheres
Commercial Opportunities in Space
Cosmogenic Isotopes Surface Processes
Cubesat Lab
Detecting Habitable Exoplanets
Drylands in a Changing Earth
Dynamic Topography and Geoid
Electron Microscopy in Geology
Flying Science: Data from UAVs
Fundamentals of Complexity
Geofluids
Groundwater Responses to Climate & Humans
Interplanetary Cubesat Design
Introductory Radio Astronomy
Modeling and Analysis of Space Thermal Systems
Planetary Nuclear Spectroscopy Seminar
Sample Return Missions
Satellite Gravimetry and Applications
Science Communication
Stardust in Meteorites
Teaching Earth & Space Sciences
The Dynamic Planets
The Origins of Life
Water in the Solar System
What Would Earth Be Without Life?