Programs of California Institute of Technology

English

Pasadena , United States

The option in English provides students with a broad and intensive education in the rich traditions of literature in English from the Middle Ages to the present day, with a particular emphasis on British and American writing. The English faculty expects undergraduate option students to become familiar with a range of literary forms, genres, and styles of expression; to understand how authors and texts can be shaped by historical contexts; to appreciate differences in literary expression across time periods and national traditions; to develop critical reading skills through analysis and interpretation of literary texts; and to become effective writers in matters of style, organization, and interpretive argument.

$52,506 International

$52,506 Domestic

$22,257 Living cost

Environmental Science and Engineering

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena , United States

The interdisciplinary problems posed by natural and human-induced changes in the earth's environment are among the most interesting, difficult, and important facing today's scientists and engineers. The environmental science and engineering option is an interdivisional program of study by biologists, chemists, earth scientists, engineers, and physicists to investigate the functioning of and interactions among the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere.

$52,233 International

$52,233 Domestic

$27,114 Living cost

Geobiology

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena , United States

The Geobiology option of GPS comprises scientists and students working at the interface between the biosphere and the physical Earth. There are questions that span the range of geologic time, from the emergence and evolution of life on the earliest Earth to its occurrence in weird and wonderful extreme environments to its role in shaping modern biogeochemical cycles. These studies often blur the boundaries between geology, geochemistry, environmental science, microbiology, and molecular genetics. Geobiology students and postdocs go on to do academic research in a variety of biological and Earth science fields and to work in a variety of industries from pharmaceuticals to genetics to medicine.

$52,233 International

$52,233 Domestic

$27,114 Living cost

Geobiology

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena , United States

Under the geobiology option a student can be associated with either biology or GPS. This association formally will only affect which course the students elect to satisfy the Institute-wide oral presentation requirement; all other geobiology option requirements are independent of GPS or biology affiliation. In practice, however, we expect a student's affiliation with one division or another will significantly shape their choice of elective courses.

$52,506 International

$52,506 Domestic

$22,257 Living cost

Geochemistry

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena , United States

Geochemistry is the study of the chemical and structural composition and evolution of Earth and its component parts, including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, crust, mantle, and core, as well as extraterrestrial matter, such as meteorites and comets, other planets, the sun, and distant stars. It concerns itself with the distribution and migration of elements within the Earth and its atmosphere. Over time, geochemistry has evolved from a descriptive science to one increasingly concerned with the mechanisms behind its observations.

AED 52,506 International

AED 52,506 Domestic

AED 22,257 Living cost

Geochemistry

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena , United States

At Caltech GPS, geochemistry has been used since 1952 to study the distribution of chemical elements in the Earth and the solar system; to develop methods to date earth and solar system processes; to discover and observe the chemical composition of terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials; and to study chemical reactions in the interior of the Earth as well as its surface and in the solar system outside of the Earth.

$52,233 International

$52,233 Domestic

$27,114 Living cost

Geology

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena , United States

Graduate study and research within the division are equally diverse, and the graduate program aims to provide for students a depth of competence and experience in their major field, sufficient strength in the basic sciences to allow them to continue self-education after their formal training has been completed, and the motivation and training to keep them in the forefront of their field through a long and productive career.

$52,233 International

$52,233 Domestic

$27,114 Living cost

Geology

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena , United States

$52,506 International

$52,506 Domestic

$22,257 Living cost

Geophysics

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena , United States

Located primarily in the Seismological Laboratory, the Geophysics Option in the Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology provides unique opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to excel in academics and engage in cutting-edge research. The Seismo Lab continues to foster an "open door" policy, and students are encouraged to study different research topics with several faculty members providing them with a broader perspective of current trends in geophysics. Access to a wide range of facilities provides students with a solid framework to tackle multi-scale geophysical problems.

$52,233 International

$52,233 Domestic

$27,114 Living cost

Geophysics

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena , United States

Located primarily in the Seismological Laboratory, the Geophysics Option in the Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology provides unique opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to excel in academics and engage in cutting-edge research. The Seismo Lab continues to foster an "open door" policy, and students are encouraged to study different research topics with several faculty members providing them with a broader perspective of current trends in geophysics. Access to a wide-range of facilities provides students with a solid framework to tackle multi-scale geophysical problems.

$52,506 International

$52,506 Domestic

$22,257 Living cost