In-depth study of potential theory as applied to the gravity and magnetic methods of exploration, field equations, and their solutions, Green’s theorem, gravity and magnetic potentials, representation of gravity and magnetic fields in spherical harmonics, regional gravity fields, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism, analysis and processing of potential field data, filtering, continuation theory of fields, forward modeling of the gravitational and magnetic responses of various bodies, interpretation and inversion of gravity and magnetic data.