Graduate level class that explores recent developments in igneous and metamorphic petrology. Specific topics include, but are not limited to: (1) Trace element partitioning in igneous systems, (2) Granite geochemistry and genesis, (3) Nucleation, kinetics and diffusion during metamorphic processes, (4) Thermodynamics of metamorphic reactions, (5) Phase equilibria modelling in metamorphic systems, (6) Partial melting and migmatites, and (7) Applied geochronology.