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Table of Contents

1. Subjects offered
    1.1. Geology subjects
    1.2. Meteorology subjects
2. Suggested subjects
    2.1. Geology
        2.1.1. 100-level subjects
        2.1.2. 200-level subjects
        2.1.3. 300-level subjects
    2.2. Environmental Earth Sciences
        2.2.1. 100-level subjects
        2.2.2. 200-level subjects
        2.2.3. 300-level subjects
    2.3. Meteorology
        2.3.1. 100-level subjects
        2.3.2. 200-level subjects
        2.3.3. 300-level subjects
3. Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Subject Lists
    Geology subject descriptions
    Earth Sciences subjects available only to Engineering students

The subjects presented under the umbrella of 'Earth Sciences' cover all aspects of the study of the Earth - its composition, and the workings of the many complex systems that together make up our planetary environment.

The School of Earth Sciences has two teaching components - the Discipline Sections of Geology and Meteorology. Geology subjects are concerned with all aspects of the solid Earth, while Meteorology subjects relate to the external fluid components of our planet - its atmosphere and oceans.

 1. Subjects offered

 1.1. Geology subjects

Earth Sciences 625-101 is a comprehensive introduction to the processes that shape the Earth and its environment and is a prerequisite for continuing with the study of Geology in succeeding years. Earth Sciences 625-101 is a first semester subject presented at both daytime and evening classes. Students who want to pursue Geology should take 625-101 in first semester and 625-102 in second semester.

 1.2. Meteorology subjects

The undergraduate subjects presented within Meteorology aim to provide students with a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the rapidly developing field of atmospheric science, and of the basic mechanisms underlying the structure of weather and climate. Where appropriate, attention is drawn to the various ways in which human activities are producing significant changes in these mechanisms, and thus in the patterns of weather and climate. The first-year subject 625-113 is of a largely non-mathematical nature and concentrates on the concepts of meteorology.

 2. Suggested subjects

 2.1. Geology

 2.1.1. 100-level subjects

Earth Sciences 625-101 and 625-102 with subjects selected from the following:

 2.1.2. 200-level subjects

Earth Sciences 625-221, 625-222, 625-223, 625-224 with subjects selected from the following:

 2.1.3. 300-level subjects

Earth Sciences 625-301, 625-302 with subjects from 625-303, 625-304, 625-305, 625-306, 625-307, 625-334.

 2.2. Environmental Earth Sciences

Take the BSc (Environmental Science) stream, together with the following subjects:

 2.2.1. 100-level subjects

Earth Sciences 625-102

 2.2.2. 200-level subjects

Earth Sciences 625-221, 625-223 with other relevant subjects.

 2.2.3. 300-level subjects

Earth Sciences 625-306, 625-307, with other relevant subjects.

 2.3. Meteorology

 2.3.1. 100-level subjects

Earth Sciences 625-101 and 625-113 together with subjects selected from Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics and Computer Science; or the BSc (Environmental Science) stream.

 2.3.2. 200-level subjects

Earth Sciences 625-226 and 625-227 together with subjects selected from Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics and Computer Science; or the BSc (Environmental Science) stream.

 2.3.3. 300-level subjects

Earth Sciences 625-331, 625-332, 625-333 and 625-334 with appropriate subjects from Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics and Computer Science; or the BSc (Environmental Science) stream.

 3. Bachelor of Science (Honours)

For information about the Faculty and departmental entry requirements for Honours, please refer to Bachelor of Science (Honours) and Bachelor of Information Systems (Honours). These requirements should be considered when planning your course.

Geology subject descriptions

625-101 Earth Sciences: the Global Environment
625-102 Geology
625-113 Meteorology
625-221 Geological Methods
625-222 Mineralogy and Igneous Petrology
625-223 Sedimentary Geology and Hydrogeology
625-224 Tectonics
625-226 Fundamentals of the Atmosphere
625-227 Weather and Climate Systems
625-301 Structural Geology And Geodynamics
625-302 Sedimentary Geology And Palæontology
625-303 Geochemistry and Petrogenesis
625-304 Applied Geophysics
625-305 Economic Geology
625-306 Diagenesis, Weathering And The Regolith
625-307 Hydrogeology And Environmental Management
625-310 Research Project
625-331 Atmosphere-Ocean Circulation And Interaction
625-332 Mechanisms Of Climate
625-333 Past And Future Climates
625-334 Climate Variability

Earth Sciences subjects available only to Engineering students

625-023 is only available to Engineering students. Combined Science/Engineering students should speak to an Engineering Course Adviser before enrolling in this subject as the completion of a 'Science' Geology subject may be recommended instead. Credit toward the Bachelor of Science will not be awarded for the completion of 625-023.

625-023 Geology (Engineering Course)

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