All course requirements should be completed within one year from the date of first registration in the M.Sc. Degree program. A selection of courses will be offered to meet the requirements of students as far as the resources of the Department will allow. 

Overview Courses:  

• 7000 Graduate Internship in Earth Sciences 
• 7110 Physics of the Solid Earth 
• 7120 Crustal Geophysics 
• 7300 Changes in Global Paleoenvironment 
• 7400 Tectonic Regimes 
• 7410 Engineering and Environmental Geology 
• 7500 Chemical Fluxes in the Earth 
• 7810 Paleoecology (same as the former 6810. Credit may be obtained for only one of 7810 or 6810) 

General Courses:

• 6060 Gem Deposits 
• 6070 Quantitative Techniques in Mineralogy and Metamorphic Petrology 
• 6105 Advanced Field Course in Applied Geophysics (may be offered in accelerated format) 
• 6110 Machine Learning and Data Analysis in the Geosciences 
• 6120 Kinematic modelling of plate tectonics 
• 6141 Rotation of the Earth 
• 6142 Theory of Global Geodynamics 
• 6152 Paleomagnetism 
• 6171 Advanced Exploration Seismology 
• 6172 Borehole Seismic 
• 6175 Gravity and Magnetic Methods 
• 6177 Mathematical Formulations of Seismic Wave Phenomena 
• 6210 Genesis of Mineral Deposits 
• 6320 Marine Geology 
• 6400 Flow and Transport in Fractured Rock 
• 6410 Advanced Engineering and Environmental Geology 
• 6420 Deformation Mechanisms 
• 6500 Stable Isotope Geochemistry 
• 6510 Trace Element Geochemistry 
• 6520 Methods in Advanced Research in Geochemistry 
• 6540 Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry 
• 6550 Biogeochemistry 
• 6560 Applications of Petrochronology (credit restricted with EASC 6956) 
• 6600 Petroleum Geology 
• 6620 Groundwater Modelling (credit restricted with EASC 4620) 
• 6740 Modern and Ancient Sedimentary Environments 
• 6750 Sequence Stratigraphy 
• 6801 Palaeobiology of Early Animal Life 
• 6820 Palynology and Paleobotany 
• 6900-6999 Special Topics in Earth Sciences 

Please visit the School of Graduate Studies section of the University for information on the Regulations Governing the Degree of Master of Science in Earth Sciences and the Regulations Governing the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.