麦吉尔大学

Program Requirements

The B.Sc. (Liberal) program in Earth and Planetary Sciences provides the graduate with a solid core of knowledge of Geology, Geophysics, Earth Systems Science, and Planetary Science while allowing for a broadening of the student's educational experience with courses from the other sciences or the arts. The program is flexible, allowing students to assemble a truly interdisciplinary degree.

Required Courses (21 credits)

EPSC 210 Introductory Mineralogy (3 credits)
EPSC 212 Introductory Petrology (3 credits)
EPSC 220 Principles of Geochemistry (3 credits)
EPSC 231 Field School 1 (3 credits)
EPSC 233 Earth and Life History (3 credits)
EPSC 303 Structural Geology (3 credits)
EPSC 320 Elementary Earth Physics (3 credits)

Complementary Courses (24 credits)

3 credits, one of:

EPSC 331 Field School 2 (3 credits)
EPSC 341 Field School 3 (3 credits)

plus 21 credits chosen from the following:

Note: Courses at the 300 or higher level in other departments in the Faculties of Science and Engineering may also be used as complementary credits, with the permission of the Director of undergraduate studies.

EPSC 334 Invertebrate Paleontology (3 credits)
EPSC 340 Earth and Planetary Inference (3 credits)
EPSC 350 Tectonics (3 credits)
EPSC 355 Sedimentary Geology (3 credits)
EPSC 423 Igneous Petrology (3 credits)
EPSC 425 Sediments to Sequences (3 credits)
EPSC 435 Applied Geophysics (3 credits)
EPSC 445 Metamorphic Petrology (3 credits)
EPSC 452 Mineral Deposits (3 credits)
EPSC 501 Crystal Chemistry (3 credits)
EPSC 519 Isotopes in Earth and Environmental Science (3 credits)
EPSC 530 Volcanology (3 credits)
EPSC 542 Chemical Oceanography (3 credits)
EPSC 547 Modelling Geochemical Processes (3 credits)
EPSC 548 Processes of Igneous Petrology (3 credits)
EPSC 549 Hydrogeology (3 credits)
EPSC 550 Selected Topics 1 (3 credits)
EPSC 551 Selected Topics 2 (3 credits)
EPSC 552 Selected Topics 3 (3 credits)
EPSC 561 Ore-forming Processes (3 credits)
EPSC 567 Advanced Volcanology (3 credits)

Over the course of three years (U1, U2 and U3), students will complete a 90-credit degree. For students from high schools outside Quebec, a 30-credit freshman year (called U0) will be added at the start of your studies (making this a four-year, 120-credit degree).