阿尔伯塔大学

Active research fields, which are listed on the Department's website include aqueous and sedimentary geochemistry; Arctic environments; atmosphere and ocean modelling; basin analysis; biogeography; carbonate sedimentology; clastic sedimentology; climatology; community engagement; community, health and environment; community planning; diamond geology; economic geology; environmental values, attitudes and behaviors; environmental chemistry; environmental geology; experimental petrology; fluvial and glacial geomorphology; geochemistry; geochronology; geographic information systems; geomicrobiology; geotectonics; glaciology, glacier hydrology and glacier chemistry; global change; hot-springs; human-environment interactions; human dimensions of environmental hazards; hydrogeology; ichnology; igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic petrology; invertebrate and vertebrate paleontology; isotope geology; land-use planning; marine icing; mesoscale meteorology; metalliferous mineral deposits; microclimatology; micrometeorology; micropaleontology; mineralogy; paleolimnology; paleoecology of siliceous microfossils; periglacial geomorphology; petroleum geology; physical oceanography, paleoceanography and numerical model development; planetary geology; Precambrian palaeoenvironments; qualitative research methods; Quaternary palaeoenvironments; regional planning; remote sensing; resilience; sedimentology; stratigraphy; structural geology; transportation planning; urban design; urban planning; tectonics; volcanology; winter city planning and design.

This course-based program requires the completion of 36 in graduate level coursework, including 24 of required, core courses and 12 of optional graduate-level course work. The core courses include a 6 research project that is to be completed once the course work has been completed. The core courses are in Integrated Petroleum Geosciences (IPG) whereas the optional courses are selected from prescribed Earth and Atmospheric Science (EAS) courses and Geophysics (GEOPH) courses. Students must maintain standards acceptable to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research to remain in the program.

Length of Program

The course-based MSc program in Integrated Petroleum Geosciences is designed for completion within one calendar year beyond a completed undergraduate degree in Earth Science. The program must normally be completed within three years from admission.