Majors Program (EPSC)

MAJOR IN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES (66 credits)

Undergraduate Director: Jeanne Paquette , FD Adams, Room 214, (514)398-4402

The program curriculum is designed to provide a rigorous foundation in physical sciences and the flexibility to create an individualized program in preparation for careers in industry, teaching and research. The program is accepted for professional qualification in most Canadian provinces.

U1 Required Courses (24 credits)

EPSC 203	(3)	Structural Geology
EPSC 210	(3)	Introductory Mineralogy
EPSC 212	(3)	Introductory Petrology
EPSC 220	(3)	Principles of Geochemistry
EPSC 231	(3)	Field School 1
EPSC 233	(3)	Earth and Life History
EPSC 312	(3)	Spectroscopy of Minerals
MATH 222	(3)	Calculus 3

Note: Students who have not had the following course or its equivalent in CEGEP or the Freshman Program may be required to take MATH 133 Vectors, Matrices and Geometry.

U2 and/or U3 Required Courses (24 credits)

EPSC 320	(3)	Elementary Earth Physics
EPSC 334	(3)	Invertebrate Paleontology
EPSC 340	(3)	Earth & Planetary Inference
EPSC 350	(3)	Tectonics
EPSC 423	(3)	Igneous Petrology
EPSC 445	(3)	Metamorphic Petrology
EPSC 452	(3)	Mineral Deposits
EPSC 455	(3)	Sedimentary Geology

Complementary Courses (18 credits)

3 credits, One of:
EPSC 331	(3)	Field School 2
EPSC 341	(3)	Field School 3
plus 15 credits (5 courses) chosen from the following:
EPSC 330	(3)	Earthquakes and Earth Structure
EPSC 425	(3)	Sediments to Sequences
EPSC 435	(3)	Geophysical Applications
EPSC 451	(3)	Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits
EPSC 501	(3)	Crystal Chemistry
EPSC 519	(3)	Isotope Geology
EPSC 530	(3)	Volcanology
EPSC 542	(3)	Chemical Oceanography
EPSC 547	(3)	High Temperature Geochemistry
EPSC 548	(3)	Processes of Igneous Petrology
EPSC 549	(3)	Hydrogeology
EPSC 550	(3)	Selected Topics 1
EPSC 551	(3)	Selected Topics 2
EPSC 552	(3)	Selected Topics 3
EPSC 561	(3)	Ore-forming Processes 1
EPSC 562	(3)	Ore-forming Processes 2
EPSC 570	(3)	Cosmochemistry
EPSC 580	(3)	Aqueous Geochemistry
EPSC 590	(3)	Applied Geochemistry Seminar

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.