Environmental Geoscience

A program in Environmental Geoscience was introduced in 2004. It was introduced in response to provincial legislation identifying the knowledge requirements required for professional registration as an пПФEnvironmental GeoscientistпПХ in Nova Scotia (similar co-recognized legislation exists in most other provinces and territories, many states within the US and the UK). This legislation identifies three Professional Geologist specialties: Geologist, Environmental Geoscientist, and Geophysicist.The Environmental Geoscience degree curriculum provides a basis for application to the Professional Environmental Geoscientist category. It includes a core of courses at the first- and second-year level in common with Geology majors, and diverges at the third-year level to incorporate courses in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Hydrogeology, and Environmental Science. Outside of the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, students also study first-year Biology courses, Maths, and Physics courses.

Field of study: Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other