ObjectivesCarleton’s Earth Sciences department offers a field-based comprehensive education that leads to exciting summer and full-time employment.
Practical experienceThe curriculum includes a strong hands-on component, with second-year field camps in Ontario (Kingston and north of Kaladar, Ontario), and a fourth-year trip to more exotic places to observe famous geological features at first hand (western Canada, western U.S.A., Hawaii, the Caribbean, Germany, Italy).
Academic titleBachelor of Science in Earth Sciences
Course descriptionEarth Sciences
B.Sc. Major (20.0 credits)
1. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (11.0 credits):
1. 1.0 credit in ERTH 1006 and ERTH 1007;
2. 7.0 credits in ERTH 2101, ERTH 2102, ERTH 2311, ERTH 2312, ERTH 2405, ERTH 2406, ERTH 2801, ERTH 2802, ERTH 3201, ERTH 3202, ERTH 3204, ERTH 3205, ERTH 3805, ERTH 3806;
3. 3.0 credits in ERTH at the 4000-level;
2. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (9.0 credits):
4. 1.0 credit in MATH 1007 and MATH 1107;
5. 1.0 credit in CHEM 1000 [1.0];
6. 1.0 credit in BIOL 1003, BIOL 1004, PHYS 1003 or PHYS 1007, or PHYS 1004 or PHYS 1008;
7. 2.0 credits in Science Continuation Courses;
8. 0.5 credit in Science Faculty Electives;
9. 0.5 credit in NSCI 1000 or Approved Arts or Social Science electives;
10. 1.5 credits in Approved Arts or Social Science electives;
11. 1.5 credits in free electives.
ERTH 1001 - Discovering Earth Sciences
ERTH 1003 - Natural Disasters
ERTH 1006 - Exploring Planet Earth
ERTH 1007 - The Dynamic Earth: Plate Tectonics
ERTH 2001 - Co-operative Work Term Report 1
ERTH 2101 - Geochemistry of Earth Systems
ERTH 2102 - Mineralogy to Petrology
ERTH 2311 - Earth's Paleogeography
ERTH 2312 - Paleontology
ERTH 2401 - Dinosaurs
ERTH 2402 - Climate Change: An Earth Sciences Perspective
ERTH 2403 - Introduction to Oceanography
ERTH 2404 - Engineering Geoscience
ERTH 2405 - Geophysical Methods
ERTH 2406 - Geology and Map Interpretation
ERTH 2414 - Applied Geoscience
ERTH 2801 - Outcrops to Basins
ERTH 2802 - Field Geology
ERTH 3001 - Co-operative Work Term Report 2
ERTH 3002 - Gemology
ERTH 3111 - Vertebrate Paleontology I: Mammalian Paleontology and Evolution
ERTH 3112 - Paleontology and Evolution of Lower Vertebrates