Master of Science [M.S] [Geology] From Acadia University

The Department of Earth and Environmental Science offers instruction and research training leading to the M.Sc. degree with two options. One option involves five courses and a thesis. The other option is offered in conjunction with the Nova Scotia Community College - Centre of Geographic Sciences Campus (CoGS), Lawrencetown, N.S., and involves completion of a Diploma in Remote Sensing or a Diploma in Geographic Information Systems, followed by three 3 h courses at Acadia and a thesis. Courses and research supervision in both options are offered in the general areas of igneous petrology, metamorphic petrology, regional tectonics, applied geochemistry, economic geology, sedimentology, Precambrian environmental evolution, Quaternary geology, and environmental Earth science. Candidates normally require at least two full academic years (September to April) plus the intervening summer to complete the M.Sc. requirements. Candidates in the joint M.Sc. program with CoGS will spend the first nine months at the College of Geographic Sciences and are likely to require a subsequent 16 months to complete the M.Sc. requirements.