Program start date | Application deadline |
2024-09-01 | - |
2024-01-01 | - |
Program Overview
The University of Manitoba's Master of Science in Earth Sciences program offers a comprehensive curriculum in geoscience, including coursework, research, and thesis completion. The program boasts a vibrant scientific community and renowned faculty, providing students with a strong foundation for careers in academia, government, and industry, including research, teaching, environmental consulting, mineral exploration, and petroleum geology.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Master of Science in Earth Sciences program at the University of Manitoba is recognized worldwide as one of Canada's leading geoscience departments. The program offers a vibrant scientific culture and a strong sense of identity and community. Research topics include mineralogy and crystallography, environmental mineralogy and geochemistry, sedimentology and quaternary studies, invertebrate paleontology, crustal and mantle geophysics, applied/environmental geophysics; petrology and tectonics, mineral deposits, Arctic, marine and freshwater systems.
Outline:
The program's content covers coursework in year one, with thesis completion typically occurring in years two to three. Coursework offerings include Earth Systems of Central Canada, Geophysics of the Earth's Crust and Mantle, Remote Sensing in the Earth and Planetary Sciences, Advanced Petroleum Geology and Geochemistry, Advanced Seismology 1, Isotope Geology and Geochronology, Hydrothermal Petrochemistry, Advanced Paleontology 1, Advanced Clastic Sedimentology, Geophysical Imaging and Data Processing, Workshop in the Geological Sciences 1, Advanced Carbonate Sedimentology, Advanced Instrumental Techniques in Geology, Electromagnetic Methods in Geophysics, and Environmental Geophysics.
Assessment:
Assessment methods and criteria used in the program include a thesis proposal, progress reports, and a thesis that is appropriate for the MSc degree being sought and must be successfully defended.
Teaching:
The program's teaching methods include lectures, tutorials, and laboratory work. The faculty members have garnered numerous university, national, and international awards in recognition of their research contributions, excellence in teaching, outreach activities, and commitment to the geoscientific community.
Careers:
Potential career paths for graduates of the program include positions in academia, government, and industry. Graduates may pursue careers in research, teaching, environmental consulting, mineral exploration, and petroleum geology.