Program Overview

Quantitative Geosciences Certificate Program

The Certificate in Quantitative Geosciences is designed to provide students with proficiency in the quantitative aspects of geosciences. This certificate program is offered by the University of Saskatchewan's College of Arts and Science.

Program Overview

The Certificate in Quantitative Geosciences will recognize students' proficiency in quantitative aspects of geosciences. The program focuses on the increasing quantity and quality of geoscience data, including topography measurements, geophysical measurements, geochemical analyses, and field measurements of rock orientations. Students will learn to analyze, organize, and display this data efficiently and effectively.

What You Will Learn

• The certificate program will prepare students to meet the challenges of working with large datasets in geosciences.
• Students will learn to structure data, develop project-specific databases, and visualize geochemical data.
• The program will also cover time-slider variations in GIS, plate reconstruction modeling, and the integration of geophysical techniques.

Featured Classes

• GEOL 306.3: Handling and Visualising Deep Earthtime Geoscience Data
  • This course provides an introduction to structuring data, the development of project-specific databases, time-slider variations in GIS, plate reconstruction modeling, and geochemical data visualization.
• CMPT 141.3: Introduction to Computer Science
  • This course introduces the basic computer science and computer programming principles of algorithms, abstraction, encapsulation, variables, conditional branching, repetition, functions, recursion, and elementary data structures.
• GEOL 335.3: Seismology and Ground Penetrating Radar Methods
  • This course covers the introduction to seismological and ground penetrating radar methods, their integration with other geophysical techniques, and applications to geological engineering, groundwater, and prospecting and earthquake monitoring problems.

Why Study Quantitative Geosciences?

• The certificate is not intended to replace existing programs in geology or environmental geosciences but will allow students to highlight their specific knowledge in understanding geoscience data and how to analyze it and display it effectively.
• Completing this certificate will have students' knowledge in quantitative geosciences formally recognized for their future studies or in their current profession.
• The Certificate in Quantitative Geosciences will help students show that they have the skills necessary to provide useful insight that could be used for new, less environmentally sensitive technologies for resource extraction.

Careers

Integrating this certificate with further studies, students can seek employment with a variety of private and public sector employers, including:

• Environmental geology
• Exploration geology
• Geological survey
• Mine geology
• Petroleum geology
• Mineralogy
• Sedimentology
• Paleontology
• Geological modelling

Tuition Estimates

| Canadian students | International students
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Tuition | $846.60 per 3 credit unit class | $4,097.40 per 3 credit unit class
Student fees | $1,308.24 per year | $1,308.24 per year

Program Options

The Certificate in Quantitative Geosciences is offered by the University of Saskatchewan's College of Arts and Science. Students may earn the certificate on its own, concurrently with a degree, or after having already received a degree from the University of Saskatchewan or another institution.

Admission Requirements

Admission requirements depend on the student's situation. High school students or graduates, university or college students or graduates, and international students have different requirements.

Application Deadlines

Start term | Application deadline | International deadline __
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Winter
January 2026 | Dec. 1, 2025
Documents due: Dec. 15, 2025 | Sept. 1, 2025
Documents due: Oct. 1, 2025
Spring
May 2026 | April 1, 2026
Documents due: May 1, 2026 | Feb. 1, 2026
Documents due: March 1, 2026
Summer
July 2026 | May 1, 2026
Documents due: June 1, 2026 | March 1, 2026
Documents due: April 1, 2026
Fall
September 2026 | July 15, 2026
Documents due: Aug. 1, 2026 | May 1, 2026
Documents due: June 1, 2026
Winter
January 2027 | Dec. 1, 2026
Documents due: Dec. 15, 2026 | Sept. 1, 2026
Documents due: Oct. 1, 2026

Related Programs

• Environmental Geoscience
• Geological Engineering
• Geology
• Geology Fundamentals
• Geophysics
• Hard Rock Geoscience
• Hydrology
• Sedimentary Geology
• Soil Science
• Water Science