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Geoscience program requirements

What the Geoscience Major and Minor require, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course they name.

Geoscience Major

  • Science program
  • 8.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASMAJ0509

Enrolment

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

(8.0 credits including at least 2.0 credits at 300+ level with at least 0.5 credit at 400-level.)

2.0 credits chosen from BIO120H1; (CHM135H1, CHM136H1); MAT130H1/ MAT135H1, MAT136H1, (MAT148H1, MAT149H1/ MAT137Y1; PHY131H1, PHY132H1

2.5 credits of core courses: JEG100H1/ ENV234H1/ EEB240H1/ ESS262H1, ESS223H1, ESS224H1/ ESS222H1, ESS241H1, ESS331H1, JEG201H1, JEG205H1, JEG206H1

0.5 credit of field courses chosen from: ESS234H1/ ESS324H1/ ESS410H1/ ESS450H1

3.0 credits chosen from 300/400-level ESS/ JGA/ JPE courses or JEG301H1. Note course progressions and prerequisites.

We suggest that students consider the following logical course clusters in their higher years: (a) Earth/planetary materials and mineral resources: ESS321H1/ ESS221H1, ESS322H1, ESS323H1, ESS324H1, ESS431H1, ESS423H1, ESS424H1, ESS425H1, ESS441H1 (b) Tectonics: JGA305H1, ESS245H1/ ESS345H1/ CSC108H1/ CSC110Y1, ESS321H1, ESS322H1, ESS424H1, ESS441H1, ESS445H1 (c) Environmental biogeochemistry: ESS261H1, ESS311H1, ESS312H1, ESS313H1, ESS363H1, ESS410H1, ESS461H1 (d) Geoarchaeology: ESS261H1, JGA305H1, ESS461H1, ESS450H1

Students in this program have the option to complete the Arts & Science Internship Program (ASIP) stream.

Courses these requirements name

  • BIO120H1Adaptation and Biodiversity
  • CHM135H1Chemistry: Physical Principles
  • CHM136H1Introductory Organic Chemistry I
  • MAT130H1Calculus I for Life Sciences
  • MAT135H1Calculus I
  • MAT136H1Calculus II
  • MAT148H1Calculus I with Proofs
  • MAT149H1Calculus II with Proofs
  • MAT137Y1Calculus with Proofs last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • PHY131H1Introduction to Physics I
  • PHY132H1Introduction to Physics II
  • JEG100H1Introduction to Physical Geography and Earth Science
  • ENV234H1Environmental Biology: Structure and Function of Ecosystems last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
  • EEB240H1Environmental Biology: From Organisms to Ecosystems
  • ESS262H1Earth System Processes
  • ESS223H1Introduction to Geochemistry
  • ESS224H1Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • ESS222H1
  • ESS241H1Geologic Structures and Maps
  • ESS331H1Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
  • JEG201H1Geomorphology
  • JEG205H1Introduction to Soil Science
  • JEG206H1Introduction to Hydrology
  • ESS234H1Introduction to Geological Field Methods
  • ESS324H1Advanced Geological Field Methods
  • ESS410H1Field Techniques in Environmental Geosciences
  • ESS450H1Geophysical Field Techniques
  • JEG301H1Fluvial Geomorphology
  • ESS321H1Advanced Mineralogy
  • ESS221H1
  • ESS322H1Igneous Petrology
  • ESS323H1Metamorphic Petrology last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
  • ESS431H1Basin Analysis
  • ESS423H1Mineral Deposits
  • ESS424H1Metamorphic Petrology
  • ESS425H1Advanced Methods in the Geosciences
  • ESS441H1Advanced Structural Geology
  • JGA305H1Environmental and Archaeological Geophysics
  • ESS245H1Computational Geology
  • ESS345H1
  • CSC108H1Introduction to Computer Programming
  • CSC110Y1Foundations of Computer Science I
  • ESS445H1Global Tectonics
  • ESS261H1Earth System Evolution
  • ESS311H1Aqueous Geochemistry
  • ESS312H1Hydrogeology
  • ESS313H1Contaminants in the Environment and Geoethics
  • ESS363H1Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • ESS461H1Palaeoenvironmental Studies
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Geoscience Minor

  • Science program
  • 4.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASMIN0509

Enrolment

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

(4.0 credits, with at least 1.0 credit at the 300+ level.)

11.0 credit of 100-level CHM, BIO, MAT or PHY courses.

22.0 credits of 100- or 200-level ESS courses or 200-level JEG courses (excluding ESS103H1, ESS104H1, ESS105H1, and ESS205H1). It is however recommended to include at least ESS262H1/ EEB240H1/ JEG100H1 and ESS224H1.

31.0 credit of 300/400-level ESS/ JGA/ JPE/ JEG courses.

Be aware of course prerequisites, check clusters of courses listed for the geoscience major program, and consult the geology undergraduate handbook for logical course progressions.

Courses these requirements name

  • ESS103H1Geology in Public Issues
  • ESS104H1Controversies in Earth Science
  • ESS105H1Our home planet
  • ESS205H1Confronting Global Change
  • ESS262H1Earth System Processes
  • EEB240H1Environmental Biology: From Organisms to Ecosystems
  • JEG100H1Introduction to Physical Geography and Earth Science
  • ESS224H1Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology
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Requirements are quoted from the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar, which is the official version. Atlas is independent of U of T, so confirm important decisions with your department or college registrar. See how to read program requirements or browse every program.

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