Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016

• 40. - Physical sciences
• 40.06 - Geological and Earth sciences/geosciences

40.0604 - Paleontology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of extinct life forms and associated fossil remains, and the reconstruction and analysis of ancient life forms, ecosystems, and geologic processes. These programs include courses in sedimentation and fossilization processes, fossil chemistry, evolutionary biology, paleoecology, paleoclimatology, trace fossils, micropaleontology, invertebrate paleontology, vertebrate paleontology, paleobotany, field research methods, and laboratory research and conservation methods.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • palaeontology
  • paleontology

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • archaeology(45.0301)
  • evolutionary biology(26.1303)