Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

06 - Physical and life sciences and technologies

30.35 - Climate science

This subseries comprises instructional program class 30.3501.

30.3501 - Climate science

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the climate system of the earth with emphasis on the physical, dynamical, and chemical interactions of the atmosphere, ocean, land, ice, and the terrestrial and marine biospheres. These programs include courses in biology, chemistry, climate analysis, climate change adaptation/mitigation, climate policy, ecology, energy development, environmental impacts, marine chemistry, meteorology, and oceanography.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • climate science
  • climatology

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • atmospheric chemistry and climatology(40.0402)
  • Earth science(40.0601)
  • meteorology(40.0404)