Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 7 - Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Sciences
• 71 - Physics, Chemistry, Geology and Related Sciences
• 40. - Physical Sciences
• 40.06 - Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences

40.0601 - Geology/Earth Science, General

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the earth; the forces acting upon it; and the behaviour of the solids, liquids and gases comprising it. These programs include courses in historical geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology, the chemistry of rocks and soils, stratigraphy, mineralogy, petrology, geostatistics, volcanology, glaciology, geophysical principles, and applications to research and industrial problems.

• Example Program Names:

  • Earth sciences
  • Geological sciences
  • Geologist
  • Geology
  • Geoscience

• Exclusion

  • Soil chemistry(01.1202)
  • Geological engineering(14.3901)
  • Geological engineering technology(15.9999)