Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016
40. - Physical sciences
This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the scientific study of inanimate objects, processes of matter and energy, and associated phenomena.
40.06 - Geological and Earth sciences/geosciences
This subseries comprises instructional program classes 40.0601 to 40.0699.
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.
Illustrative example(s)
- Earth science
- geological science
- geology
- geoscience
Exclusion(s)
- Earth science teacher education(13.1337)
- geological engineering(14.3901)
- geological engineering technology(15.9999)
- soil chemistry(01.1202)
40.0602 - Geochemistry
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the chemical properties and behaviour of the silicates and other substances forming, and formed by geomorphological processes of the Earth and other planets. These programs include courses in chemical thermodynamics, equilibrium in silicate systems, atomic bonding, isotopic fractionation, geochemical modelling, specimen analysis, and studies of specific organic and inorganic substances.
Illustrative example(s)
- geochemistry
Exclusion(s)
- chemistry(40.0501)
- environmental chemistry(40.0509)
- geology(40.0601)
- petrology(40.0606)
40.0603 - Geophysics and seismology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the physics of solids and its application to the study of the Earth and other planets. These programs include courses in gravimetrics, seismology, earthquake forecasting, magnetrometry, electrical properties of solid bodies, plate tectonics, active deformation, thermodynamics, remote sensing, geodesy, and laboratory simulations of geological processes.
Illustrative example(s)
- computational geophysics
- geophysics
- seismology
Exclusion(s)
- geology(40.0601)
- physics(40.0801)
- scientific computing(30.3001)
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
Exclusion(s)
- archaeology(45.0301)
- evolutionary biology(26.1303)
40.0605 - Hydrology and water resources science
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the occurrence, circulation, distribution, chemical and physical properties, and environmental interaction of surface and subsurface waters, including groundwater. These programs include courses in geophysics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, chemical physics, geomorphology, mathematical modelling, hydrologic analysis, continental water processes, global water balance, and environmental science.
Illustrative example(s)
- hydrology
- water resources science
Exclusion(s)
- hydrological engineering(14.0802)
- marine resources management(03.0205)
- ocean engineering(14.2401)
- water purification(15.0506)
- water resources engineering(14.0805)
40.0606 - Geochemistry and petrology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the igneous, metamorphic, and hydrothermal processes within the Earth and the mineral, fluid, rock, and ore deposits resulting from them. These programs include courses in mineralogy, crystallography, petrology, volcanology, economic geology, meteoritics, geochemical reactions, deposition, compound transformation, core studies, theoretical geochemistry, computer applications, and laboratory studies.
Illustrative example(s)
- geochemistry and petrology
- mineralogy
- petrology
Exclusion(s)
- geochemistry(40.0602)
- mining and mineral engineering(14.2101)
- petroleum engineering(14.2501)
40.0607 - Oceanography, chemical and physical
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the chemical components, mechanisms, structure, and movement of ocean waters and their interaction with terrestrial and atmospheric phenomena. These programs include courses in material inputs and outputs, chemical and biochemical transformations in marine systems, equilibria studies, inorganic and organic ocean chemistry, oceanographic processes, sediment transport, zone processes, circulation, mixing, tidal movements, wave properties, and seawater properties.
Illustrative example(s)
- chemical oceanography
- oceanography
- physical oceanography
Exclusion(s)
- biological oceanography(26.1302)
- hydrology(40.0605)
- maritime studies(30.2901)
- nautical science(49.0309)
- ocean engineering(14.2401)
40.0699 - Geological and Earth sciences/geosciences, other
This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Geological and Earth sciences/geosciences.
Illustrative example(s)
- environmental geoscience
- geodesy
- geodetic sciences
- geodetics
- marine geology
Exclusion(s)
- geological engineering(14.3901)
- geological engineering technology(15.9999)
- marine sciences(30.3201)
- topography(45.0702)
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