Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings
- 06 - Physical and life sciences and technologies
- 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.
Illustrative example(s)
- Earth science
- geological science
- geology
- geoscience
Exclusion(s)
- climate science(30.3501)
- Earth science teacher education(13.1337)
- Earth systems science(30.3801)
- geological engineering(14.3901)
- geological engineering technology(15.9999)
- soil chemistry(01.1202)
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