Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

Arts and Science

Degree Programs

Earth Sciences

MASc, MSc, and PhD

Collaborative Specializations

The following collaborative specialization is available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:

Overview

The Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Toronto has a venerable 165-year tradition of research and education in the geosciences. Rankings place U of T at the very top in the geosciences in Canada and among the very best institutions globally. The Department of Earth Sciences is internationally regarded for research in fundamental geoscience, having given rise to major advances in ore deposits geology, geophysics, Precambrian geology, marine geology, Quaternary geology, and sedimentary basin analysis.

Current education in Earth Sciences at the University of Toronto continues the tradition of excellence. Students have access to a wide range of state-of-the-art laboratories and expert knowledge fostering cutting-edge research in almost all areas of Earth Sciences.

Contact and Address

Web: www.es.utoronto.ca
Email: grad@es.utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-1240
Fax: (416) 978-3938

Department of Earth Sciences
University of Toronto
Earth Sciences Centre
Room 1066, 22 Ursula Franklin Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1
Canada

Earth Sciences: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Anderson, Melissa - BSc, MSc, PhD
Bailey, Richard - BSc, PhD
Bergquist, Bridget - BS, PhD
Bollmann, Jorg - DrRerNat
Chu, Xu - BSc, MPH, PhD
Cowling, Sharon - BSc, MSc, PhD
Desloges, Joseph - BES, MSc, PhD
Diamond, Miriam - MSc, MSc, PhD
Dittrich, Maria - BES, MSc, PhD
Eyles, Nicholas - BSc, MSc, PhD, DSc
Ferris, Grant - BSc, PhD
Finkelstein, Sarah - AB, MPH, PhD (Chair and Graduate Chair)
Gorton, Michael - BSc, BSc, PhD
Gregory, Daniel - BSc, PhD
Halfar, Jochen - PhD
Head, Martin - BSc
Henderson, Grant - PhD
Heron, Philip Joseph - BSc, MSc, PhD
Howard, Ken - BSc, MSc, PhD
Laflamme, Marc - BS, PhD
Liu, Qinya - BSc, PhD
Miall, Andrew - BSc, PhD
Pysklywec, Russell - BSc, MSc, PhD
Schoenbohm, Lindsay - PhD
Schulze, Daniel - PhD
Sherwood Lollar, Barbara - PhD
Simpson, Myrna - BS, DPhil
Sio, Corliss Kin I. - BS, PhD
Spooner, Edward - BA, PhD
Swidinsky, Andrei - BSc, MSc, PhD
Tait, Kimberly - BSc, MSc, PhD
Wells, Mathew - BS, DPhil
Wortmann, Ulrich - BSc, MSc, PhD
Xu, Xiaoyong - BSc, MSc, PhD

Members Emeriti

Milkereit, Bernd - DrRerNat
Robin, Pierre-Yves - MSc, PhD
Westgate, John - PhD

Associate Members

Bank, Carl-Georg - MSc, PhD
Bennett, Neil - MSc, PhD
Hirschorn, Sarah - BSc, PhD
Kamo, Sandra - BSc, PhD
Melymuk, Lisa - BSc, MSc, PhD

Earth Sciences: Earth Sciences MASc, MSc, PhD Courses

Check with the department for the current year's offerings.

Course CodeCourse Title
ESS1101H
Seminars in Earth Sciences
ESS1423H
Mineral Deposits
ESS1425HAdvanced Methods in Geosciences
ESS1430H
Basin Analysis
ESS1436H
Paleoecological Assessment of Environmental Change
ESS1441H
Advanced Structure
ESS1445H
Global Tectonics
ESS1461H
Paleoenvironmental Studies
ESS2222H
Tectonics and Planetary Dynamics
ESS2302H
Mineral Resources
ESS2303H
Earth Systems Evolution
ESS2304H
Geochemistry
ESS2608H
Advanced Glacial Sedimentology
ESS2704H
Isotope Geochemistry
ESS3000H, YDirected Studies in Earth Sciences
ESS3601Y0
Research Presentation
ESS3603Y0
Research Project
ESS3604H
Selected Topics in Geology
ESS3605H
Selected Topics in Geochemistry
ESS3606HSelected Topics Earth System Evolution
ESS3607H
Selected Topics in Geodynamics
ESS3608H
All-Course Research Project
JPE1452H
Geophysical Imaging: Non-seismic Methods
JPE1493H
Seismology
JPE2605H
Advanced Seismology

Additional courses related to geophysics can be found in the SGS Calendar entry for the Department of Physics.

0 Course that may continue over a program. The course is graded when completed.