Environmental Geoscience

With experiential learning at its core, Trent’s Environmental Geoscience program introduces students to advanced topics in resource extraction across multiple disciplines like geology, biology, chemistry, mathematics, and geography, with guidance from leading field experts.

Here you will receive specialized geoscience training while you develop hands-on skills in field methods, mineralogy, petrology, structural geology, and geophysics.

With multiple field courses, work placements, and applied learning opportunities, this professionally accredited program also equips you with the requirements to receive your Professional Geoscientists Ontario (PGeo) accreditation.

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The Experience

You will have the opportunity to study the interactions between human activities and earth systems alongside some of the world’s leading environmental researchers and scientists. 

The Experience
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Program

Environmental Geoscience integrates the disciplines of geology, biology, chemistry and geography to study the interaction between human activities and earth systems.

Program

Trent University respectfully acknowledges it is located on the treaty and traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishnaabeg. We offer our gratitude to First Peoples for their care for, and teachings about, our earth and our relations. May we honour those teachings.

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