Dalhousie University offers BA/BS in Earth Sciences, a bachelor's degree in Earth Sciences & Geology programme in Halifax, Canada. Tuition for international students is CAD 37,992 per year (CAD 10,245 per year for local students).
Earth Sciences at Dalhousie University leads to a Bachelor of Science or a Bachelor of Arts, offered by the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in the Faculty of Science, at the Halifax campus, with entry in September or January. The program studies geological processes and Earth systems, from rocks, minerals, and fossils to plate tectonics, and extends to the atmosphere, hydrosphere, oceans, and biosphere. Students can take the subject as a concentrated or combined honours degree, as a major or double major, or as a minor, and may add a co-op option built around three paid work terms. Optional certificates are available in areas such as aquaculture and the environment, environmental impact assessment, and geographic information science, and the program includes field courses that give students direct, hands-on exposure to geological and environmental fieldwork both in the region and abroad. Coursework begins with physical geography, chemistry, and introductory geology alongside calculus and statistics, then progresses into mineralogy, petrology, stratigraphy, geomorphology, petroleum geology, and environmental law. The BSc route requires pre-calculus mathematics while the BA route does not, reflecting the department's more quantitative and more arts-oriented tracks. Graduates take on roles such as environmental health officer, natural resource manager, or agricultural scientist, and some continue into graduate study in resource and environmental management, earth sciences, or planning.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:75.00 / %
Admission Requirements: Domestic applicants complete Grade 12 with a minimum overall average of 75% for the BSc route (four further academic subjects and a 70% average apply to the BA route), including Academic English 12 and, for the BSc, Pre-calculus Math 12 plus three further academic subjects. Admission is competitive, so meeting the minimum average does not guarantee a seat; the page defers to Dalhousie's Academic Calendar for full degree detail. The page states no program-specific language-test scores and defers to Dalhousie's general English-language requirement for applicants whose first language is not English: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no band below 6.0, TOEFL iBT 90 overall with no section below 20, Pearson PTE Academic 61 overall with no skill below 50, or Duolingo English Test 120, among other accepted tests and exemptions listed on Dalhousie's international-admissions pages. Earth Sciences admits students for September and January entry.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Dalhousie's live Dates and Deadlines page still shows the September 2026 entry cycle as of mid-September 2026, not the 2027 cycle. For that cycle, Bachelor of Science (Nursing), Bachelor of Health Sciences, Bachelor of Science (Medical Sciences) and Bachelor of Social Work close February 15, 2026; the Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies (Architecture) closes March 1, 2026; and the Health Sciences post-diploma option closes June 15, 2026. All other undergraduate programmes are considered on a rolling, space-available basis for both domestic and international applicants, with no separate international closing date published; May 15, 2026 is only the deposit and English-proficiency deadline, not an application deadline. Dalhousie has not yet published September 2027 entry dates. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
