Hons in Paleontology (HBSc)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada•QS 2027 #32
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Offered by University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, Hons in Paleontology (HBSc) is a honours degree in Others programme.
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Degree: Honours Degree
Field: Others
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Last checked September 2026 · Source: future.utoronto.ca ·
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Overview
Paleontology at the University of Toronto Mississauga is a basic science program, offered as a Major leading to an Honours Bachelor of Science, concerned with the evolutionary history of life. The curriculum covers vertebrate and invertebrate paleobiology, evolutionary biology, systematics, functional morphology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, and plate tectonics, drawing together biological and earth-science perspectives on the fossil record and the processes that have shaped it. Coursework combines biology and geology, giving students grounding in both the mechanisms of evolution and the physical record of past life preserved in rock. Students are admitted to the Faculty's Life Sciences category, with prerequisite courses in English, Advanced Functions, Biology, and Chemistry, and Calculus recommended. The program provides a scientific foundation for further study or careers involving fossil analysis, evolutionary research, and earth-history investigation.
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About University of Toronto
“Velut arbor ævo”
Type: University
Control: Public
Campus setting: Urban
Founded: 1827
Students: 103,140
QS rank: #32
Programs: 507
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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