FAQ's for EASC Ugrads

Contact Student Recruitment and Admissions at  https://community.sfu.ca/futurestudents/s/

All students must meet the University admission requirements and the Faculty of Science’s admission requirements.  Visit http://www.sfu.ca/students/admission-requirements.html for more information

Details on our Academic Advisors can be found on our website at:
http://www.sfu.ca/earth-sciences/people/advisors.html

Info on Science and Math Peer Tutoring can be found at:

https://www.sfu.ca/physics/about-us/contact/peer-tutoring.html

Details on our Undergraduate Program can be found on our website at:
http://www.sfu.ca/earth-sciences/undergraduate.html

Contact the EASC Advisor, Tarja Vaisanen, to declare your Major. Arrange an appointment by email at tvaisane@sfu.ca.

Students completing a joint Chemistry / Earth Sciences Major, must obtain approval from both Programs.  Contact the Chemistry Advisor, Evon Khor at chemadv@sfu.ca or 778.782.5995

There are three streams, Geology, Environmental Geosciences and Open.   The Geology Stream and the Environmental Geoscience Stream are designed to permit a student to enrol as a geologist or environmental geoscientist respectively, with Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (formerly APEGBC), the governing body that regulates geoscience practice in BC.

All students intending to practice as a geoscientist in BC must be licensed by APEGBC, and are strongly advised to pursue one of these two streams.

The Open Stream is an option for those not wanting to pursue professional registration.  Regardless of the stream  you are interested in, please contact an EASC Advisor to get further information on which option is right for you.

You can declare at the beginning of your studies.

There are a wide array of exciting and well-paying careers available to those pursuing an Earth Sciences' degree.  You can also check out our "Prospective Students" and "Careers" pages for more info and links

Check out Geoscientists Canada's "What does a Professional Geoscientist do?"

Check out Geoscientists Canada's "The need to be licencsed"

Please visit https://www.sfu.ca/students/enrollment/enroll.html for information on how to enroll in courses.  All question pertaining to how to use SIS/goSFU should be directed to the SIS/goSFU Team:

   Email: reginfo@sfu.ca
   Phone: 778.782.6930
   Live Help:  www.sfu.ca/students/livehelp.html

The Undergraduate Advisor at tvaisane@sfu.ca or 778.782.4779

Unless otherwise stated, all of our courses require a minimum grade of C- for all prerequisites.

If you are a second degree student from outside SFU, none of the courses taken outside of SFU are entered into your record, consequently, the system does not recognise any of the prerequisite course(s).  In this case, you will need to contact the Advisor.

- Current semester outlines are located at
 http://www.sfu.ca/earth-sciences/undergraduate/current/course-outlines.html

- Archived outlines are located at
http://www.sfu.ca/outlines.html

EASC 491(1), 492 (2) and 493 (3) are courses in the program set aside for Directed Readings.  Advanced level students interested in an in-depth study of a subject not covered or not fully covered by an existing course may approach a faculty member to request supervision in a Directed Readings course.  While most of these courses will work towards a large research paper, the precise details of the course will vary by instructor and subject.  

If there is an area of the Earth Sciences a student would like to study in greater depth, the student should approach an instructor with expertise in that area (generally or specifically) to see if this can be accommodated. 

The workload expected in a Directed Readings course is normally 30-40 hours per credit.  It is understood that the majority of this time will be spent by the student undertaking independent reading and preparing assignments, which can include written work (e.g., short or more extensive reviews) and oral presentations.  Regular contact between students and their instructors throughout the semester is encouraged and expected.

Yes! - See Faculty of Science Advising website for information on Internal Transfer.

Yes !  If you expect to be graduating in the next 2-3 semester, it is strongly recommended that you meet with the Academic Advisor to review graduation requirements.

The earliest students can apply to graduate is on the first day of classes in their graduating term. Visit http://www.sfu.ca/students/deadlines.html for graduation application/cancellation dates.

Graduation applications are completed in SIS (Student Information System). Visit https://www.sfu.ca/convocation/checklist.html for more information.

There are priority enrollment/seat restrictions placed on all our field schools: EASC 206, EASC 306 and EASC 308.  Priority is given to EASC Majors, Minors, and Honours' students.

Remaining seats are released on open enrollment date.

Second Degree students are required to see the advisor to discuss their academic goals.  It is important that the students submit all of the transcripts from previous degree(s).  Waivers may need to be obtained from various departments prior to registration period.