Undergraduate Programs in Vertebrate Paleontology




Undergraduate students can enroll in the four-year Honors B.Sc. program in Paleontology (a joint program of the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department and the Biological Sciences Department). Alternate routes include the General B.Sc. program in Science, the Specialization and Honors B.Sc. programs in Evolutionary Biology (Biological Sciences Department), and Specialization and Honors B.Sc. programs in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

Vertebrate Paleontology courses offered include PALEO 318 (Paleontology of the Lower Vertebrates), PALEO 319 (Paleontology of the Higher Vertebrates), PALEO 414 (Paleontology) and PALEO 520 (Problems in Vertebrate Paleontology). For more information, see the University of Alberta Paleontologyå Course Listings.

Undergraduate Paleontology student participating in a conference

Field work in the Devonian of the Mackenzie Mountains