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Earth and Environmental Science at Acadia offers programs leading to B.Sc. degrees in Environmental Science, Geology and Environmental Geoscience, and M.Sc. degrees in Geology and Applied Geomatics. 

Departmental News

The GEOL 3823 Geophysics class recently visited a gravel quarry to measure the U concentrations of the working face using a gamma-ray spectrometer to ensure that the rocks produced are below federal standards.

Igneous petrology students and their professor (Sandra Barr) and TA (Alicia Moning) enjoyed a field trip to look at granite varieties in the South Mountain Batholith during their lab on October 10th. 

On the afternoons of the first week of October, the first year class left the lab to visit the outcrops at Horton Bluff.