Master S Degree Paleontology

Bircham International University offers a Master’s Degree in Paleontology via distance learning. The program studies the history of life on Earth based on fossils, including remains of plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and single-celled living things preserved as rock material or impressions in rock.

Students receive specialized training through distance learning. The program structure is 70% textbooks and 30% project, with a composition that includes 39 academic credits for Paleontology Online and 13 academic credits for research methodology and a final project or thesis. Tuition also includes the program of study, textbooks, study guide, evaluation and assessment, diploma, and transcript.

Modules

• Paleontology Online
• Research methodology and final project or thesis
• 501PAL - Human Evolution
• 502PAL - Prehistory: Human Ancestors
• 503PAL - Prehistory: Migrations & Cultures
• 504PAL - Archaeology
• 505PAL - Archaeology: Human Origins
• 506PAL - Physical Anthropology
• 507PAL - Archaeological Analysis: Faunal Remains
• 508PAL - Invertebrate Animals
• 509PAL - Vertebrates
• 510PAL - Mineral Deposits & Sedimentology

Admission is open for adults over 25 years of age. A Bachelor's degree or international equivalent (3 to 4 years of study) is required for admission.

36 to 54 academic credits above a Bachelor's program are required for this distance learning degree program.