📖Program Curriculum
The module details given below are indicative they are intended to provide you with an idea of the range of subjects that are taught to our current students. The modules that will be available for you to study in future years are prone to change as we regularly review our teaching to ensure that it is up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. The information presented is therefore not intended to be construed and/or relied upon as a definitive list of the modules available in any given year.
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Year one modules
COMPULSORY MODULES
Minerals and Rocks
Earth Structure
Academic Professional and Fieldwork Skills
Geoscience Data Interpretation Analysis and Visualisation
The Earth System
Climate Change: The Scientific and Societal Context
Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
OPTIONAL MODULES
Science & Society
Year two modules
COMPULSORY MODULES
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Palaeoclimatology and Quaternary Studies
Employability Training: Engaging with the Workplace
Field Skills
Reconstructing Past Environments
Geoscience and Society
Geochemistry
Year three modules
COMPULSORY MODULES
Economic Geology
Geoscience: Independent Field Project - ISP
Advanced Topics in Sedimentology
OPTIONAL MODULES
Glaciers and Glacial Geomorphology
Natural Hazards
Global Environmental Change
Volcanic and Magmatic Processes
Reservoir Geology and Geophysics
Structure and Geodynamics
Hydrological and Engineering Geology
Micropalaeontology: Principles and Applications
Coastal Environments
Advanced Petrology and Structural Geology Field Course
Geological Communication Skills
The Science of Soil
Year four modules
COMPULSORY MODULES
Literature Synthesis
Research Project
Research in Context
Research Report
Spatial Geoscience Data Analysis
OPTIONAL MODULES
MGeoscience: Natural Hazards
MGeoscience: Glaciers and Glacial Geomorphology
MGeoscience: Global Environmental Change
Reservoir Geology and Geophysics (Masters)
MGeoscience: Hydrological and Engineering Geology
MGeoscience: Micropalaeontology: Princp and Apps
MGeoscience: Structure and Geodynamics
MGeoscience: Coastal Environments