Course Content
Year 1
Core modules in this year include:
- Analysis of the Earth and Environment - 20 credits
- Earth Materials - 20 credits
- Engineering Geology and Geohazards - 20 credits
- Global Environmental Challenges - 20 credits
- How the Earth Works - 20 credits
- Sedimentology and Palaeontology - 20 credits
Year 2
Core modules in this year include:
- Dynamic Earth - 20 credits
- GIS and Remote Sensing - 20 credits
- Professional Skills and Careers - 20 credits
- Sedimentary Processes and Facies Analysis - 20 credits
- Structural Geology - 20 credits
Placement Year (optional)
- optional work placement year
Year 3
Core modules in this year include:
- Earth Science in the Workplace - 20 credits
- Mineral Resources and Exploration - 20 credits
- Research Project - 40 credits
Year 2
- Hydrogeology and Fluid Flow - 20 credits
- Volcanoes - 20 credits
Year 3
- Analytical Methods for Earth and Environmental Sciences - 20 credits
- Applications of Palaeontology and Sedimentology - 20 credits
- Earth Evolution and Plate Tectonics - 20 credits
- Engineering Geology Practice - 20 credits
- Hazardscapes - 20 credits
- Introduction to Teaching - 20 credits
- Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology - 20 credits
