DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2011/2012
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Earth Science

SCQF Level 08 (10 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
EASC08001	SV1	Earth Dynamics	Semester 1	20
EASC08014	SV1	Earth Materials	Semester 2	20
EASC08007	SV1	Global Environmental Processes	Semester 1	20
EASC08012	SV1	History of Life	Semester 2	20
EASC08008	SV1	Introduction to Geophysics	Semester 2	20
EASC08017	SV1	Introduction to the Geological Record	Semester 2	20
EASC08011	SV1	Natural Hazards	Semester 1	20
EASC08004	SV1	Oceanography	Semester 2	20
EASC08016	SV1	Physics of the Earth	Semester 2	20
EASC08015	SV1	Stratigraphy and Sedimentology	Semester 1	20

SCQF Level 09 (35 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
EASC09013	SV1	Aquatic Systems	Semester 1	10
EASC09009	SV1	Chemical Geology	Semester 1	10
EASC09035	SV1	Computational Modelling for Geosciences	Semester 1	10
EASC09005	SV1	Dynamic Stratigraphy	Semester 2	10
EASC09019	SV1	Earth and Planetary Structure	Semester 2	10
EASC09012	SV1	Environmental Techniques and Applications	Semester 2	20
EASC09045	SV1	Environmental Techniques and Applications	Semester 2	10
EASC09020		Exploration Geophysics	Not delivered this year	20
EASC09040	SS1	Exploration Geophysics	Semester 2	10
EASC09036	SS1	Field Course in Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Geoscience	Semester 2	20
EASC09032	SV1	Field Skills for Earth Surface Scientists	Flexible	10
EASC09031	SV1	Field Skills for Geologists	Flexible	10
EASC09033	SV1	Fields and Waves	Semester 1	10
EASC09030		Fundamentals of Geophysics	Not delivered this year	20
EASC09029	SV1	Geology 3rd Year Field Courses	Semester 2	10
EASC09038	SV1	Geophysical Inverse Theory	Semester 2	10
EASC09027	SV1	Global Tectonics	Semester 2	10
EASC09041	SS1	Helmsdale 3rd Year Field Excursion and Interpretation Exercise	Semester 2	10
EASC09003	SV1	Hydrocarbons	Semester 2	10
EASC09039		Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology	Not delivered this year	10
EASC09011	SV1	Igneous Petrogenesis	Semester 2	10
EASC09008	SV1	Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology	Semester 1	10
EASC09022		Introduction to Geophysical Fields and Waves	Not delivered this year	20
EASC09046	SV1	Introduction to Physical Volcanology	Semester 1	10
EASC09044	SV1	Introduction to Physical Volcanology and Tephra	Semester 1	20
EASC09021	SV1	Mathematical Methods for Geophysicists	Semester 1	10
EASC09024	SV1	Measurement Techniques in Geophysics	Semester 1	10
EASC09014	SV1	Metamorphic Petrology and Structure	Semester 2	10
EASC09025		Mineral Behaviour	Not delivered this year	10
EASC09043	SV1	Ore Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry	Semester 2	10
EASC09006	SV1	Palaeontology	Semester 1	10
EASC09007	SV1	Quaternary Environmental Change	Semester 2	10
EASC09037	SV1	Sedimentology	Semester 1	10
EASC09042	SS1	Spain Fieldcourse: Mountain Building and Destruction	Semester 2	10
EASC09002	SV1	Structural Geology	Semester 1	10

SCQF Level 10 (49 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
EASC10032		Active Tectonics	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10073	SV1	Advances in Metamorphism	Semester 2	10
EASC10072		Antarctica: Development of a Continent and its context in Rodian and Gondwana	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10048	SV1	Applied Environmental Geochemistry	Semester 1	10
EASC10060	SV1	Carbonates	Semester 2	10
EASC10069	SS1	Cyprus Excursion and Synoptic Practical for Geology and Physical Geographers	Semester 2	20
EASC10068	SS1	Cyprus Excursion and Synoptical Practical for Geologists	Full Year	20
EASC10056		Deformation Processes and Active Tectonics	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10030		Dinosaur Palaeobiology	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10043	SS1	Dissertation in Geology and Physical Geography	Full Year	40
EASC10005		Earth Evolution A	Not delivered this year	20
EASC10006		Earth Evolution B	Not delivered this year	20
EASC10007		Earth Surface Processes	Not delivered this year	20
EASC10074		Earth and Planetary Structure	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10059	SV1	Environmental Geoscience Fieldwork and Synoptic Practical Examination	Semester 2	20
EASC10009	SS1	Environmental Geosciences Projects	Semester 1	40
EASC10049	SV1	Environmental Problems and Issues	Semester 1	10
EASC10081	SV1	Evolution of the Modern Earth	Full Year	20
EASC10038	SV1	Exploration Seismology	Semester 2	10
EASC10080	SV1	Formation and Evolution of Continents	Semester 1	10
EASC10070	SV1	Frontiers in Geophysics	Semester 2	10
EASC10011	SV1	Geology Dissertation	Semester 2	40
EASC10055		Geology Field, Laboratory and Practical Techniques	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10041		Geology Synoptic Practical Examination	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10079	SS1	Geology and Landscapes	Semester 2	10
EASC10042		Geology and Physical Geography Synoptic Practical Examination	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10036	SV1	Geomagnetism	Semester 1	10
EASC10065	SV1	Geophysics Project	Full Year	40
EASC10052	SV1	Geophysics Project 1	Semester 1	20
EASC10053	SV1	Geophysics Project 2	Semester 2	20
EASC10058	SV1	Geoscience Outreach	Full Year	10
EASC10050	SV1	Global Environmental Change	Block 3 (Sem 2)	10
EASC10037	SV1	Global Geophysics	Semester 1	10
EASC10015	SV1	Hydrocarbon Reservoir Quality	Semester 2	10
EASC10082	SV1	Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology	Semester 1	10
EASC10077	SV1	Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport	Semester 2	10
EASC10078	SV1	Hydrogeology 3: Field and Modelling Project	Block 4 (Sem 2)	10
EASC10016	SV1	Igneous Geochemistry	Semester 2	10
EASC10067	SV1	Marine Micropalaeontology	Block 4 (Sem 2)	10
EASC10044		Rock, Mineral and Palaeomagnetism	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10035	SV1	Seismology	Semester 1	10
EASC10061		Solid-Fluid Interactions in the Earth's Crust	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10021	SV1	Tectonic Geomorphology	Semester 2	10
EASC10063	SV1	Texas Exchange Fieldtrip	Semester 2	10
EASC10022	SV1	Topics in Global Environmental Change	Block 3 (Sem 2)	10
EASC10024	SV1	Transferable Skills for Earth Scientists	Full Year	10
EASC10062	SV1	Transferable Skills for Environmental Geoscientists	Full Year	10
EASC10040	SV1	Transferable Skills for Geophysicists	Semester 1	10
EASC10025		Volcaniclastic Processes and Marginal Basin Sedimentology	Not delivered this year	10

SCQF Level 11 (3 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
EASC11003	SV1	Controlled Source Electro-Magnetic (CSEM) Methods	Semester 2	10
EASC11001	SV1	Helmsdale MSc Field Excursion	Block 5 (sem 2)	10
EASC11002	SS1	Hydrocarbon Reservoir Quality	Semester 2	20