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Degree Programme Table: Environmental Geoscience (BSc Hons) (UTENVGE)


Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Director of Studies.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    EASC08001 Earth Dynamics Semester 1 20
    EASC08007 Global Environmental Processes Semester 1 20
    EASC08017 Introduction to the Geological Record Semester 2 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 60 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:A booklet giving details of appropriate course combinations will be given to students to facilitate advance planning. Earth Modelling and Prediction is required for students with D grade at A-level Maths, or C grade at Higher Maths.


     

    Year 2, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    EASC08014 Earth Materials Semester 2 20
    EASC08015 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Semester 1 20
    EASC08004 Oceanography Semester 2 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 60 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:A booklet giving details of appropriate course combinations will be given to students to facilitate advance planning
     

    Year 3, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 8 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    EASC09032 Field Skills for Earth Surface Scientists As available 10
    EASC09036 Field Course in Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Geoscience Semester 2 20
    EASC09013 Aquatic Systems Semester 1 10
    EASC09037 Sedimentology Semester 1 10
    EASC09007 Quaternary Environmental Change Semester 2 10
    EASC09009 Chemical Geology Semester 1 10
    EASC09012 Environmental Techniques and Applications Semester 2 20
    EASC10082 Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 20 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    EASC09006    Palaeontology   10  
    EASC09002    Structural Geology   10  
    EASC09008    Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology   10  
    ECSC09005    Environmental Pollution   20  

     


    Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    EASC10009 Environmental Geosciences Projects Semester 1 40
    EASC10048 Applied Environmental Geochemistry Semester 1 10
    EASC10050 Global Environmental Change Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
    EASC10059 Environmental Geoscience Fieldwork and Synoptic Practical Examination Semester 2 20
    EASC10049 Environmental Problems and Issues Semester 1 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 30 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    EASC10077    Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport   10  
    EASC10078    Hydrogeology 3: Field and Modelling Project   10  
    GEGR10039    Principles of Geographical Information Science   20  
    GEGR10055    Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change   20  
    ECSC10013    Land Use Policy   10  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    EASC10077    Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport   10  
    EASC10078    Hydrogeology 3: Field and Modelling Project   10  
    GEGR10039    Principles of Geographical Information Science   20  
    GEGR10055    Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change   20  
    ECSC10013    Land Use Policy   10  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedule N, as available

     

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