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Degree Programme Table: Geology (MEarthSci) (UTGEOL)


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
    EASC08008 Introduction to Geophysics Semester 2 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 without Higher Maths at Grade B or A-level Maths at Grade C.
     

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


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 7 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    EASC08014 Earth Materials Semester 2 20
    EASC08012 History of Life Semester 2 20
    EASC08015 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Semester 1 20
    EASC08014 Earth Materials Semester 2 20
    Notes: (direct second year entry)
    EASC08001 Earth Dynamics Semester 1 20
    Notes: (direct second year entry)
    EASC08008 Introduction to Geophysics Semester 2 20
    Notes: (direct second year entry)
    EASC08015 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Semester 1 20
    Notes: (direct second year entry)




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 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.
     

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedule N, as available

    Notes:Direct 2nd year entry students only. 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 
    EASC09031 Field Skills for Geologists As available 10
    EASC09029 Geology 3rd Year Field Courses Semester 2 10
    EASC09027 Global Tectonics Semester 2 10
    EASC09002 Structural Geology Semester 1 10
    EASC09037 Sedimentology Semester 1 10
    EASC09005 Dynamic Stratigraphy Semester 2 10
    EASC09008 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Semester 1 10
    EASC09009 Chemical Geology Semester 1 10




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


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    EASC09007    Quaternary Environmental Change   10  
    EASC09013    Aquatic Systems   10  
    EASC09014    Metamorphic Petrology and Structure   10  
    EASC09011    Igneous Petrogenesis   10  
    EASC09025    Mineral Behaviour   10  
    EASC09021    Mathematical Methods for Geophysicists   10  
    EASC09003    Hydrocarbons   10  
    EASC09006    Palaeontology   10  
    EASC09010    Ore Mineralogy and Petrology   10  
    EASC09034    Hydrogeology 1   10  
    GEGR10096    Eroding Landscapes: Fluvial Processes   10  
    GEGR10095    Eroding Landscapes: Hill Slope Processes   10  

     

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


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    EASC10011 Geology Dissertation Semester 2 40
    EASC10024 Transferable Skills for Earth Scientists Full Year 10
    EASC10068 Cyprus Excursion and Synoptical Practical for Geologists Full Year 20
    EASC10081 Evolution of the Modern Earth 20
    EASC10080 Formation and Evolution of Continents 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from Earth Science Level 10 courses, as available

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from Geography Level 10 courses, as available

     

    Year 5, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GESC11005 Research Methods and Transferable Skills Semester 1 10
    GESC11001 Project Design and Literature Analysis Semester 1 20
    GESC11002 Geoscience Research Project Full Year 40
    GESC11003 Frontiers in Earth Science Semester 2 10
    GESC11004 MEarthSci field training As available 20




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


    Select exactly 20 credits from Geosciences Level 11 courses, as available

     

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