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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2011/2012
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Degree Programme Table: Geophysics and Meteorology (BSc Hons) (UTGEOME)

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 6 compulsory course(s).

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
EASC08001	Earth Dynamics	Semester 1	20

PHYS08016	Physics 1A: Foundations	Semester 1	20

PHYS08017	Physics 1B: The Stuff of the Universe	Semester 2	20

EASC08008	Introduction to Geophysics	Semester 2	20

PHYS08035	Mathematics for Physics 1	Semester 1	20

PHYS08036	Mathematics for Physics 2	Semester 1	20

COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

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

COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 6 compulsory course(s).

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
METE08001	Meteorology: Atmosphere and Environment	Semester 1	20

PHYS08022	Physics 2A: Forces, Fields & Potentials	Semester 1	20

EASC08016	Physics of the Earth	Semester 2	20

METE08002	Meteorology: Weather and Climate	Semester 2	20

PHYS08037	Mathematics for Physics 3	Semester 1	20

PHYS08038	Mathematics for Physics 4	Semester 2	20

COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

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

Notes: Physics of Climate METE10003 Physics of Climate can be taken in 3rd or 4th year.

COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 9 compulsory course(s).

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
EASC09021	Mathematical Methods for Geophysicists	Semester 1	10

EASC09024	Measurement Techniques in Geophysics	As available	10

EASC09038	Geophysical Inverse Theory	Semester 2	10

METE10003	Physics of Climate	As available	10

EASC09035	Computational Modelling for Geosciences	As available	10

EASC09040	Exploration Geophysics	As available	10

PHYS09021	Thermodynamics	As available	10

EASC09019	Earth and Planetary Structure	As available	10

EASC09033	Fields and Waves	Semester 1	10

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

Select exactly 30 credits from Earth Science Level 9 courses, as available

Notes:A booklet giving details, as well as restrictions on choice of courses, will be available for students to facilitate advance planning.

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

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

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
EASC10040	Transferable Skills for Geophysicists	Semester 1	10

METE10002	Atmospheric Physics	Semester 1	10

METE10001	Atmospheric Dynamics	Semester 2	10

COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 5 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
METE10004	Meteorology Project 1	20
METE10005	Meteorology Project 2	20
EASC10052	Geophysics Project 1	20
EASC10053	Geophysics Project 2	20

Select exactly 40 credits course level 10, as available
EASC10065 Geophysics Project (40 credits)

AND

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

AND

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available