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Degree Programme Table: Geology and Physical Geography (MEarthSci) (UTGEOPHG)


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
    GESC08001 Earth Surface Systems 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

  • Notes:


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    EASC08014 Earth Materials Semester 2 20
    EASC08015 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Semester 1 20
    GEGR08001 Environmental Sensitivity and Change Semester 1 20
    GEGR08002 Geomorphology Semester 2 20
    EASC08001 Earth Dynamics Semester 1 20
    Notes: Direct 2nd Year Entry Students Only




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


    Select exactly 40 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 20 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

  • Notes:


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GEGR09004 Quantitative Methods in Geography Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
    EASC09027 Global Tectonics Semester 2 10
    EASC09002 Structural Geology Semester 1 10
    EASC09032 Field Skills for Earth Surface Scientists As available 10
    EASC09037 Sedimentology Semester 1 10
    EASC09005 Dynamic Stratigraphy Semester 2 10
    EASC10079 Geology and Landscapes Semester 2 10
    EASC09042 Spain Fieldcourse: Mountain Building and Destruction Semester 2 10




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


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

     
    AND   

    Select exactly credits from Geography Level 10 courses, as available

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    EASC09007    Quaternary Environmental Change   10  
    EASC09013    Aquatic Systems   10  
    EASC09008    Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology   10  
    EASC09009    Chemical Geology   10  
    EASC09006    Palaeontology   10  
    EASC09010    Ore Mineralogy and Petrology   10  
    EASC09021    Mathematical Methods for Geophysicists   10  
    EASC09003    Hydrocarbons   10  
    EASC09011    Igneous Petrogenesis   10  
    EASC09029    Geology 3rd Year Field Courses   10  
    EASC09039    Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology   10  

    Notes:EASC09029 Geology 3rd Year Field Trip may be taken as an alternative to EASC09042 Spain Field Course: Mountain Building and Destruction. (See 3rd year handbook).
     

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

  • Notes:


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    EASC10024 Transferable Skills for Earth Scientists As available 10
    EASC10043 Dissertation in Geology and Physical Geography As available 40
    EASC10069 Cyprus Excursion and Synoptic Practical for Geology and Physical Geographers As available 20
    EASC10081 Evolution of the Modern Earth 20




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


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

     
    AND   

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

     

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

  • Notes:


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    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
    GESC11005 Research Methods and Transferable Skills Semester 1 10




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


    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedule N, as available

     

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