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Degree Programme Table: Geophysics and Meteorology (BSc Hons) (UTGEOME)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Personal Tutor.


    • 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 2015/16, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    METE08001 Meteorology: Atmosphere and Environment Semester 1 20
    EASC08016 Physics of the Earth Semester 2 20
    METE08002 Meteorology: Weather and Climate Semester 2 20
    PHYS08043 Dynamics and Vector Calculus Semester 2 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 10 credits course level 08, during Semester 1
    EASC08022     Earth Science Fundamentals for Geophysicists     (10 credits)

    Notes:Compulsory for direct entry to second year students.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, during Semester 1
    PHYS08041     Algebra and Calculus     (20 credits)

    Notes:Compulsory for direct entry to second year students.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits course level 08, during Semester 1
    PHYS08055     Classical Physics     (10 credits)

    Notes:Compulsory for direct entry to second year students.
     


    OR   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 10 credits course level 08, during Semester 1
    PHYS08045     Modern Physics     (10 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits course level 08, during Semester 1
    PHYS08042     Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus     (10 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     



    Year 3, Academic year 2015/16, 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 Semester 1 10
    EASC09038 Geophysical Inverse Theory Semester 2 10
    EASC09035 Computational Modelling for Geosciences Semester 1 10
    EASC09040 Exploration Geophysics Semester 2 10
    PHYS09021 Thermodynamics Semester 1 10
    EASC09019 Earth and Planetary Structure Semester 2 10
    EASC09033 Fields and Waves Semester 2 10
    PHYS09054 Fourier Analysis Semester 1 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 7 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 10 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 10 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    METE10006    Atmospheric Science Field Skills   10  
    EASC09041    Helmsdale 3rd Year Field Excursion and Interpretation Exercise   10  

     



    AND   

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


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Earth Science Level 9 and 10 courses, as available

     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) Level 9 courses, as available

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 20 credits course level 09, during Semester 2
    ECSC09005     Environmental Pollution     (20 credits)

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 10 credits course level 10, during Semester 2
    METE10003     Physics of Climate     (10 credits)

    Notes:If METE10003 Physics of Climate is not taken in the Junior Honours year, then it MUST be taken in the Senior Honours year.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from Earth Science Level 9 and 10 courses, as available

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 10 credits from Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) Level 9 courses, as available

     




    Year 4, Academic year 2015/16, 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 1 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 8 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, during Semester 1
    EASC10052     Geophysics Project 1     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, during Semester 2
    EASC10053     Geophysics Project 2     (20 credits)

     

    OR   


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

     



    AND   

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


    Select exactly 20 credits from Earth Science Level 10 and 11 courses, as available

     



    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: C  
    Select a minimum of 20 credits and a maximum of 30 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 10 credits from Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) Level 9 courses, as available

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 30 credits from Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Earth Science Level 10 and 11 courses, as available

     



    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: D  
    Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 10 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 10 credits course level 10, during Semester 2
    METE10003     Physics of Climate     (10 credits)

    Notes:If METE10003 Physics of Climate is not taken in the Junior Honours year, then it MUST be taken in the Senior Honours year.
     




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