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

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

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


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    EASC08001 Earth Dynamics Semester 1 20
    EASC08017 Introduction to the Geological Record Semester 2 20
    EASC08023 Evolution of the Living Earth Semester 1 20
    EASC08018 Earth Modelling and Prediction 2 Semester 2 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 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:Appropriate course combinations will be suggested to students by their Personal Tutor to facilitate advance planning.
     


    Year 2, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    EASC08004 Oceanography Semester 2 20
    EASC08021 Geomaterials Semester 1 20
    EASC08024 Environmental Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface Semester 1 20




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


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  

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

    Notes:It is highly recommended that students WITHOUT Chemistry at SQA Higher or A-Level take Introductory Chemistry for Biologists while those WITH Chemistry at SQA Higher or A-Level should include Chemistry 1A in their option courses.
     



    Year 3, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    EASC09036 Field Course in Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Geoscience Semester 2 20
    ECSC09005 Environmental Pollution Semester 2 20
    EASC09056 Global Environmental Change- Foundations Semester 1 20
    EASC10103 Practical Geochemistry and Data Analysis Full Year 20
    EASC10101 Applied Hydrogeology and Near Surface Geophysics Semester 1 20
    EASC10102 Earth's Atmospheric Composition Semester 2 20




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




    Year 4, Academic year 2016/17, 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
    EASC10049 Environmental Problems and Issues Semester 1 10
    EASC10086 Environmental Geoscience 4th Year Field Course Semester 2 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
    PGGE11067    Principles of Geographical Information Science (Block1)   10  
    PGGE11172    Environmental Geochemistry   10  
    PGGE11053    Fundamentals for Remote Sensing   10  
    EASC10015    Hydrocarbon Reservoir Quality   10  
    EASC10100    Topics in Palaeobiology and Evolution   10  
    EASC10077    Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport   10  
    EASC10084    Earth Surface Processes   10  
    ECSC10037    Current Issues in Ecology and Environmental Science   10  

     


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