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Degree Programme Table: Geophysics and Meteorology (MEarthPhys) (UTMEPGEOME1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, 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 2 20




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




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

  • Notes:


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PHYS09021 Thermodynamics Semester 1 10
    EASC09054 Mathematical and computational methods in Geophysics Semester 1 20
    EASC10102 Earth's Atmospheric Composition Semester 2 20
    METE10006 Atmospheric Science Field Skills Semester 1 10
    EASC10110 Geophysical Measurement and Modelling Semester 2 20
    EASC10109 Geophysical Imaging and Inversion Semester 2 20
    EASC09055 Research Training for Geophysics Full Year 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

  • Notes:


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    METE10001 Atmospheric Dynamics Semester 1 10
    METE10002 Atmospheric Physics Semester 1 10
    EASC10111 Geophysics International Field Course Full Year 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, during Full Year
    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 Senior Honours Year.
     



    Year 5, Academic year 2016/17, 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
    EASC11005 Scientific Computing Skills Semester 1 20
    ENVI11002 Introduction to Three Dimensional Climate Modelling Semester 1 10




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


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    EASC11003    Controlled Source Electro-Magnetic (CSEM) Methods   10  
    ENVI11002    Introduction to Three Dimensional Climate Modelling   10  
    PGGE11053    Fundamentals for Remote Sensing   10  
    PGGE11064    Introduction to Radar Remote Sensing   10  
    PGGE11040    Hyperspectral Remote Sensing   10  

     
    OR   

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

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, during Semester 2
    EASC10102     Earth's Atmospheric Composition     (20 credits)

     



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