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Degree Programme Table: Geophysics and Geology (MEarthPhys) (UTMEPGEOGE1F)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5

Year 1 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: September

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Earth Dynamics

Must be taken during Semester 1

EASC08001 20 credits
Physics 1A: Foundations

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS08016 20 credits
Physics 1B: The Stuff of the Universe

Must be taken during Semester 2

PHYS08017 20 credits
Introduction to Geophysics

Must be taken during Semester 2

EASC08008 20 credits
Mathematics for Physics 1

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS08035 20 credits
Mathematics for Physics 2

Must be taken during Semester 2

PHYS08036 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Global Tectonics and the Rock Cycle

Must be taken during Semester 2

EASC08020 20 credits
Introduction to the Geological Record

Must be taken during Semester 2

EASC08017 20 credits
Physics of the Earth

Must be taken during Semester 2

EASC08016 20 credits
Modern Physics

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS08045 10 credits
Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS08042 10 credits
Geomaterials

Must be taken during Semester 1

EASC08021 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

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

Year 3 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Mathematical and computational methods in Geophysics

Must be taken during Semester 1

EASC09054 20 credits
Structural Analysis of Rocks and Regions (SARR)

Must be taken during Semester 2

EASC09052 20 credits
Petroleum Systems

Must be taken during Full Year

EASC10108 20 credits
Geophysical Measurement and Modelling

Must be taken during Full Year

EASC10110 20 credits
Field Skills for Geology

Must be taken during Full Year

EASC10105 20 credits
Research Training for Geophysics

Must be taken during Flexible

EASC09055 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Geophysics International Field Course

Must be taken during Full Year

EASC10111 10 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Courses from Geophysics Projects or Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Geology Dissertation
EASC10011 40 credits
Geophysics Project 1
EASC10052 20 credits
Geophysics Project 2
EASC10053 20 credits
Geophysics Project
EASC10065 40 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Geophysics and Geology Group B Options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Geophysical Imaging and Inversion
EASC10109 20 credits
Planetary Interiors
EASC10115 20 credits
Geophysical Investigation of Earth Resources
EASC10116 20 credits
Natural Hazards and Risk
EASC10117 20 credits
AND

Group C

Select exactly 30 credits in this group.

New collection

Select exactly 30 credits of the following courses
Hydrocarbon Reservoir Quality
EASC10015 10 credits
Geomagnetism
EASC10036 10 credits
Frontiers in Research
EASC10089 10 credits
Applied Hydrogeology and Near Surface Geophysics
EASC10101 20 credits
Palaeontology and Sedimentology
EASC10106 20 credits
Igneous, Metamorphic and Ore Processes
EASC10107 20 credits
Evolution of the Modern Earth and Cyprus Excursion for Geologists
EASC10121 20 credits

Year 5 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Project Design and Literature Analysis

Must be taken during Semester 1

GESC11001 20 credits
Geoscience Research Project

Must be taken during Full Year

GESC11002 40 credits
Frontiers in Earth Science

Must be taken during Semester 2

GESC11003 10 credits

Course options

Group B

Select exactly 30 credits in this group.

Earth Science Level 10 and 11 courses

Select exactly 30 credits from Earth Science Level 10 and 11 courses

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Scientific Computing Skills

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Scientific Computing Skills
EASC11005 20 credits
OR

MEarthSci field training

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
MEarthSci field training
GESC11004 20 credits
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