DPT: Geology (MEarthSci) (UTGEOL)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

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

Compulsory courses

Earth Dynamics

Must be taken during Semester 1

Evolution of the Living Earth

Must be taken during Semester 1

Introduction to the Geological Record

Must be taken during Semester 2

Course options

Earth Modelling and Prediction is a compulsory course for students with GCE A-level Maths at Grade D or below, or Higher Maths at Grade C or below. Students with sufficient qualifications can take the course but not for credit.

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1

Earth Modelling and Prediction

AND

Students can take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year (combined)

Year 2 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Course options Group A must be taken by 2nd year direct entry students.

Compulsory courses

Geomaterials

Must be taken during Semester 1

Global Tectonics and the Rock Cycle

Must be taken during Semester 2

Introduction to Geophysics

Must be taken during Semester 2

Earth Modelling and Prediction 2

Must be taken during Semester 1

Course options

Compulsory course for direct 2nd year entry students only. A booklet giving details of appropriate course combinations will be given to students to facilitate advance planning

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1

Earth Dynamics

AND

Compulsory course for direct 2nd year entry students only. A booklet giving details of appropriate course combinations will be given to students to facilitate advance planning

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2

Introduction to the Geological Record

AND

Compulsory course for direct 2nd year entry students only. A booklet giving details of appropriate course combinations will be given to students to facilitate advance planning

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1

Evolution of the Living Earth

AND

Students on the 5 year MEarthSci should take 40 credits from this list in their second year.

Students can take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year (combined).

Year 3 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

Field Skills for Geology

Must be taken during Full Year

Practical Geochemistry and Data Analysis

Must be taken during Full Year

Igneous, Metamorphic and Ore Processes

Must be taken during Semester 2

Structural Analysis of Rocks and Regions (SARR)

Must be taken during Semester 2

Palaeontology and Sedimentology

Must be taken during Semester 1

Course options

Selected courses must be taken during Full Year

Petroleum Systems

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1

Applied Hydrogeology and Near Surface Geophysics

Year 4 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

Geology Dissertation

Must be taken during Full Year

Formation and Evolution of Continents

Must be taken during Semester 1

Frontiers in Research

Must be taken during Full Year

Evolution of the Modern Earth and Cyprus Excursion for Geologists

Must be taken during Full Year

Course options

Hydrocarbon Reservoir Quality

Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology

Geoscience Outreach and Engagement

Ore Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry

Igneous Petrogenesis

Topics in Palaeobiology and Evolution

Nuclear Waste Management: Principles, Policies and Practice

Changing Marine Biogeochemical Cycles

Geological Evolution of the British Isles

Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport

Planetary Science

Topics in Global Change

Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change

Glacial Processes and Geomorphology

Volcanoes, Environment and People

Ice and Climate

Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers

Self-Designed Learning (10 credits; SCQF level 10; GeoSciences)

Seismic Reflection Interpretation

Subsurface Reservoir Quality

Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing

Spatial Modelling and Analysis

Year 5 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

In order to progress into the 5th year of the MEarthSci, students must achieve an average of 60% or more over the 3rd and 4th year combined. Boards of Examiners will consider cases of progression for students who are borderline (i.e. achieve between 58% and 59.99% average across their 3rd and 4th years), taking into account the same factors for progression which are taken into account for other progression, award or classification decisions. Borderline criteria used by Boards of Examiners are published to students in advance.