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Degree Programme Table: Geology (BSc Hons) (UTGEOLG)

Jump to: Year 4

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Geology Dissertation
EASC10011 40 credits
Formation and Evolution of Continents
EASC10080 10 credits
Evolution of the Modern Earth and Cyprus Excursion for Geologists
EASC10121 20 credits

Course options

Courses from School(s) N - Geology/Earth Sciences Options - Level(s) 10-11

Select exactly 50 credits of the following courses
Hydrocarbon Reservoir Quality
EASC10015 10 credits
Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology
EASC10082 10 credits
Geoscience Outreach and Engagement
EASC10087 20 credits
Ore Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry
EASC10094 10 credits
Igneous Petrogenesis
EASC10095 10 credits
Topics in Palaeobiology and Evolution
EASC10100 10 credits
Applied Hydrogeology and Near Surface Geophysics
EASC10101 20 credits
Nuclear Waste Management: Principles, Policies and Practice
EASC10119 10 credits
Changing Marine Biogeochemical Cycles
EASC10123 20 credits
Geological Evolution of the British Isles
EASC10124 10 credits
Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport
EASC10126 10 credits
Planetary Science
EASC10128 20 credits
Sustainable Subsurface Energy
EASC10131 20 credits
Topics in Global Change
ENVI10001 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 20 credits
Ice and Climate
GEGR10119 20 credits
Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers
GEGR10136 20 credits
Volcanoes, Environment and People
GEGR10139 20 credits
Global Hydrology
GEGR10146 20 credits
Self-Designed Learning (10 credits; SCQF level 10; GeoSciences)
GESC10001 10 credits
Modelling of Systems for Sustainability
INFR10088 20 credits
Seismic Reflection Interpretation
PGGE11144 10 credits
Subsurface Reservoir Quality
PGGE11226 20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233 20 credits
Spatial Modelling and Analysis
PGGE11236 20 credits
Polar Oceans: Science and Policy
PGGE11260 20 credits
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