DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

Course options in Group B MUST be taken by 2nd year direct entry students. There are no elective courses for this group.

Students on the four year BSc should take the 80 credits of compulsory courses plus either Global Change or Geomorphology and 20 credits of other electives.

Students are required to enrol in 120 credits each year.

You are automatically enrolled in Research Design for Physical Geography (20 credits) and Physical Geography Year 3 Field Course (Spain) (20 credits).

You must then choose either 20 or 40 credits from:

Sedimentology, Climate and Tectonics (20 credits)
Structural Geology and Tectonics (20 credits)

If you choose only 1 from the above (20 credits), you then have 60 credits of optional courses from Level 9 and 10 courses in the School of GeoSciences.

If you choose both courses above (40 credits), you then have 40 credits of optional courses from Level 9 and 10 courses in the School of GeoSciences.

Whilst you can select any Level 9 and 10 courses from the School of GeoSciences, courses with Earth Sciences and Geography are the most commonly taken in your programme and are therefore shown below in the Degree Programme Table. To access the full range of courses in the School, copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cx_s_su849.htm

Choice for Geography courses must be submitted via CAPS which is a system to ensure fair allocation of spaces.

Courses from other subject areas are subject to availability. Not all course combinations are possible due to timetabling.

The Earth Sciences and Physical Geography degree is currently undergoing a restructure. The courses listed below are likely to change.