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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2023/2024

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Degree Programme Table: Geophysics (BSc Hons) (UTGEOPY)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
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
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
The Dynamic Earth
GESC08003 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Physics of the Earth
EASC08016 20 credits
Dynamics and Vector Calculus

Must be taken during Semester 2

PHYS08043 20 credits
Global Tectonics and the Rock Cycle
EASC08020 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Earth Science Fundamentals for Geophysicists

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Compulsory for direct entry to second year students.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Earth Science Fundamentals for Geophysicists
EASC08022 10 credits
AND

Physics and Mathematics for Direct Entry

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Compulsory for direct entry to second year students.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Physics and Mathematics for Direct Entry
PHYS08057 20 credits
AND

Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Compulsory for direct entry to second year students.
Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus
PHYS08042 10 credits
AND

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

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

Group B

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Geophysical Data Science

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Geophysical Data Science
EASC08025 10 credits
AND

Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus
PHYS08042 10 credits
AND

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

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Year 3 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Mathematical and computational methods in Geophysics
EASC09054 20 credits
Structural Analysis of Rocks and Regions (SARR)
EASC09052 20 credits
Petroleum Systems
EASC10108 20 credits
Geophysical Measurement and Modelling
EASC10110 20 credits
Geophysical Imaging and Inversion
EASC10109 20 credits
Research Training for Geophysics
EASC09055 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Geomagnetism
EASC10036 10 credits
Geophysics International Field Course
EASC10111 10 credits
Geophysics Project
EASC10065 40 credits

Course options

Group B

Select between 40 and 60 credits in this group.

Geophysics Group A Options

Select between 40 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
For 23/24, enrolling on INFR10088 may require a concession. Please contact your School Student Adviser
Planetary Interiors
EASC10115 20 credits
Geophysical Investigation of Earth Resources
EASC10116 20 credits
Natural Hazards and Risk
EASC11008 20 credits
Modelling of Systems for Sustainability
INFR10088 20 credits
AND

Group C

Select between 0 and 20 credits in this group.

Level 10 courses in the School of Geosciences

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 courses in the School of Geosciences
OR

Level 11 courses in the School of Geosciences

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in the School of Geosciences
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