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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2023/2024

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Degree Programme Table: Geophysics and Geology with Professional Placement (MEarthPhys) (UTMEPGEOGP1F)

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

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Geomaterials
EASC08021 20 credits
Global Tectonics and the Rock Cycle
EASC08020 20 credits
Physics of the Earth
EASC08016 20 credits
Geophysical Data Science
EASC08025 10 credits
Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS08042 10 credits
Geology and Landscapes
EASC08030 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

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

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
Field Skills for Geology
EASC10105 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
Geophysics Professional Placement
EASC10122 60 credits
Geophysics Professional Placement
EASC11006 60 credits

Year 5 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: August

Notes:
5th year options must be chosen to ensure that 60 credits at Level 11 are taken in Year 5.

Students on this degree will already have completed 60 credits at Level 11 (course code EASC11006) in Year 4.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Geophysics International Field Course
EASC10111 10 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

GeoSciences UG Professional Placement Degrees - Year 5 courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Geology Dissertation
EASC10011 40 credits
Geophysics Project for Placement Students
GESC11014 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
EASC11008 20 credits
Modelling of Systems for Sustainability
INFR10088 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
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
Geological Evolution of the British Isles
EASC10124 10 credits
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