THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH
DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2026/2027
Draft Edition - Due to be published Thursday 9th April 2026
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Earth Science
SCQF Level 08 (17 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
EASC08031
SV1
Earth Materials: From atoms to planets
Semester 1
20
GESC08002
Earth Modelling and Prediction
Not delivered this year
20
EASC08028
SS1
Earth Science Data Analysis 1
Semester 2
20
EASC08033
SS1
Earth Science Data Analysis 2
Semester 1
20
EASC08029
SV1
Earth Sciences for Society
Semester 1
20
EASC08024
SS1
Environmental Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface
Semester 1
20
EASC08034
SS1
Field Skills for Earth Sciences
Blocks 4-5 (Sem 2)
20
EASC08035
SS1
Field Skills for Earth Sciences and Physical Geography
Semester 2
20
EASC08030
SS1
Geology and Landscapes
Semester 2
20
EASC08025
SS1
Geophysical Data Science
Semester 1
10
EASC08036
SV1
Introduction to Climate Change
Semester 2
20
EASC08008
SV1
Introduction to Geophysics
Semester 2
20
EASC08037
SV1
Introduction to Meteorology
Semester 1
20
EASC08011
SV1
Natural Hazards
Semester 1
20
EASC08004
SV1
Oceanography
Semester 2
20
EASC08016
SV1
Physics of the Earth
Semester 2
20
EASC08032
SS1
Rock Forming Processes
Semester 2
20
SCQF Level 09 (9 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
EASC09036
SS1
Field Course in Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Geoscience
Semester 2
20
EASC09051
Field Skills for Geology and Physical Geography
Not delivered this year
20
EASC09063
SV1
Global Environmental Change
Semester 1
20
EASC09056
Global Environmental Change- Foundations
Not delivered this year
20
EASC09054
SV1
Mathematical and computational methods in Geophysics
Semester 1
20
EASC09055
SS1
Research Training for Geophysics
Full Year
20
EASC09061
SV1
Sedimentology, Climate and Tectonics
Semester 1
20
EASC09052
Structural Analysis of Rocks and Regions (SARR)
Not delivered this year
20
EASC09062
SV1
Structural Geology and Tectonics
Semester 2
20
SCQF Level 10 (48 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
EASC10130
SS1
Advanced Field Skills for Earth Science
Semester 2
20
EASC10048
Applied Environmental Geochemistry
Not delivered this year
10
EASC10101
SV1
Applied Hydrogeology and Near Surface Geophysics
Semester 1
20
EASC10123
Changing Marine Biogeochemical Cycles
Not delivered this year
20
EASC10129
SV1
Co-evolution of Life and Earth
Semester 1
20
EASC10138
SS1
Dissertation in Earth Science and Physical Geography
Full Year
40
EASC10043
SS1
Dissertation in Geology and Physical Geography
Full Year
40
EASC10136
SS1
Earth Sciences Research Project
Full Year
40
EASC10102
Earth's Atmospheric Composition
Not delivered this year
20
EASC10127
SV1
Earth's Atmospheric Composition
Semester 2
20
EASC10086
SS1
Environmental Geoscience 4th Year Field Course
Semester 1
10
EASC10009
SS1
Environmental Geosciences Projects
Full Year
40
EASC10049
Environmental Problems and Issues
Not delivered this year
10
EASC10121
SS1
Evolution of the Modern Earth and Cyprus Excursion for Geologists
Full Year
20
EASC10120
SS1
Evolution of the Modern Earth and Cyprus Excursion for Geology and Physical Geography
Full Year
20
EASC10105
Field Skills for Geology
Not delivered this year
20
EASC10080
SV1
Formation and Evolution of Continents
Semester 1
10
EASC10135
SS1
Geological Evolution and Resources of Britain and Ireland
Full Year
40
EASC10124
SV1
Geological Evolution of the British Isles
Semester 1
10
EASC10011
SS1
Geology Dissertation
Full Year
40
EASC10036
SV1
Geomagnetism
Semester 2
10
EASC10109
SV1
Geophysical Imaging and Inversion
Semester 2
20
EASC10116
SV1
Geophysical Investigation of Earth Resources
Full Year
20
EASC10110
SV1
Geophysical Measurement and Modelling
Full Year
20
EASC10111
SS1
Geophysics International Field Course
Semester 1
10
EASC10122
SS1
Geophysics Professional Placement
Full Year
60
EASC10065
SS1
Geophysics Project
Full Year
40
EASC10087
Geoscience Outreach and Engagement
Not delivered this year
20
EASC10015
SV1
Hydrocarbon Reservoir Quality
Semester 1
10
EASC10082
SV1
Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology
Semester 1
10
EASC10126
SV1
Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport
Semester 2
10
EASC10107
SV1
Igneous, Metamorphic and Ore Processes
Semester 2
20
EASC10133
SS1
Integrating Earth Science and Physical Geography: Processes and Applications
Semester 2
20
EASC10119
SS1
Nuclear Waste Management: Principles, Policies and Practice
Semester 2
10
EASC10134
SV1
Ore Deposits and Crustal Processes
Semester 2
20
EASC10094
SV1
Ore Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry
Semester 2
10
EASC10106
Palaeontology and Sedimentology
Not delivered this year
20
EASC10108
Petroleum Systems
Not delivered this year
20
EASC10112
Planetary Geochemistry
Not delivered this year
10
EASC10115
Planetary Interiors
Not delivered this year
20
EASC10128
SV1
Planetary Science
Semester 2
20
EASC10103
SS1
Practical Geochemistry and Data Analysis
Full Year
20
EASC10131
SS1
Sustainable Subsurface Energy
Semester 1
20
EASC10100
SS1
Topics in Palaeobiology and Evolution
Semester 2
10
EASC10137
SV1
Topics in Palaeontology and Evolution
Semester 2
20
EASC10132
SV1
Volcanic and Magmatic Processes
Semester 1
20
METE10006
SS1
Atmospheric Science Field Skills
Semester 1
10
GESC10001
SS1
Self-Designed Learning (10 credits; SCQF level 10; GeoSciences)
Semester 2
10
SCQF Level 11 (4 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
EASC11009
SS1
Exploring the Subsurface
Semester 1
10
EASC11006
SS1
Geophysics Professional Placement
Full Year
60
EASC11008
SV1
Natural Hazards and Risk
Full Year
20
EASC11005
SS1
Scientific Computing Skills
Semester 1
20
Key
Available to all students - SV
Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
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