DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2026/2027

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Earth Science

SCQF Level 08 (18 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		Geophysical Data Science	Not delivered this year	10
EASC08038	SS1	Geophysical Data Science	Semester 1	20
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 (8 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
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		Dissertation in Geology and Physical Geography	Not delivered this year	40
EASC10136	SS1	Earth Sciences Research Project	Full Year	40
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		Evolution of the Modern Earth and Cyprus Excursion for Geologists	Not delivered this year	20
EASC10120		Evolution of the Modern Earth and Cyprus Excursion for Geology and Physical Geography	Not delivered this year	20
EASC10105		Field Skills for Geology	Not delivered this year	20
EASC10080		Formation and Evolution of Continents	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10135	SS1	Geological Evolution and Resources of Britain and Ireland	Full Year	40
EASC10124		Geological Evolution of the British Isles	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10011		Geology Dissertation	Not delivered this 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		Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport	Not delivered this year	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
EASC10139	SV1	Nuclear Waste Management and Geological Disposal	Semester 2	20
EASC10119		Nuclear Waste Management: Principles, Policies and Practice	Not delivered this year	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	SV1	Planetary Interiors	Full Year	20
EASC10128	SV1	Planetary Science	Semester 2	20
EASC10103	SS1	Practical Geochemistry and Data Analysis	Semester 1	20
EASC10131	SS1	Sustainable Subsurface Energy	Semester 1	20
EASC10100		Topics in Palaeobiology and Evolution	Not delivered this year	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