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Degree Programme Table: Geophysics and Meteorology with Professional Placement (MEarthPhys) (UTMEPGEOMP1F)

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

Year 2 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Meteorology: Atmosphere and Environment
METE08001 20 credits
Physics of the Earth
EASC08016 20 credits
Meteorology: Weather and Climate
METE08002 20 credits
Dynamics and Vector Calculus

Must be taken during Semester 2

PHYS08043 20 credits
Geophysical Data Science
EASC08038 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

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

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

Challenge Courses: Engaging with complex problems through interdisciplinary collaboration

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Our Changing World
BIME08006 20 credits
Sustainability and Social Responsibility (UG)
EDUA08116 20 credits
Wicked problems: Reason and Rhetoric
EDUA08126 20 credits
Understanding decolonisation in a globalised world
EDUA08127 20 credits
Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030
EFIE08008 20 credits
Living in the Anthropocene
GESC08004 20 credits
Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World
SSPS08012 20 credits
Healthy Eating for People and Planet
VETS08016 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Thermodynamics

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS09021 10 credits
Mathematical and computational methods in Geophysics
EASC09054 20 credits
Atmospheric Science Field Skills
METE10006 10 credits
Geophysical Measurement and Modelling
EASC10110 20 credits
Geophysical Imaging and Inversion
EASC10109 20 credits
Research Training for Geophysics
EASC09055 20 credits
Earth's Atmospheric Composition
EASC10127 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2026/27, 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: 2026/27, 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
Atmospheric Physics
METE10002 10 credits
Atmospheric Dynamics
METE10001 10 credits
Geophysics International Field Course
EASC10111 10 credits
Physics of Climate
METE10003 10 credits
Geophysics Project for Placement Students
GESC11014 40 credits

Course options

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Geophysics and Meteorology Options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Planetary Interiors
EASC10115 20 credits
Geophysical Investigation of Earth Resources
EASC10116 20 credits
Natural Hazards and Risk
EASC11008 20 credits
Global Hydrology
GEGR10146 20 credits
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