BSc Geology
Course Overview
This comprehensive Geology degree provides a broad and foundational training in the geosciences, from understanding Earth's history and resources to managing them for a sustainable future. You will develop the skills to piece together the planet's fascinating story through hands-on fieldwork and a curriculum that balances core principles with specialist optional modules. The program offers flexible progression, allowing you to tailor your studies and choose between a three-year BSc or a four-year research-intensive MGeol.
Key Program Highlights
- Foundational first-year field trip to the Isle of Arran to apply classroom learning in a real-world setting
- Flexible curriculum with a wide range of optional modules to tailor your degree to your interests
- Choice between a 3-year BSc or a 4-year MGeol with a major independent research project
- UK and international field trips to develop advanced practical geological skills
- Opportunity to transfer between degree streams or specialize after the first year
Course Overview
This comprehensive Geology degree provides a broad and foundational training in the geosciences, from understanding Earth's history and resources to managing them for a sustainable future. You will develop the skills to piece together the planet's fascinating story through hands-on fieldwork and a curriculum that balances core principles with specialist optional modules. The program offers flexible progression, allowing you to tailor your studies and choose between a three-year BSc or a four-year research-intensive MGeol.
Key Program Highlights
- Foundational first-year field trip to the Isle of Arran to apply classroom learning in a real-world setting
- Flexible curriculum with a wide range of optional modules to tailor your degree to your interests
- Choice between a 3-year BSc or a 4-year MGeol with a major independent research project
- UK and international field trips to develop advanced practical geological skills
- Opportunity to transfer between degree streams or specialize after the first year
Requirements
Modules
- First Year Tutorials
- Evolution of the Earth System
- Palaeobiology and the Stratigraphic Record
- Natural Resources and Energy for the 21st Century
- Geological Maps and Structures
- Introductory Field Course
- From Core to Crust
- Our Dynamic Planet
- Geological Fieldwork: Methods and Applications
- Mapping Earth’s History: structural and stratigraphic field techniques
- Magmatic and Metamorphic Processes
- Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation
- Introduction to Geochemistry
- Structure and Tectonics
- Depositional Processes and Environments
- Mineral Resources for Net-Zero Carbon 1
- Major Events in the History of Life
- YEAR ABROAD
- Independent Field-Based Project
- Dissertation
- Environmental Geoscience
- Diversity and Evolution of Vertebrates
- Crustal Dynamics
- Sustainability Enterprise Partnership Project
- Planetary Science
- The Forensic, Archaeological and Geological Application of Microfossils
- Mineral Exploration, Economics and Sustainability
- The Mining Lifecycle Field Course – Cornwall
- Key Events in the Evolution of Planet Earth Viewed Through the Geological Lens of Wales - a field course
- Physical Volcanology
- Mineral Resources for Net-Zero Carbon 2
- Stable Isotopes in the Environment
- Water Quality Processes and Management
