Geology (with foundation year) BSc

Entry Requirements

A Levels:

• ABB grade A levels or equivalent, to include two sciences from Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Geography, Maths, Environmental Studies or Physics.

Other qualifications:

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Selection process:

• Intake: 60 (overall intake across all Geology courses)
• Average applicants per place: 5

Curriculum

Year 1
Semester One
Compulsory:

• Earth materials
• IT communication, field and laboratory skills
• Introduction to ocean biogeochemistry
• Earth and ocean system

Optional:

• Quantitative Earth and ocean science
• Patterns of Life and their evolution
• The molecular basis of life
• Fundamentals of Modern Chemistry for Biological, Earth, Marine, Environmental and Physical Scientists
• Geomorphological Processes
• Introduction to Archaeology

Semester Two
Compulsory:

• Dynamic earth
• IT communication, field and laboratory skills
• The living Earth

Optional:

• Physical oceanography I
• Introduction to marine ecology
• Ecology and Evolution
• The Earth System
• Mathematical methods for physical scientists

Year 2
Semester One

Compulsory:

• Igneous and metamorphic petrology
• Geochemistry
• Fieldwork and key skills for geologists

Semester Two
Compulsory:

• Sedimentary systems and processes
• Fieldwork and key skills for geologists

Year 3
Semester One
Compulsory:

• Global tectonics
• Independent mapping project

Optional:

• Microfossils environments and time
• Biogeochemical cycles in the Earth system
• Coastal sediment dynamics
• Volcanic and mantle processes
• Vertebrate Palaeobiology: Phylogenetics and Evolution

Semester Two
Compulsory:

• The Evolving Earth
• Independent mapping project

Optional:

• Petroleum geology and mineral resources
• Sediments: modern and ancient
• Environmental geology
• Palaeoclimate change
• Seafloor exploration and surveying
• Communicating and teaching in the undergraduate ambassador scheme