Geology-BSc

Bachelor's degree

In Durham

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Durham

The degree courses offered by the Department are intended to give all students as much flexibility as possible, while retaining the core Earth Science subjects. Individual degree courses are comprised of modules, and students take a total of six modules ( credits) in each academic year. This allows you to follow your own interests, as they develop. In the first year you will be introduced to major topics in the Earth Sciences, the practical skills required to study rocks and fossils in the field and study skills. We encourage all first-year students to participate in the Durham Award, allowing you to demonstrate you have the skills necessary to succeed in future employment. In year two you will deepen your understanding of these topics. A key part of this year is to gain the knowledge and skills required to undertake your Dissertation. In year three a mix of compulsory and electi.

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Location

Start date

Durham
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Stockton Road, DH1

Start date

On request

About this course

Admissions Process Subject requirements, level and grade In addition to satisfying the University’s general entry requirements, please note: We welcome applications from those with other qualifications equivalent to our standard entry requirements and from mature students with non-standard qualifications or who may have had a break in their study. Two science subjects at A-level or equivalent are required for all courses We will be reviewing our entry requirements for entry in the summer of and will publish finalised entry requirements for entry...

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Subjects

  • Skills and Training
  • Geology

Course programme

Year 1
Compulsory modules:
  • Principles of Earth Sciences
  • Earth Materials
  • Understanding Earth Sciences
  • Field Studies.
Optional modules:
  • Environment and Resources
  • Mathematical Methods in Geosciences
  • Further Mathematics for Geoscientists
  • Physics for Geoscientists
  • Up to two modules from another academic department.
Year 2
Compulsory modules:
  • Fieldwork (Geological)
  • Structural Geology and Tectonics
  • Sedimentary Environments
  • Igneous and Metamorphic Geochemistry and Petrology
Optional modules:
  • Geophysical Methods for Geoscientists
  • Geoinformatics
  • Palaeoecology
  • The Geological Evolution of the British Isles
  • Water and Climate
  • Modelling Earth Processes
  • One module from another academic department.
Year 3
Compulsory modules:
  • Dissertation
  • Challenges in Geodynamics I

Optional modules:
  • Earth System and Climate
  • Earth Structure and Dynamics
  • Petroleum Geophysics
  • Sedimentary and Petroleum Systems
  • Magmatism
  • Palaeobiology
  • Tectonics and Deformation Processes
  • Environmental Geochemistry
  • Earth Sciences into Schools
  • Hydrogeology and Geomechanics.

Geology-BSc

£ 9,250 + VAT