College of Science and Engineering

School of Biological Sciences (Schedule K)

Biology (42 courses)

SCQF Level 7

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U00959	Introduction to the Chemistry of Biology 1	yes	S1	20

SCQF Level 8

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
IP0001	Animal Biology 2	yes	S2	20
U00960	Biological Chemistry (Foundations) 1	yes	S1	20
U00961	Biological Chemistry 1	yes	S2	20
BI0013	Biometrics 2	-	Y	20
U00962	Chemistry for Life Sciences 2	yes	S1	20
BI0015	Environmental and Community Biology 1	-	S2	20
BI0012	Evolution in Action 2	yes	S1	20
BI0009	Genes and Gene Action 2	yes	S2	20
U01351	Medical Biology 1	-	S2	20
BI0010	Microorganisms, Cells and Immunity 2	yes	S2	20
U03797	Molecules, Genes and Cells 1	yes	S2	20
BI0021	Neuroscience with Pharmacology 2	yes	S2	20
BI0001	Origin and Diversity of Life 1	yes	S1	20
U03681	Physiology 2	yes	S1	20
IC0002	Plants, Fungi and Symbiosis 2	yes	S1	20
BI0022	Quantification in the Life Sciences 1	-	S1	20
BI0023	The Dynamic Cell 2	yes	S1	20

SCQF Level 9

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U00687	Behavioural Ecology 3	yes	S1	20
U00824	Biotechnology 3	yes	S2	20
U00760	Brain and Behaviour 3	yes	S2	20
U03796	Clinical Biochemistry and Endocrinology 3	yes	S1	20
U03798	Clinical Immunology and Haematology 3	yes	S2	20
U00749	Developmental Biology 3	-	S2	20
U00759	Evolution and Ecology of Plants 3	yes	S2	20
U00655	Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics 3	yes	S1	20
U02783	Field Zoology 3	yes	S2	20
U00669	Genomes and Genomics 3	yes	S2	20
U00696	Immunology 3	yes	S1	20
U03426	Mechanisms of Brain Development 3	yes	S2	20
U01196	Medical Microbiology 3	yes	S2	20
U00554	Molecular Cell Biology 3	yes	S2	20
U00579	Molecular Genetics 3	yes	S1	20
U00761	Molecular Microbiology 3	yes	S1	20
U00586	Parasite Biology 3	yes	S2	20
U01197	Pharmacology 3	yes	S1	20
U01212	Physiology 3	yes	S1	20
U00744	Plant Physiology 3	yes	S1	20
U00746	Population and Community Ecology 3	yes	S1	20
U01188	Practical Skills in the Biomedical Sciences 3	yes	S2	20
U03674	Scientific Enquiry in Biology and the Environmental Sciences	-	S1	20
U01224	Structures and Functions of Proteins 3	yes	S1	20

Biochemistry (14 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U00685	Actin Binding Proteins and the Cytoskeleton	yes	S1	10
U01154	Biochemical Techniques	yes	S1	10
U01182	Biochemistry Project	yes	S2	40
U01169	Biochemistry Research Proposal	yes	Y	10
U02698	Biochemistry Tutorials and Synoptic Exam	-	Y	20
U00705	Biomembranes and Bioenergetics	yes	S2	10
U03822	Drug Discovery	yes	B3	10
U01165	Membrane Biology	yes	S1	10
U03938	Project in Biochemistry and Management	yes	S2	40
U01261	Signal Transduction	yes	S2	10
U01156	Structural Biology	yes	S1	10
U00698	Structure-Based Drug Design	yes	S2	10
U00691	Supercoiling in DNA and Chromatin	yes	S1	10

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P01678	Project Proposal and Literature Review for MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology	yes	S2	10

Ecology (3 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01714	Freshwater Ecology	yes	S1	10
U03810	Herbivory	yes	S1	10
U03941	Project in Ecology and Management	yes	S2	40

Biotechnology (11 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01337	Biotechnology Industrial Visits and Core Skills	yes	Y	10
U01257	Biotechnology Literature Review	yes	S2	10
U01252	Biotechnology Project	yes	S2	40
U01258	Biotechnology Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U01207	Enzymology and Biological Production	yes	S1	10
U01239	Food-Borne Pathogens and Vaccines	yes	S2	10
U02014	Gene Expression and Microbial Regulation	yes	S1	10
U01218	Novel Approaches	yes	S1	10
U01536	Plant Biotechnology/Food-borne Pathogens	yes	S2	10
U03939	Project in Biotechnology and Management	yes	S2	40
U01535	Vaccines/Human Genetics	yes	S2	10

Developmental Biology (11 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U03817	Cellular Mechanisms in Development	yes	S1	10
U01119	Developmental Biology Project	yes	S2	40
U01394	Developmental Biology Research Proposal	yes	S2	10
U01109	Developmental Biology Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U01123	Experimental Systems in Developmental Biology	yes	S1	10
U01917	Gene Expression in Development	yes	S1	10
U02674	Mammalian Stem Cell Biology	yes	S2	10
U03821	Patterning in Development	yes	S1	10
U02669	Plant Development & Its Evolution	yes	S2	10
U02902	Professional Skills in Developmental Biology	yes	S1	10
U03940	Project in Developmental Biology and Management	yes	S2	40

Evolutionary Biology (4 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U02690	Evolutionary Biology Project	yes	S2	40
U02689	Evolutionary Biology Synoptic Examination	-	S2	10
U03444	Molecular Phylogenetics	-	B3	10
U03942	Project in Evolutionary Biology and Management	yes	S2	40

Genetics (13 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U00693	Evolutionary Genomics	yes	S2	10
U00869	Genetic Approaches	yes	S1	10
U01180	Genetics Library Project	yes	Y	10
U00694	Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions	yes	S1	10
U01116	Genetics Project	yes	S2	40
U02708	Genetics Synoptic/Data Interpretation Examination	yes	S1	20
U00676	Human Genetics/Mammalian Transgenesis and Genome Engineering	yes	S2	10
U02170	Human Genetics/Sex Determination	yes	S2	10
U00682	Molecular & Cellular Aspects of HIV Infection	yes	S2	10
U00720	Population & Evolutionary Genetics	yes	S1	10
U03943	Project in Genetics and Management	yes	S2	40
U02653	The Cell Cycle: DNA Replication, Segregation and Checkpoints	yes	S1	10
U02169	The RNA World/Sex Determination	yes	S2	10

Immunology (10 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U00707	Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases	yes	S2	10
U00725	Experimental Immunology	yes	S2	10
U00713	Immunity to Eukaryotic Parasites	yes	S1	10
U00703	Immunobiology	yes	S1	10
U00726	Immunobiology of Malaria	yes	S1	10
U00727	Immunology Project	yes	S2	40
U00741	Immunology Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U00712	Inflammation and Inflammatory Disease	yes	S1	10
U00709	Molecular Immunology	yes	S1	10
U03944	Project in Immunology and Management	yes	S2	40

Medical Biology (Biological Sciences) (10 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U00984	Appetite and Obesity	yes	S1	10
U02573	Ethical Issues in the Life Sciences	yes	S2	10
U02572	Healthy Ageing and Disease	yes	S2	10
U00982	Hormones, Emotionality and Behaviour	yes	S1	10
U01290	Medical Biology Core	yes	S1	10
U01289	Medical Biology Project	yes	S2	40
U01288	Medical Biology Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U00978	Neuroendocrinology of Pregnancy and Parturition	yes	S1	10
U00979	Pain and its Management	yes	S1	10
U00983	Stress and the Brain	yes	S1	10

Infectious Diseases (Biological Sciences) (21 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01013	Antibiotic Crisis	yes	S1	10
U03301	Bacterial type III secretion: murder and mayhem in cells.	yes	S1	10
U04113	Current Topics and Research Methods in Infectious Diseases	yes	S1	20
U01025	Emerging Infections	yes	S1	10
U01010	Healthcare Associated Infection	yes	*	10
U01030	Herpesvirus Pathogenomics	yes	S1	10
U01007	HIV Replication and Pathogenesis	yes	S1	10
U01002	Immune Recognition of and Response to Microorganisms	yes	S1	10
U04110	Infectious Diseases Project	yes	S2	40
U04111	Infectious Diseases Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U01011	Intracellular Bacteria	yes	S1	10
U01026	Medical and Veterinary Epidemiology	yes	S2	10
U01015	Oncogenic Viruses	yes	S1	10
U01003	Pathogenesis of Bacterial Gastro-Intestinal Infections	yes	S1	10
U04300	Superbugs: Genetic Adaptation and Evolution of Clinical Pathogens	yes	S2	10
U03303	The biology, immunology and pathology of eukaryote parasites	yes	S1	10
U03302	The evolution and pathogenesis of Staphylococci and Streptococci	yes	S1	10
U01016	Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Prion Diseases)	yes	S1	10
U01023	Vaccines	yes	S2	10
U03792	Virus Cell Interactions	yes	S1	10
U03793	Virus Pathogenesis	yes	S2	10

Molecular Biology (9 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01162	Gene Expression	yes	S1	10
U00688	Human Genetics/The RNA World	yes	S2	10
U01179	Molecular Biology Library Project	yes	Y	10
U03778	Molecular Biology of Disease	yes	S1	10
U01112	Molecular Biology Project	yes	S2	40
U02707	Molecular Biology Synoptic/Data Interpretation Examination	yes	S1	20
U03945	Project in Molecular Biology and Management	yes	S2	40
U01508	The RNA World/Genome Rearrangements	yes	S2	10
U00692	The RNA World/Mammalian Transgenesis & Genome Engineering	yes	S2	10

Neuroscience (Biological Sciences) (12 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U03300	Clinical Neuroscience	yes	S2	10
U01060	Cognitive Neuroscience	yes	S1	10
U01070	Developmental Neuroscience - Neuroscience	yes	S2	10
U01063	General Neuroscience	yes	S1	10
U01072	Glucocorticoids in the Brain	yes	S1	10
U01075	Learning and Memory	yes	S2	10
U01073	Mammalian Chronobiology	yes	S2	10
U01068	Neurogenetics	yes	S1	10
U01062	Neuroscience Project	yes	S2	40
U02098	Neuroscience Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U01069	Somatosensory Mechanisms	yes	S2	10
U01061	The Neuromuscular Junction in Health and Disease	yes	S1	10

Pharmacology (Biological Sciences) (22 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U02686	Applied Molecular Biology	yes	S1	10
U03799	Cardiovascular Pharmacology	yes	S1	10
U04209	Cardiovascular Pharmacology A	yes	S1	10
U04210	Cardiovascular Pharmacology B	yes	S1	10
U01045	CNS Diseases	yes	S2	10
U01043	Eicosanoids A	yes	S1	10
U01044	Eicosanoids B	yes	S1	10
U01039	Endocrine Pharmacology A	yes	S1	10
U01040	Endocrine Pharmacology B	yes	S1	10
U01038	Nature of Receptors Core	yes	S1	10
U01046	Neurotransmitter Mechanisms A	yes	S1	10
U01047	Neurotransmitter Mechanisms B	yes	S1	10
U03800	Pharmacology of Inflammation and Inflammatory Disease	yes	S1	10
U02582	Pharmacology of New Mediators	yes	S2	10
U01035	Pharmacology of New Mediators B	yes	S1	10
U01051	Pharmacology Project	yes	S2	40
U02687	Pharmacology Research Project Performance	yes	S2	10
U01048	Pharmacology Research Project Preparation	yes	S2	10
U01050	Pharmacology Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U01053	PIE Industrial Performance	yes	S2	10
U01054	PIE Oral Examination	yes	S2	10
U01537	PIE Project	yes	S2	40

Physiology (Biological Sciences) (17 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U02547	Bioinformatics	yes	S1	10
U02546	Cardiac Cellular Physiology	yes	S1	10
U03718	Cell biology of G protein-coupled receptors	yes	S1	10
U00995	Development and Disease	yes	S1	10
U03298	Developmental Mechanisms	yes	S1	10
U00996	Developmental Neuroscience - Physiology	yes	S1	10
U01350	Eye Movements, Balance and Brain Plasticity	yes	S1	10
U03802	Ion Channel Physiology	yes	S1	10
U00994	Neuroendocrinology	yes	S1	10
U03801	Neurotransmitter Release and Vesicle Recycling	yes	S1	10
U01539	Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration	yes	S1	10
U01000	Physiology Core	yes	S1	10
U01348	Physiology Experimental Design	yes	S2	10
U00986	Physiology Project	yes	S2	40
U01347	Physiology Project Presentation Skills	yes	S2	10
U00998	Physiology Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U03299	Transporter and cell volume regulation in health and disease	yes	S1	10

Plant Science (15 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U04223	Conservation and Sustainability	-	S1	10
U01270	Fundamentals of Plant Biology	yes	S1	10
U01275	Fungi and Plant Pathology	yes	S1	10
U01286	Plant Development and Biotechnology	yes	S2	10
U02791	Plant Development/Plant Biotechnology	yes	B3	10
U03446	Plant Evolution	yes	S1	10
U02863	Plant Geography	-	S2	10
U01272	Plant Science Field Course	yes	B5+	10
U01287	Plant Science Project	yes	S2	40
U01277	Plant Science Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U02862	Plants and People	-	S1	10
U03946	Project in Plant Science and Management	yes	S2	40
U03433	The Growth of Plants	yes	S1	10
U01280	Tutorials in Plant Science	yes	S1	10

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P01319	Phylogenetics and Population Genetics	yes	B5+	10

Reproductive Biology (10 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01553	Control Mechanisms in Reproductive Biology	yes	S1	10
U01563	Experimental Systems in Reproductive Biology	yes	S1	10
U01554	Implantation to Parturition	yes	S1	10
U01561	Manipulation of Fertility	yes	S2	10
U02901	Professional Skills in Reproductive Biology	yes	S1	10
U03947	Project in Reproductive Biology and Management	yes	S2	40
U01555	Reproductive Biology Core	yes	S1	10
U01556	Reproductive Biology Project	yes	S2	40
U01566	Reproductive Biology Project Planning and Practical Skills	yes	S2	10
U01558	Reproductive Biology Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10

Zoology (18 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U00673	Animal Evolution	yes	S1	10
U00690	Animal Orientation	yes	S2	10
U03805	Animal-Plant Interaction	yes	B3	10
U00674	Arthropod Biology	yes	S1	10
U01665	Biodiversity	yes	S1	10
U00686	Carnivores & Behaviour	yes	S1	10
U00751	Evolution and the Brain	yes	S1	10
U00750	Evolution of Sex & Breeding Systems	yes	S1	10
U00695	Molecular Ecology	yes	S1	10
U00752	Parasitic Diseases of Public Health Importance	yes	S1	10
U03948	Project in Zoology and Management	yes	S2	40
U00675	Quantitative Zoology	yes	S2	10
U00701	Segmentation: Evolution and Development	yes	S1	10
U00753	Social Evolution	yes	S1	10
U00702	The Biology & Control of Malaria	yes	S1	10
U02742	The Cell Biology of Parasites	yes	B3	10
U00743	Zoology Project	yes	S2	40
U00748	Zoology Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10

Postgraduate (41 courses)

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P01680	Applicable Mathematics for MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology	yes	S1	10
P02741	Biodiversity of Angiosperms	yes	Y	20
P02745	Biodiversity of Cryptogams and Fungi	yes	S2	10
P01013	Bioinformatics	-	S2	10
P01939	Bioinformatics Research Proposal	-	S2	20
P02553	Biophysical Chemistry for MSc Drug Discovery & Translational Biology	yes	B1	10
P01681	Chemical Biology for MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology	yes	S2	20
P01679	Chemical Pharmacology for MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology	yes	Y	40
P02813	Commercial Aspects of Drug Discovery	yes	S2	10
P02740	Conservation and Sustainability	yes	S1	10
P01018	Dissertation (Quantitative Genetics and Genome Analysis)	-	B5+	60
P02151	Dissertation - MSc by Research in Biological Sciences	yes	Y	180
P01566	Ethics in Science	yes	S2	0
P02742	Evolution of Angiosperms	yes	S1	10
P02746	Evolution of Cryptogams and Fungi	yes	Y	20
P01015	Evolutionary Genetics	yes	B4	20
P02551	Functional Genomic Technologies	yes	S2	10
P01009	Genetic Interpretation	yes	S1	10
P01011	Genome Analysis	-	B3	20
P01016	Human Genetics	yes	B4	20
P02473	Introduction to scientific programming for MSc in Drug Discovery & Translational Biology	yes	S1	10
P01924	Medicinal Chemistry for MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology	-	S2	20
P01014	Mini Research Project	-	S2	10
P01563	Molecular Modelling and Database Mining	yes	S1	10
P02007	Molecular Phylogenetics	-	B3	10
P01940	MSc Dissertation (Bioinformatics)	-	B5+	60
P01310	Plant Geography	yes	S2	10
P01008	Population and Quantitative Genetics	-	S1	20
P01569	Preparative Methods for Structural Biology	yes	S2	10
P01017	Principles of Genetic Improvement	yes	B4	20
P03221	Programming with the Bio-languages	yes	S2	10
P01359	Project and Dissertation (Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants)	yes	B5	60
P01560	Protein Structure Determination	yes	S1	10
P01923	Proteomics	-	S2	10
P02031	QTL Detection and Genome Analysis	yes	B3	10
P02168	Quantitating drug binding	yes	S1	10
P01567	Research Management and Project Design	yes	S2	0
P01677	Research Project in MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology	yes	TBA	60
P01010	Statistics and Data Analysis	-	S1	20
P02739	Taxonomy and Plant Collections	yes	S2	20
P02743	Tropical Biodiversity Field Course	yes	B3	10

School of GeoSciences (Schedule N)

Geography (71 courses)

SCQF Level 8

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U03237	Earth Surface Systems	yes	S2	20
GG0063	Economic and Political Geography	yes	S1	20
GG0002	Environmental Sensitivity and Change	yes	S1	20
GG0004	Geomorphology	yes	S2	20
U03360	Human Geography	-	S1	20
LW0022	Introduction to the European Union	yes	Y	40
GG0065	Social and Cultural Geography	yes	S2	20
U03660	Techniques in Geography	yes	*	20

SCQF Level 9

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U02866	Debates in Geography	-	S1	20
U02537	Geography Fieldwork: Foundations (Human)	yes	S1	10
U02538	Geography Fieldwork: Foundations (Physical)	yes	S1	10
U01580	Geography Small Research Project	yes	B4	10
U01578	Qualitative Methods in Geography	-	B1	10
U01577	Quantitative Methods in Geography	-	B2	10
U03661	Research Design in Geography	yes	B3	10
U00409	The Nature of Geography	-	S2	20

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U00370	Caribbean Societies	-	S1	20
U00371	Catchment Water Resources	yes	S1	20
U03223	Critical Development Studies: Power, Knowledge and Capitalism	yes	*	20
U03742	Development, Religion and Change in Latin America	-	*	20
U00372	Ecosystem Processes, Biodiversity and Climate Change	-	S2	20
U04303	Eroding Landscapes: Fluvial Processes	yes	B4	10
U04302	Eroding Landscapes: Hill Slope Processes	yes	B3	10
U04202	Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers	-	S2	20
U00892	European Urban and Regional Governance	-	*	20
U02527	Frontiers in Human Geography 1	-	S2	20
U02528	Frontiers in Human Geography 2	-	*	20
U03231	Frontiers in Human Geography 3	-	*	20
U02529	Frontiers in Physical Geography 1	-	*	20
U02530	Frontiers in Physical Geography 2	-	*	20
U00376	Gender, Sexuality and the City	-	*	20
U02485	Geographies of Education	-	*	20
U03225	Geography and the Senses	-	*	20
U01269	Geography Dissertation	-	Y	40
U02522	Geography in the Archive	-	S1	20
U00392	Geography of Leisure and Recreation	-	*	20
U03227	Geography of Wine	yes	S1	20
U02521	GIS and Hazard Management	yes	*	20
U02874	Glacial Processes and Geomorphology	-	S1	20
U01265	Historical Geographies of Geographical Knowledge	-	*	20
U03246	Housing and Society	-	*	20
U02535	Human Geography Fieldwork: Iceland	-	S2	20
U03773	Insects, Past Environments and Climate	-	*	20
U00395	Inside the City: Patterns, Processes, Problems	-	*	20
U03676	Justice, Care and the Democratic City	-	*	20
U00397	Macrogeomorphology	-	*	20
U00398	Minorities in Multicultural Society	-	S2	20
U03305	Nature-Society Geographies	-	S1	20
U02531	Physical Geography Fieldwork: Iceland	-	S1	20
U03306	Physical Geography Fieldwork: Scottish Highlands	-	S1	20
U00401	Political Geography	-	*	20
U00403	Principles of Geographical Information Science	-	S1	20
U00404	Principles of Remote Sensing	-	S1	20
U03230	Qualitative Research and the City	-	S1	20
U03239	Reading the Record of Climate and Environmental Change	-	*	20
U03772	Reconstructing Late Quaternary Environments	-	*	20
U02525	Reflexivity in Qualitative Human Geography Research	-	S1	20
U01540	Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change	-	S1	20
U03781	Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere	-	S2	20
U00797	Risk, Environment and Governance	-	*	20
U02524	South Africa: A Social and Political Salad Bowl?	-	*	20
U00405	Tephra, Environment and People	-	S2	20
U02234	The Geography of Health and Health Care	-	S2	20
U00399	The Mobile World: Geographies of Migration and Movement	-	*	20
U00406	Tourism, Development and Marketing	-	*	20
U04089	Tropical Ecosystems, Climate, and Lost Civilisations	-	S2	20
U01271	Uneven Development	yes	*	20
U03229	Urban Cultures	-	S2	20
U03228	Values and the Environment	-	S2	20
U02526	Visions for Geography	-	S2	20

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P01983	Advanced Issues in Socio-Cultural Research	-	Y	40

Earth Science (80 courses)

SCQF Level 8

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01208	Earth Dynamics	yes	S1	20
U03237	Earth Surface Systems	yes	S2	20
U01919	Global Environmental Processes	-	S1	20
U02516	History of Life	yes	S2	20
U02089	Introduction to Geophysics	-	S2	20
U01918	Mineralogy and Petrology	yes	S2	20
U02515	Natural Hazards	yes	S1	20
U01847	Oceanography	-	S2	20
U01850	Sedimentology A	yes	S1	20
U04068	Seismology, Gravity and Geomagnetism	yes	*	20

SCQF Level 9

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01748	Aquatic Systems	-	S1	10
U01744	Chemical Geology	yes	S1	10
U01790	Computational Methods in Geophysics	yes	S1	10
U01736	Dynamic Stratigraphy	yes	S2	10
U01797	Earth and Planetary Structure	yes	S2	10
U03086	Environmental Geoscience 3rd Year Field Course	yes	S2	20
U01747	Environmental Techniques and Applications	yes	S2	20
U01798	Exploration Geophysics	yes	S2	20
U04062	Field Skills for Earth Surface Scientists	yes	TBA	10
U04061	Field Skills for Geologists	yes	TBA	10
U04067	Fields and Waves	yes	*	10
U03590	Fundamentals of Geophysics	yes	S2	20
U03434	Geology 3rd Year Field Courses	yes	S2	10
U03376	Global Tectonics	yes	S2	10
U01724	Hydrocarbons	yes	S2	10
U04294	Hydrogeology 1	yes	S2	10
U01743	Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology	yes	S1	10
U01746	Igneous Petrogenesis	yes	S2	10
U01801	Introduction to Geophysical Fields and Waves	yes	S1	20
U01800	Mathematical Methods for Geophysicists	yes	S1	10
U02090	Measurement Techniques in Geophysics	yes	S2	10
U01762	Metamorphic Petrology and Structure	yes	S2	10
U02142	Mineral Behaviour	yes	S2	10
U01745	Ore Mineralogy and Petrology	yes	S2	10
U01739	Palaeontology	yes	S1	10
U01742	Quaternary Environmental Change	yes	S1	10
U01734	Sedimentology B	yes	S1	10
U01723	Structural Geology	yes	S1	10

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U02229	Active Tectonics	yes	S2	10
U01766	Antarctica: Development of a Continent	yes	S2	10
U02486	Applied Environmental Geochemistry	yes	S1	10
U03579	Carbonates	yes	S2	10
U03059	Deformation Processes and Active Tectonics	yes	S2	10
U02091	Dinosaur Palaeobiology	yes	S2	10
U02466	Dissertation in Geology and Physical Geography	yes	Y	40
U01769	Earth Evolution A	yes	Y	20
U01770	Earth Evolution B	yes	Y	20
U01771	Earth Surface Processes	yes	S2	20
U03526	Environmental Geoscience Fieldwork and Synoptic Practical Examination	yes	S2	20
U01773	Environmental Geosciences Projects	yes	S1	40
U02487	Environmental Problems and Issues	yes	S1	10
U04303	Eroding Landscapes: Fluvial Processes	yes	B4	10
U04302	Eroding Landscapes: Hill Slope Processes	yes	B3	10
U02458	Exploration Seismology	yes	S1	10
U04320	Frontiers in Geophysics	yes	B5	10
U02465	Geology and Physical Geography Synoptic Practical Examination	yes	TBA	10
U01775	Geology Dissertation	yes	S2	40
U02968	Geology Field, Laboratory and Practical Techniques	yes	Y	10
U02464	Geology Synoptic Practical Examination	-	TBA	10
U02456	Geomagnetism	yes	S1	10
U04431	Geomagnetism (VS1)	yes	S1	10
U04305	Geophysics Project	yes	Y	40
U02575	Geophysics Project 1	yes	S1	20
U02577	Geophysics Project 2	yes	S2	20
U03524	Geoscience Outreach	yes	Y	10
U02488	Global Environmental Change	yes	B3	10
U02457	Global Geophysics	yes	S1	10
U01779	Hydrocarbon Reservoir Quality	yes	S2	10
U04295	Hydrogeology 2	yes	S2	10
U01780	Igneous Geochemistry	yes	S2	10
U02467	Rock, Mineral and Palaeomagnetism	yes	S2	10
U02455	Seismology	yes	S1	10
U03585	Solid-Fluid Interactions in the Earth's Crust	yes	S2	10
U01785	Tectonic Geomorphology	yes	S2	10
U04041	Texas Exchange Fieldtrip	yes	S2	10
U01786	Topics in Global Environmental Change	yes	B3	10
U01788	Transferable Skills for Earth Scientists	-	Y	10
U03950	Transferable Skills for Environmental Geoscientists	yes	Y	10
U02461	Transferable Skills for Geophysicists	yes	S1	10
U01789	Volcaniclastic Processes and Marginal Basin Sedimentology	yes	S2	10

Geosciences (2 courses)

SCQF Level 8

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U04033	Earth Modelling and Prediction	yes	S1	20
U03237	Earth Surface Systems	yes	S2	20

Ecological Science (23 courses)

SCQF Level 8

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01833	Field Biology	-	S1	20
U03564	Principles of Ecology	yes	S1	20
U01806	Soil, Water and Atmospheric Processes	-	S2	20

SCQF Level 9

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01792	Applied Ecology and Environmental Management	yes	S2	20
U01808	Ecological Measurement	-	S2	20
U01809	Environmental Pollution	yes	S2	20
U01802	Natural Resource Management	yes	S1	20

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U03428	Conservation Management	yes	B3	10
U01812	Dissertation in Conservation and Ecological Management	yes	S2	40
U01796	Dissertation in Ecology	yes	S2	40
U01814	Dissertation in Environmental Science	yes	S2	40
U01815	Dissertation in Forestry	yes	S2	40
U01816	Ecological and Environmental Modelling	-	B3	10
U01818	Ecological Science Field Course	-	S1	10
U01819	Ecological Science Synoptic Paper	-	Y	10
U03963	Effective Project Planning and Management	-	B3	10
U01821	Land Use and Water Resources	yes	S1	10
U01822	Land Use Policy	-	S1	10
U01823	Land-Atmosphere Interactions	yes	S1	10
U01824	Plant Ecophysiology	-	B3	10
U01827	Professional Skills in Ecological Science	-	S1	10
U02633	Research Practice in Forest Ecology	yes	B3	10
U03425	Woodland Management	-	S1	10

Meteorology (10 courses)

SCQF Level 8

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01598	Meteorology: Atmosphere and Environment	yes	S1	20
U01602	Meteorology: Weather and Climate	yes	S2	20
U04068	Seismology, Gravity and Geomagnetism	yes	*	20

SCQF Level 9

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U04067	Fields and Waves	yes	*	10
U02578	Global Climate and Weather	yes	S2	20

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01863	Atmospheric Dynamics	yes	S2	10
U01864	Atmospheric Physics	yes	S1	10
U02574	Meteorology Project 1	yes	S1	20
U02576	Meteorology Project 2	yes	S2	20
U01865	Physics of Climate	yes	S2	10

Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) (84 courses)

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P00803	Advanced Image Processing	yes	*	10
P01223	Advanced Spatial Database Methods	yes	B3	10
P00684	Applications in Ecological Economics	yes	S2	20
P00740	Applied Image Processing	yes	B2	10
P02976	Archives: History, Geography, Politics	yes	S1	20
P00688	Atmospheric Quality and Global Change	yes	S1	20
P02552	Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation	yes	S1	20
P02554	Climate Change Management	yes	S2	20
P00731	Conservation and Use of Forest Resources	yes	S2	20
P00741	Contemporary Issues in Earth Observation	yes	B4	10
P00805	Culture, Ethics & Environment	yes	S1	20
P00687	Dissertation - Ecological Economics	yes	Y	60
P00781	Dissertation - Environment & Development	yes	Y	60
P02424	Dissertation - Environment, Culture & Society	yes	Y	60
P00689	Dissertation - Environmental Protection & Management	yes	Y	60
P00804	Dissertation - Environmental Sustainability	yes	Y	60
P00732	Dissertation - Forest Ecology & Management	yes	Y	60
P02508	Dissertation - Forest Geosciences	yes	Y	60
P02144	Dissertation - GeoScience and Remote Sensing	yes	Y	60
P01516	Dissertation - GIS & Society	yes	Y	100
P01515	Dissertation - GIS Research	yes	Y	100
P01445	Dissertation - Global Environmental Change	yes	Y	100
P02438	Dissertation - Integrated Resource Management	yes	Y	60
P00782	Dissertation - Remote Sensing	yes	*	60
P01624	Dissertation 1 - GeoSciences	yes	Y	180
P01625	Dissertation 2 - GeoSciences	yes	Y	140
P02579	Dissertation in Carbon Management	yes	Y	60
P01447	Dissertation in GIS	yes	Y	60
P01554	Dissertation: Quantitative Earth Observation	yes	*	100
P01997	Dissertation: Quantitative Earth Observation (Diploma)	yes	*	40
P01225	Distributed GIS	-	B2	10
P02987	Ecological Restoration in Practice	yes	S2	20
P02501	Ecosystem Management	yes	B3	10
P00690	Environmental Impact Assessment	yes	S2	20
P00744	Environmental Modelling	yes	*	10
P00739	Environmental Planning	yes	*	20
P01523	Forest Ecosystems	yes	S1	20
P02514	Forest Geosciences Field Course	yes	B4-5	10
P00737	Forests and Environment	yes	S2	20
P00685	Foundations in Ecological Economics	yes	S1	20
P00783	Fundamentals for Remote Sensing	yes	B1	10
P01226	Further Spatial Analysis	-	*	10
P02592	Geography in the Archive	yes	*	20
P01227	Geoinformatics	yes	B3	10
P01228	GeoVisualisation	-	B4	10
P01238	GIS and Health	-	*	10
P01239	GIS and Society	-	B4	10
P01240	GIS in the Field	yes	S1	10
P02941	Human dimensions of environmental change and sustainability	yes	S1	20
P00752	Hyperspectral Remote Sensing	yes	B3	10
P02391	Integrated Resource Management	-	S1	20
P02393	Integrated Resource Planning	-	S2	20
P00779	International Development	yes	S1	20
P01060	International Environmental Law	yes	S2	20
P01951	Introduction to LiDAR Remote Sensing	yes	B4	10
P00813	Introduction to Radar Remote Sensing	yes	B3	10
P01241	Introduction To Spatial Analysis	-	B1	10
P00784	Inverse Theory	yes	S1	10
P00691	Land Use/Environmental Interactions	yes	S2	20
P00806	Management of Sustainable Development	yes	S2	20
P02374	Nature-Society Geographies (P)	-	S1	20
P01535	Object Orientated Software Engineering: Spatial Algorithms	yes	B3	10
P00754	Object Oriented Software Engineering Principles	yes	B2	10
P00716	Participation in Policy and Planning	yes	S2	20
P02378	Philosophy of Conservation in Practice	yes	B4-5	20
P00807	Principles of Environmental Sustainability	yes	S1	20
P01090	Principles of Geographical Information Science (Block1)	yes	B1	10
P00686	Project Appraisal	yes	S1	20
P00794	Radiative Transfer	yes	S1	10
P01149	Recent Global Environmental Change	-	S1	10
P01521	Research & Project Management Skills	yes	S1	10
P00748	Research Design & Project Management	yes	S1	10
P00808	Research Methodology	yes	S1	20
P00719	Rural Development	yes	S2	20
P01519	Skills for Advanced Researchers in Geography	yes	*	10
P00780	Society & Development	yes	S2	20
P00692	Soil Protection and Management	yes	S1	20
P01243	Spatial Modelling	-	B1	10
P00809	Theory of Image Processing	yes	*	10
P01530	Understanding GIS Technology	yes	*	10
P02373	Values and the Environment (P)	-	S2	20
P00693	Waste Reduction and Recycling	yes	S2	20
P00729	Water Resource Management	yes	*	20
P02996	Water Resource Management	yes	B2	10

Postgraduate Research Courses (School of GeoSciences) (14 courses)

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P01769	Advanced Study in Human Geographical Research	yes	*	20
P01947	Catchment Hydrochemistry	-	B1	10
P01789	Dissertation in Human Geography	yes	Y	80
P01948	Environmental Radioactivity	-	*	10
P01946	Geochemistry and Health	-	S1	10
P01767	Methodological Debates in Human Geography	yes	S2	20
P01832	Methodological Debates in Society and Space	yes	*	20
P01785	Qualitative Approaches to the City	yes	*	20
P01768	Research Design in Human Geography	yes	S1	20
P02394	Research Planning and Management in the GeoSciences	-	S1	20
P01787	Research Proposal in Human Geography	yes	TBA	20
P02371	Research Skills in the GeoSciences	-	S2	20
P02319	Researching the City	-	S1	20
P01950	Soil and Aquatic Chemistry	-	S1	10

Environmental Courses (83 courses)

SCQF Level 8

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
AR0059	Archaeology 1A	yes	S1	20
AR0060	Archaeology 1B	yes	S2	20
U03400	Archaeology 2A: Reconstructing the Past	-	S1	20
U03401	Archaeology 2B: Understanding Past Societies	yes	S2	20
U00910	Architectural History 1	yes	Y	40
U00756	Architectural History 1A: From Antiquity to Enlightenment	-	S1	20
U00859	Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism	-	S2	20
U00837	Architectural History 2A	yes	S1	20
U00838	Architectural History 2B	yes	S2	20
BI0013	Biometrics 2	-	Y	20
U01208	Earth Dynamics	yes	S1	20
U04033	Earth Modelling and Prediction	yes	S1	20
U03237	Earth Surface Systems	yes	S2	20
GG0063	Economic and Political Geography	yes	S1	20
BI0015	Environmental and Community Biology 1	-	S2	20
U00969	Environmental Chemistry 2	yes	S2	20
GG0002	Environmental Sensitivity and Change	yes	S1	20
BI0012	Evolution in Action 2	yes	S1	20
GG0004	Geomorphology	yes	S2	20
U01919	Global Environmental Processes	-	S1	20
U02516	History of Life	yes	S2	20
SU0005	History of Medicine 1	-	S2	20
U03360	Human Geography	-	S1	20
U01598	Meteorology: Atmosphere and Environment	yes	S1	20
U01602	Meteorology: Weather and Climate	yes	S2	20
U01918	Mineralogy and Petrology	yes	S2	20
U02515	Natural Hazards	yes	S1	20
U03564	Principles of Ecology	yes	S1	20
SU0001	Science and Society 1A	-	S1	20
U04464	Science and Society 1b: Nature and Environment	-	S2	20
U01850	Sedimentology A	yes	S1	20
U04068	Seismology, Gravity and Geomagnetism	yes	*	20
GG0065	Social and Cultural Geography	yes	S2	20
U01806	Soil, Water and Atmospheric Processes	-	S2	20
U02841	Sustainability, Society and Environment	yes	S2	20
U00736	Technology & Environment 1A	-	S1	20
U00732	Technology & Environment 1B	-	S2	20

SCQF Level 9

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01792	Applied Ecology and Environmental Management	yes	S2	20
U03086	Environmental Geoscience 3rd Year Field Course	yes	S2	20
U01809	Environmental Pollution	yes	S2	20
U00759	Evolution and Ecology of Plants 3	yes	S2	20
U00655	Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics 3	yes	S1	20
U04062	Field Skills for Earth Surface Scientists	yes	TBA	10
U04061	Field Skills for Geologists	yes	TBA	10
U04067	Fields and Waves	yes	*	10
U03590	Fundamentals of Geophysics	yes	S2	20
U03434	Geology 3rd Year Field Courses	yes	S2	10
U04294	Hydrogeology 1	yes	S2	10
U01802	Natural Resource Management	yes	S1	20
U00746	Population and Community Ecology 3	yes	S1	20

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01665	Biodiversity	yes	S1	10
U03579	Carbonates	yes	S2	10
U00371	Catchment Water Resources	yes	S1	20
U03428	Conservation Management	yes	B3	10
U02835	Cultural Landscape	yes	S2	20
U02091	Dinosaur Palaeobiology	yes	S2	10
U01816	Ecological and Environmental Modelling	-	B3	10
DV0158	Ecology, Ethics and Religion	yes	*	20
U03526	Environmental Geoscience Fieldwork and Synoptic Practical Examination	yes	S2	20
U04303	Eroding Landscapes: Fluvial Processes	yes	B4	10
U04302	Eroding Landscapes: Hill Slope Processes	yes	B3	10
U04320	Frontiers in Geophysics	yes	B5	10
U00392	Geography of Leisure and Recreation	-	*	20
U04305	Geophysics Project	yes	Y	40
U03524	Geoscience Outreach	yes	Y	10
U02874	Glacial Processes and Geomorphology	-	S1	20
PO0019	Green Political Thought	-	*	20
U03810	Herbivory	yes	S1	10
U01265	Historical Geographies of Geographical Knowledge	-	*	20
U04295	Hydrogeology 2	yes	S2	10
U01823	Land-Atmosphere Interactions	yes	S1	10
U00397	Macrogeomorphology	-	*	20
U03305	Nature-Society Geographies	-	S1	20
U00404	Principles of Remote Sensing	-	S1	20
U00215	Quaternary Environmental History	yes	*	20
U00797	Risk, Environment and Governance	-	*	20
SY0034	Sociology of the Environment and Risk	-	S2	20
U03585	Solid-Fluid Interactions in the Earth's Crust	yes	S2	10
U00405	Tephra, Environment and People	-	S2	20
U04041	Texas Exchange Fieldtrip	yes	S2	10
U00406	Tourism, Development and Marketing	-	*	20
U03950	Transferable Skills for Environmental Geoscientists	yes	Y	10
U03425	Woodland Management	-	S1	10

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SCQF Level 8

SCQF Level 9

SCQF Level 10

SCQF Level 11

Earth Science (80 courses)

SCQF Level 8

SCQF Level 9

SCQF Level 10

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