DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2019/2020

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Earth Science

SCQF Level 08 (14 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
EASC08001	SV1	Earth Dynamics	Semester 1	20
GESC08002	SV1	Earth Modelling and Prediction	Semester 1	20
EASC08018	SS1	Earth Modelling and Prediction 2	Semester 2	20
EASC08022		Earth Science Fundamentals for Geophysicists	Not delivered this year	10
EASC08024	SV1	Environmental Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface	Semester 1	20
EASC08023	SV1	Evolution of the Living Earth	Semester 1	20
EASC08021	SV1	Geomaterials	Semester 1	20
EASC08025	SS1	Geophysical Data Science	Semester 1	10
EASC08020	SV1	Global Tectonics and the Rock Cycle	Semester 2	20
EASC08008	SV1	Introduction to Geophysics	Semester 2	20
EASC08017	SV1	Introduction to the Geological Record	Semester 2	20
EASC08011	SV1	Natural Hazards	Semester 1	20
EASC08004	SV1	Oceanography	Semester 2	20
EASC08016	SV1	Physics of the Earth	Semester 2	20

SCQF Level 09 (7 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
EASC09036	SS1	Field Course in Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Geoscience	Semester 2	20
EASC09051	SS1	Field Skills for Geology and Physical Geography	Full Year	20
EASC09056	SV1	Global Environmental Change- Foundations	Semester 1	20
EASC09054	SV1	Mathematical and computational methods in Geophysics	Semester 1	20
EASC09053	SS1	Research Methods in Physical Geography (RMPG)	Full Year	20
EASC09055	SS1	Research Training for Geophysics	Full Year	20
EASC09052	SV1	Structural Analysis of Rocks and Regions (SARR)	Semester 2	20

SCQF Level 10 (48 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
EASC10073	SS1	Advances in Metamorphism	Semester 2	10
EASC10048	SV1	Applied Environmental Geochemistry	Semester 1	10
EASC10101	SV1	Applied Hydrogeology and Near Surface Geophysics	Semester 1	20
EASC10123	SV1	Changing Marine Biogeochemical Cycles	Semester 2	20
EASC10043	SS1	Dissertation in Geology and Physical Geography	Full Year	40
EASC10084	SV1	Earth Surface Processes	Semester 2	10
EASC10102	SV1	Earth's Atmospheric Composition	Semester 2	20
EASC10086	SS1	Environmental Geoscience 4th Year Field Course	Semester 1	10
EASC10009	SS1	Environmental Geosciences Projects	Semester 1	40
EASC10049	SV1	Environmental Problems and Issues	Semester 1	10
EASC10121	SV1	Evolution of the Modern Earth and Cyprus Excursion for Geologists	Full Year	20
EASC10120	SV1	Evolution of the Modern Earth and Cyprus Excursion for Geology and Physical Geography	Full Year	20
EASC10105	SS1	Field Skills for Geology	Full Year	20
EASC10080	SV1	Formation and Evolution of Continents	Semester 1	10
EASC10089	SS1	Frontiers in Research	Full Year	10
EASC10124	SV1	Geological Evolution of the British Isles	Semester 1	10
EASC10011	SV1	Geology Dissertation	Full Year	40
EASC10036	SV1	Geomagnetism	Semester 2	10
EASC10109	SV1	Geophysical Imaging and Inversion	Semester 2	20
EASC10116	SV1	Geophysical Investigation of Earth Resources	Full Year	20
EASC10110	SV1	Geophysical Measurement and Modelling	Full Year	20
EASC10111	SS1	Geophysics International Field Course	Full Year	10
EASC10122	SS1	Geophysics Professional Placement	Full Year	60
EASC10065	SV1	Geophysics Project	Full Year	40
EASC10052	SV1	Geophysics Project 1	Semester 1	20
EASC10053	SV1	Geophysics Project 2	Semester 2	20
EASC10058		Geoscience Outreach	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10087	SV1	Geoscience Outreach and Engagement	Flexible	20
EASC10050	SV1	Global Environmental Change	Block 3 (Sem 2)	10
EASC10015	SV1	Hydrocarbon Reservoir Quality	Semester 2	10
EASC10093		Hydrocarbons and Geophysical Exploration	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10082	SV1	Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology	Semester 1	10
EASC10077	SV1	Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport	Semester 2	10
EASC10095	SV1	Igneous Petrogenesis	Semester 1	10
EASC10107	SV1	Igneous, Metamorphic and Ore Processes	Semester 2	20
EASC10083		Marine Systems and Policies (UG)	Not delivered this year	10
EASC10117		Natural Hazards and Risk	Not delivered this year	20
EASC10119	SS1	Nuclear Waste Management: Principles, Policies and Practice	Semester 2	10
EASC10094	SV1	Ore Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry	Semester 2	10
EASC10106	SV1	Palaeontology and Sedimentology	Semester 1	20
EASC10108	SV1	Petroleum Systems	Semester 1	20
EASC10112	SV1	Planetary Geochemistry	Semester 2	10
EASC10115	SV1	Planetary Interiors	Full Year	20
EASC10103	SS1	Practical Geochemistry and Data Analysis	Full Year	20
EASC10022	SV1	Topics in Global Environmental Change	Block 3 (Sem 2)	10
EASC10100	SS1	Topics in Palaeobiology and Evolution	Semester 2	10
METE10006	SS1	Atmospheric Science Field Skills	Semester 1	10
GESC10001	SS1	Self-Designed Learning (10 credits; SCQF level 10; GeoSciences)	Semester 2	10

SCQF Level 11 (7 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
EASC11006	SS2	Geophysics Professional Placement	Full Year	60
EASC11007	SS1	Geophysics Project for Placement Students	Full Year	40
EASC11002		Hydrocarbon Reservoir Quality	Not delivered this year	20
EASC11004	SS1	Hydrocarbons	Semester 1	10
EASC11008	SV1	Natural Hazards and Risk	Full Year	20
EASC11005	SS1	Scientific Computing Skills	Semester 1	20
PGGE11193		Lake District Field Excursion MSc	Not delivered this year	10