Faculty of Natural Sciences

Geography, Geology and the Environment

Geology Course Information

This page contains important information and documents for current students:

Course Handbooks

These are in Acrobat PDF format

Geology Year 1 12-13 | Geology Year 2 12-13 | Geology Year 3 12-13

Module List

Teaching Resources for modules are on WebCT or are linked from the table below.

Module Descriptions		More Information
Science Foundation Year
ESC-00001	Earth Story
Free Standing Electives
ESC-10046	This is Planet Earth	more
Principal
Level I (all compulsory)
ESC-10033	Geology: Rocks - Up Close
ESC-10034	Geology: Time and Space
ESC-10036	Geology: Planet Earth
ESC-10037	Geology: Rocks, Minerals and Fossils

Level II (all compulsory)
ESC-20001	Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
ESC-20002	Reconstructing Past Environments
ESC-20039	Advanced Structural Geology and Geological Mapping Training
ESC-20040	Geoscience Field Techniques
Level III
Compulsory Modules
ESC-30026	Independent Field Project
ESC-30030	Advanced Petrology and Structural Geology Field Course (Major Geology and Year 3 MGeoscience students ONLY)
Option Modules/Programme Electives (Dual Honours students select TWO modules, Major Geology and Year 3 MGeoscience students select FIVE modules)
ESC-30008	Structure and Geodynamics
ESC-30009	Natural Hazards	More info
ESC-30022	Hydrological and Engineering Geology
ESC-30025	Micropalaeontology: Principles and Applications
ESC-30028	Economic Geology
ESC-30033	Volcanic and Magmatic Processes
ESC-30034	Advanced Topics in Sedimentology
ESC-30036	Exploration Geophysics for the Hydrocarbon Industry
Major Geology students can select a maximum of TWO of the following Physical Geography and Applied Environmental Science option modules:
ESC-30006	Glaciers and Glacial Geomorphology
ESC-30018	Global Environmental Change
ESC-30020	Water Resources
ESC-30027	Coastal Environments
ESC-30029	Applied Methods for Environmental Sciences