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Resources for Geoscience Students
This page contains important information and documents for current students:
Course Handbooks
These are in Acrobat PDF format
Geoscience Year 1 12-13 | Geoscience Year 2 12-13 | Geoscience Year 3 12-13
Module List
Teaching Resources for modules are on WebCT or are linked from the table below.
| Module Descriptions | More Information |
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Principal |
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Level I (all compulsory) |
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| ESC-10033 | Rocks - Up Close | |
| ESC-10034 | Time and Space | |
| ESC-10036 | Planet Earth | |
| ESC-10037 | Rocks, Minerals and Fossils | |
| ESC-10044 | Introductory Environmental Chemistry | |
| ESC-10047 | Geoscience Data Interpretation, Analysis and Visualisation | |
| ESC-10048 | The Earth System | |
| ------ | Free Standing Elective module (free choice) | |
Level II (all compulsory) |
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| ESC-20001 | Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology | |
| ESC-20002 | Reconstructing Past Environments | |
| ESC-20032 | Environmental Analytical Methods | |
| ESC-20035 | Advanced Geoscience Data Interpretation, Analysis and Visualisation | |
| ESC-20036 | Palaeoclimatology and Quaternary Studies | |
| ESC-20037 | Geoscience and Society | |
| ESC-20039 | Advanced Structural Geology and Geological Mapping Training | |
| ESC-20040 | Geoscience Field Training | |
Level III |
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| Compulsory Modules | ||
| ESC-30032 | Geoscience: Independent Field Project | |
| ESC-30028 | Economic Geology | |
| ESC-30030 | Advanced Petrology and Structural Geology Field Course | |
| Option Modules/Programme Electives (Students select FOUR of the following) | ||
| ESC-30008 | Structure and Geodynamics | |
| ESC-30009 | Natural Hazards | |
| ESC-30022 | Hydrological and Engineering Geology | |
| ESC-30025 | Micropalaeontology: Principles and Applications | |
| ESC-30033 | Magmatic and Volcanic Processes | |
| ESC-30034 | Advanced Topics in Sedimentology | |
| ESC-30036 | Exploration Geophysics for the Hydrocarbon Industry | |
| 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 | |
