Resources for Geoscience Students

This page contains important information and documents for current students:

Course Handbooks

These are in Acrobat PDF format

Geoscience Course Handbook 2013-14

Geoscience Year 1 Module Catalogue 2013-14 | Geoscience Year 2 Module catalogue 2013-14 | Geoscience Year 3 Module Catalogue 2013-14  

Module List

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

Module
Descriptions 		  More
Information

Principal

Level I (all compulsory)
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)

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
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