12 | GEOLOGY
Third Year
The third year of the Geology programmes will involves a combination
of compulsory (core) and option modules. MGeol students follow either
the BSc Geology (Major Route) or Single Honours BSc Geology pathway
depending on their first two years.
We modify our programmes regularly in response to student
feedback, external examiner feedback and accreditation body
requirements. Typical modules are included in the list below:
Combined Honours BSc Geology
• Independent Field Project (15 credits)
• + three option modules
Combined Honours BSc Geology (Major Route)
• Independent Field Project (15 credits)
• Geological Communication Skills
• Field Course
• + five option modules
Single Honours BSc Geology
• Independent Field Project (30 credits)
• Economic Geology
• Field course
• + four option modules
Integrated Master’s MGeol
As Combined Honours BSc Geology Major Route or Single
Honours BSc Geology but with Advanced Sedimentology as
core rather than an optional module.
Option modules
Natural Hazards: covers the causes of a variety of natural
hazards, investigates their potential impacts on human society
and infrastructure, and evaluates the measures that can be
taken to mitigate their destructive effects.
Economic Geology: (Core for Single Honours BSc Geology)
covers the petrological controls on igneous and metasomatic
ore body formation (as well as the means of exploiting them),
aggregates, and the formation, exploration and production
of coal.
Exploration Geophysics for the Hydrocarbon Industry:
techniques employed in the exploration for hydrocarbons,
provides the technical expertise to enter a career as a
hydrocarbon exploration industry geophysicist.
Structure and Geodynamics: covers the concepts, processes
and physical structures associated with continental tectonics.
Hydrological and Engineering Geology: covers the key
theoretical and technical issues of hydrological and engineering
geology, groundwater, rock and soil behaviour.
Micropalaeontology: Principles and Applications: addresses
the key theoretical and practical issues of micropalaeontology
and introduces modern analytical facilities and methods (e.g.
Electron Microscopy, statistical palaeontological data analysis).
Advanced Sedimentology: (Core for MGeol) provides a
broad overview of the relationship between sedimentology
and stratigraphy on a basin-wide scale, and the
economic implications.
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