BSc Geology and Physical Geography
Entry requirements
A Level: ABB Including 1 Required Science. IB: 6,5,5 32 points overall.. BTEC: We welcome students studying BTEC qualifications as an alternative to A levels, and accept BTEC Extended Diploma, Diploma and Extended Certificate. Please contact us for further guidance.
About this course
Bachelor of Science in Geology and Physical Geography, a geography and earth and environmental sciences degree focusing on the planet's physical systems, materials, and surface processes. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, and Project Management. The curriculum integrates practical fieldwork with earth sciences study. The first year introduces foundational themes through modules such as LC Building the Earth: from Minerals to Mountains, LC Connected Earth: Environmental Systems and Change, LC Earth History and Life, and LC Earth Science Field and Research Skills. The second year builds competence via modules including LI Field Skills and Research Project Planning, LI Sedimentology, LI Geological Natural Hazards, and LI Structural Geology and Geophysics. The final year involves advanced study and independent investigation, featuring options such as LH Earth Sciences Research Project, LH Engineering Geology and Geomorphology, LH Exploring the Energy Transition, and LH Tectonics and Volcanology.
Modules
- LC Applied GIS and Data Science
- LC Building the Earth: from Minerals to Mountains
- LC Connected Earth: Environmental Systems and Change
- LC Discover Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES): Academic and Professional Futures
- LC Earth History and Life
- LC Earth Science Field and Research Skills
- LI Earth Resources, Environmental Impacts and Sustainability
- LI Field Skills and Research Project Planning
- LI Sedimentology
- LI Digital data capture and analysis
- LI Ecological Systems
- LI Environmental Pollution and Management
- LI Geological Natural Hazards
- LI Hydroclimatology: Climate and Water
- LI Hydrology and River Management
- LI Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
- LI Palaeoecology
- LI Structural Geology and Geophysics
- LH Earth Sciences Research Project
- LH Sedimentary Basin Archives of Environmental Crises
- LH Catchment Processes, Environmental Change and Restoration
- LH Climate change in the Earth System
- LH Conservation: theory into practice
- LH Engineering Geology and Geomorphology
- LH Environmental Research in High Latitudes
- LH Evolution of Vertebrates
- LH Evolutionary Palaeobiology
- LH Exploring the Energy Transition
- LH Palaeoclimates
- LH Professional Placement
- LH Solving Groundwater Problems
- LH Tectonics and Volcanology