MSci Geology
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB Including 1 Required Science. IB: 6,6,5 32 points overall Including HL in 1 Required Science. 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
Master in Science in Geology MSci, an earth and environmental sciences degree centred on geological processes, environmental systems, and the history of the planet. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, and Project Management. Students undertake a personalised research project and a skills-based field module including an international trip. The first year covers the foundations through LC Applied GIS and Data Science, LC Building the Earth: from Minerals to Mountains, LC Connected Earth: Environmental Systems and Change, and LC Earth History and Life. The second year progresses with LI Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, LI Sedimentology, LI Geological Natural Hazards, and LI Structural Geology and Geophysics. The third year involves advanced study such as LH Earth Sciences Research Project, LH Climate change in the Earth System, LH Engineering Geology and Geomorphology, and LH Tectonics and Volcanology. Optional modules and specialisations allow students to tailor their studies across Earth Sciences and Physical Geography.
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 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
- LI Sedimentology
- LI Digital data capture and analysis
- LI Geological Natural Hazards
- LI Palaeoecology
- LI Structural Geology and Geophysics
- LH Earth Sciences Research Project
- LH Sedimentary Basin Archives of Environmental Crises
- LH Climate change in the Earth System
- 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