MSci Palaeontology and 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 Palaeontology and Geology MSci, an Earth and Environmental Sciences degree focused on the history of life and earth systems. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, and Project Management. Students complete an independent research project and an international field trip. The first year introduces environmental systems, earth history, and animal biology through modules such as Applied GIS and Data Science, Earth History and Life, and Introduction to Evolution and Animal Biology. The second year covers resource impacts, field planning, and palaeoecology with modules like Earth Resources, Environmental Impacts and Sustainability, Field Skills and Research Project Planning, and Sedimentology. The third year advances into specialised topics and professional preparation, featuring modules such as Palaeontology Field and Museum Skills, Earth Sciences Research Project, and Evolution of Vertebrates, alongside choices including Professional Placement and Exploring the Energy Transition.
Modules
- LC Applied GIS and Data Science
- 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
- LC Introduction to Evolution and Animal Biology
- LI Earth Resources, Environmental Impacts and Sustainability
- LI Field Skills and Research Project Planning
- LI Palaeoecology
- LI Sedimentology
- LC Genetics I
- LI Animal Biology: Principles and Mechanisms
- LI Digital data capture and analysis
- LI Ecological Systems
- LI Evolution of Humans and Other Animals
- LI Geological Natural Hazards
- LI Hydrology and River Management
- LH Palaeontology Field and Museum Skills
- LH Earth Sciences Research Project
- LH Climate change in the Earth System
- LH Conservation Practice: Genes to Ecosystems
- LH Conservation: theory into practice
- LH Evolution of Vertebrates
- LH Evolutionary Palaeobiology
- LH Exploring the Energy Transition
- LH Palaeoclimates
- LH Professional Placement
- LH Responses to Global Environmental Change
- LI Genetics II