BSc Exploration Geology
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (with 1 science subject) or BBB (with 2 science subjects)
About this course
BSc in Earth and Environmental Sciences, combining geology with environmental science. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, and Fieldwork. The course offers a placement dissertation option alongside a standard dissertation, and summer placements with exploration organisations are available. It is the only UK undergraduate degree focused on specialist training in resource exploration.
Modules
- World of Dynamic Environments
- Exploring Planet Earth
- Earth Science Fieldwork
- Earth Materials
- Life and Earth History
- GIS and Geological Maps (Geoscience)
- Applied Geological Fieldwork, Data Analysis and Professional Skills
- Sedimentary facies and environments
- Petrology and Volcanology
- Structural Geology and Geophysical Investigation
- Applied Environmental and Resource Geology
- Mineral Deposit Exploration and Evaluation
- Exploration Geology Dissertation
- Exploration Geology Placement Dissertation
- Advanced Geoscience Fieldwork
- Advanced Environmental Geology
- Petroleum, Geoenergy and Basin Analysis
- Geodynamics
- Hazards, Risk and Resilience
- Advanced petrology and geochemistry