BSc Exploration Geology with a Year of Study Abroad
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (with 1 science subject) or BBB (with 2 science subjects)
About this course
BSc in Earth and Environmental Sciences, specialising in exploration geology. Core topics include data analysis, research methods, and fieldwork techniques. The four-year programme includes an optional year abroad at a partner university and a summer placement with exploration organisations. Students complete a dissertation in their final year, with placement-based or field-based options.
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
- Year of Study Abroad
- 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