MSci Geoscience with a Year of International Study
Royal Holloway, University of London
Entry requirements
A level: ABB-BBC (Required subjects: A-level including B in a science subject We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4 (C)) IB: 6,5,5 at Higher level or 32 points overall. Including a 5 HL in an acceptable Science subject
About this course
MSci in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, and Fieldwork. The programme includes a year of international study and progressive fieldwork training across years 1 to 3, with trips to Devon, Scotland, and either Tenerife or Cyprus. An independent research project in the final year involves fieldwork and a 45-page report.
Modules
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
- Earth Scientists Toolkit
- Evolving Earth
- Dynamic Planet
- Human Interaction with the Earth
- Academic Integrity
- Stratigraphy and Past Sedimentary Environments
- Geological Evolution and Deep Time Synthesis
- Igneous and Metamorphic Geology
- Geochemistry
- Earth Scientists Mapping Toolkit
- Earth Scientists Practical Toolkit
- Earth Scientists Digital Toolkit
- Sedimentary Basin Analysis
- Geohazards
- Applied Geophysics
- Computational Earth Sciences
- Structural Analysis and Remote Sensing
- Topics in Palaeobiology
- Year of International Study
- Geological Mapping 1
- Techniques in Earth Sciences
- Independent Geoscience Project
- Formation and Evolution of the Continents
- Evolution of the Modern Earth
- Field and Research Skills
- Geological Mapping 2