BSc Environmental Geoscience
Entry requirements
A level: ABB including two accepted sciences (minimum of grade B) IB: Pass, with 32 points overall with 16 points at Higher Level, including 5 in two Higher Level accepted science subjects.
About this course
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geoscience, an earth and environmental sciences degree focused on planetary systems across land, oceans, and the crust. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Communication & Writing. Students complete studies at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton and undertake an independent research project in the final year. The first year covers foundational earth processes through compulsory modules such as Dynamic Earth, Earth Materials, Earth and Ocean System, Fieldwork for Geoscientists, How to be Scientifically Literate, Introduction to Environmental Biogeochemistry, and Physics of the Ocean. The second year progresses to specialised topics via Exploration Geophysics and Remote Sensing, Geochemistry of the Ocean and Earth System, Geohazards, Global Climate Change: Science, Impacts and Policy, Global Sustainability Challenges, Key Skills and Fieldwork for Geologists, Monitoring Coastal and Estuarine Environments, Ocean Data Analysis and Modelling, Sediment in the Environment, Structural Geology and GIS, and The Oceans in a Changing Climate. The final year involves compulsory study in Applied Oceanography and Fieldwork, Earth Resources for the Green Transition, Environmental and Engineering Geology, Geophysical Field Methods, Independent Research Project, and Shelf Seas and Shelf Edge Dynamics. Students may further tailor their studies through optional modules covering Biogeochemical Cycles in the Earth System, Coastal Sediment Dynamics, Earthquake and Volcano Seismology, Ecotoxicology, Environmental Radioactivity and Radiochemistry, Human and Social Adaptation to Climate and Weather Hazards, Large Scale Ocean Processes and Climate, Palaeoclimate Change, Seafloor Exploration and Surveying, Sustainable Resource Management, and Volcanic and Mantle Processes.
Modules
- Dynamic Earth
- Earth Materials
- Earth and Ocean System
- Fieldwork for Geoscientists
- How to be Scientifically Literate
- Introduction to Environmental Biogeochemistry
- Physics of the Ocean
- Exploration Geophysics and Remote Sensing
- Geochemistry of the Ocean and Earth System
- Geohazards
- Global Climate Change: Science, Impacts and Policy
- Global Sustainability Challenges
- Key Skills and Fieldwork for Geologists
- Monitoring Coastal and Estuarine Environments
- Ocean Data Analysis and Modelling
- Sediment in the Environment
- Structural Geology and GIS
- The Oceans in a Changing Climate
- Applied Oceanography and Fieldwork
- Earth Resources for the Green Transition
- Environmental and Engineering Geology
- Geophysical Field Methods
- Independent Research Project
- Shelf Seas and Shelf Edge Dynamics
- Biogeochemical Cycles in the Earth System
- Coastal Sediment Dynamics
- Earthquake and Volcano Seismology
- Ecotoxicology
- Environmental Radioactivity and Radiochemistry
- Human and Social Adaptation to Climate and Weather Hazards
- Large Scale Ocean Processes and Climate
- Palaeoclimate Change
- Seafloor Exploration and Surveying
- Sustainable Resource Management
- Volcanic and Mantle Processes