Environmental Geoscience is a dynamic field addressing critical global issues like climate change, sustainability, and pollution by linking Earth's resources with human responses. This flexible BSc program offers foundational knowledge in Earth sciences while allowing specialization in areas of interest, preparing graduates for careers in environmental management, water management, energy, mining, geotechnics, or further research. It emphasizes employability through industry consultations and advanced skills development.In the first year, students build core competencies in Earth sciences, mapping, remote sensing, data analysis, and sustainability. The second year delves into environmental topics such as laboratory techniques, sedimentology, and climate. The third year features a research dissertation and a group environmental management project. Assessment includes coursework, tests, examinations, and the dissertation, focusing on transferable skills like critical analysis and project management. Options exist for transferring to a four-year MSci or adding a placement year.
Year 1 Core modules: Field Studies explores techniques for description and interpretation of natural geological features. This module also covers mapping skills, and the observation, recording and processing techniques needed for fieldwork and imagery. Understanding Earth Sciences covers an introduction to the areas of petrology, sedimentology, structural geology and palaeontology and relates the processes to the plate tectonic cycle. Environmental Earth Science covers the Earth’s water cycle in terms of both quantity and quality. You will learn about the composition and materials of the Earth, the mode of formation, distribution and extraction of the Earth's resources and energy. Introductory Data Science introduces the fundamentals of data acquisition and analysis in a geoscientific context. You will learn how to apply computational tools to manipulate and visualise a range of scientific and geospatial data. Sustainability introduces global issues and concepts around sustainability, with an emphasis on aspects most relevant to Earth Sciences such as water, climate, energy and mineral resources, food resources, and natural hazards, and is thematically taught around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In recent years, optional modules have included: Mathematical Methods in Geosciences Further Mathematics for Geoscientists.
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