This is an archived handbook for a previous year. The current undergraduate and postgraduate handbooks can be viewed using the links above.
Undergraduate Handbook 2025-2026 (archived)
Earth Sciences
Programmes
- F645: BSc Climate Science
- F649: BSc Climate Science with Placement
- F648: BSc Climate Science with Year Abroad
- F644: MSci Earth Sciences
- F630: BSc Environmental Geosciences
- F632: BSc Environmental Geosciences with Placement
- F631: BSc Environmental Geosciences with Year Abroad
- F600: BSc Geology
- F605: BSc Geology with Placement
- F603: BSc Geology with Year Abroad
- F665: BSc Geophysics
- F662: BSc Geophysics with Geology (Final intake in 2022/23)
- F664: BSc Geophysics with Geology with Placement (Final intake in 2022/23)
- F663: BSc Geophysics with Geology with Year Abroad (Final intake in 2022/23)
- F667: BSc Geophysics with Placement
- F666: BSc Geophysics with Year Abroad
- F643: BSc Geoscience
- F647: BSc Geoscience with Placement
- F646: BSc Geoscience with Year Abroad
Modules
- GEOL1021: EARTH MATERIALS
- GEOL1051: FIELD STUDIES
- GEOL1061: MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN GEOSCIENCES
- GEOL1081: Further Mathematics for Geoscientists
- GEOL1101: Understanding Earth Sciences
- GEOL1111: Environmental Earth Science
- GEOL1141: Sustainability
- GEOL1151: Introductory Data Science for Geoscientists
- GEOL2031: Sedimentary Environments
- GEOL2081: GEOPHYSICAL METHODS FOR GEOSCIENTISTS
- GEOL2171: Isotopes in Environmental & Climate Sciences
- GEOL2191: FIELDWORK (Geological)
- GEOL2201: FIELDWORK (ENVIRONMENTAL)
- GEOL2231: IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PROCESSES
- GEOL2241: FIELDWORK (GEOPHYSICAL)
- GEOL2251: Modelling Earth Processes
- GEOL2291: GEOPHYSICAL DATA APPLICATIONS (not available in 2025)
- GEOL2317: Frontiers in Palaeontology (not available in 2025)
- GEOL2327: Concepts in Geophysical Data Applications
- GEOL2337: Earth System and Climate: Long-term processes (not available in 2025)
- GEOL2347: Ancient Life and its Environment
- GEOL2357: Earth System and Climate: The Quaternary (not available in 2025)
- GEOL2367: Structural Geology
- GEOL2377: Tectonics
- GEOL2387: Geoinformatics
- GEOL3022: Dissertation
- GEOL3041: Environmental Geochemistry
- GEOL3051: Volcanology and Magmatism
- GEOL3251: EARTH SCIENCES INTO SCHOOLS
- GEOL3281: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (not available in 2025)
- GEOL3327: Earthquake Sources and Waves (not available in 2025)
- GEOL3337: Element Cycling at Subduction Zones (not available in 2025)
- GEOL3357: Tectonic Processes and Renewable Geo-resources
- GEOL3367: Western Alps field trip (Anatomy of a subduction zone)
- GEOL3377: Monitoring the Oceans: Geohazards and Climate Change
- GEOL3387: Atmospheric circulation and dynamics
- GEOL3397: Earth Structure and Dynamics (not available in 2025)
- GEOL3407: Earth System and Climate: The Quaternary (not available in 2025)
- GEOL3417: Habitable Environments (Astrobiology) (not available in 2025)
- GEOL3427: Groundwater Hydrology
- GEOL3437: Polar Quaternary Environmental Processes
- GEOL3447: Earth System and Climate: Long-term Processes (not available in 2025)
- GEOL3457: Volcanic Hazards and Impacts
- GEOL3467: The Geochemical Evolution of the Earth
- GEOL3477: Environmental Management
- GEOL3491: Earth Structure and Dynamics
- GEOL3507: Geophysical Data Applications for the Workplace (not available in 2025)
- GEOL3517: Frontiers in Palaeontology (not available in 2025)
- GEOL3986: Earth Sciences with Placement
- GEOL4053: Research Project
- GEOL4061: SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
- GEOL4081: EARTH SCIENCE FIELD SEMINAR
- GEOL4091: EARTH SCIENCES INTO INDUSTRY
- GEOL4207: Monitoring the Oceans: Geohazards and Climate Change IV
- GEOL4217: Polar Quaternary Environmental Processes IV
- GEOL4221: Volcanology and Magmatism IV (not available in 2025)
- GEOL4247: Volcanic Hazards and Impacts IV (not available in 2025)
- GEOL4257: The Geochemical Evolution of the Earth IV
- GEOL4267: Atmospheric Circulation and Dynamics IV
- GEOL4277: Groundwater Hydrology IV
- GEOL4281: Earth Structure and Dynamics IV
- GEOL4291: Environmental Geochemistry IV