BSc in Environmental Geoscience

The BSc Environmental Geosciences programme seeks to develop specialist geoscience students for careers in the environmental sector, further study or research. Graduates of the Environmental Geosciences programme go on to work for companies working in a range of relevant areas including environmental management, water management, energy, mining and geotechnics. Many students also go on to study for MSc and PhD in more specialist areas including environmental geochemistry, hydrology, hydrogeology and geotechnics. The programme has a special emphasis on employability and benefits from consultations with experts from the industry including Amec, Atkins, the Environment Agency, English Nature and Mott MacDonald.

Year 1

Compulsory modules:

• Earth Materials
• Understanding Earth Sciences
• Environment and Resources
• Field Studies 

Optional modules:

• Principles of Earth Sciences 
• Mathematical Methods in Geosciences 
• Further Mathematics for Geoscientists
• Physics for Geoscientists
• One module from another academic department.

Year 2
Compulsory modules:

• Fieldwork (Environmental) 
• Water and Climate
• Geoinformatics
• Sedimentary Environments

Optional modules:

• Geophysical Methods for Geoscientists
• Structural Geology and Tectonics
• Palaeoecology 
• The Geological Evolution of the British Isles
• Igneous and Metamorphic Geochemistry and Petrology
• Modelling Earth Processes
• One module from another academic department.

Year 3

Compulsory modules:

• Dissertation
• Environmental Geochemistry
• Environmental Management.

Optional modules:

• Sedimentary and Petroleum Systems
• Magmatism
• Palaeobiology
• Tectonics and Deformation Processes
• Earth Structure and Dynamics
• Challenges in Geodynamics II 
• Petroleum Geophysics
• Earth System and Climate
• Earth Sciences into Schools
• Hydrogeology and Geomechanics