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School of Earth Sciences units in 2016/17

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Level of study Open unit status Teaching Block
Advanced Fieldwork EASCM0044 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Advanced Igneous Petrology EASCM0049 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1B
Analytical Geochemistry EASC20038 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1B
Aqueous Geochemistry EASCM0045 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1A
Atmospheric Processes EASC20027 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2C
Biomechanics and Functional Morphology EASCM0024 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1B
Climates and Ecosystems EASC30058 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1A
Computing for Earth Scientists EASC10007 10 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Current Controversies in Palaeobiology and Macroevolution EASCM0001 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1A
Earth Science Research Project EASCM0010 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Economic Geology EASC30044 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-2C
Environment Earth EASC10004 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Environmental Field Analysis EASCM0023 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Environmental Geochemistry EASC20011 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1A
Environmental Geoscience 1 EASC10002 40 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Environmental Geoscience Field Skills EASC20018 10 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR
Environmental Geoscience Fieldwork EASC30029 10 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Environmental Geoscience Research Project EASC30040 30 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Environmental Radioactivity EASC30050 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-2D
Evolution of the Biosphere EASC30008 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1A
Formation and Evolution of the Terrestrial Planets EASCM1017 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1B
Frontiers in Earth Science EASCM0016 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1A
Geobiology EASC20024 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2D
Geochemistry EASC20010 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2C
Geology 1 EASC10001 40 Certificate/4 Not open TB-4
Geology Field Skills EASC20017 10 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR
Geology Fieldwork EASC30006 10 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Geology for Research Palaeobiologists EASCM0037 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-2C
Geomicrobiology EASC30051 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-2C
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics EASCM0025 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1B
Global Tectonics and Geodynamics EASC30053 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Hydrogeology and Contaminant Transport EASC30046 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Igneous Petrology EASC30057 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1B
Imaging and Mapping the Earth EASC20034 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Independent Development of Environmental Geoscience Skills II EASC30049 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Independent Development of Geology Skills II EASC30041 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Independent Field Project EASC30022 30 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Introduction to Field Mapping EASC20029 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Introduction to Field Skills in Earth Sciences EASC10008 10 Certificate/4 Not open AYEAR
Literature Review EASCM0034 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Literature Review (Volcanology) EASCM0042 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Mesozoic stratigraphy and palaeontology fieldwork EASC20026 10 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR
Micropalaeontology EASCM0040 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1B
Mineralogy and Petrology EASC20035 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Natural Hazards in Central America EASCM1008 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Natural Hazards in Central America (without fieldwork) EASCM0050 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Numerical Methods and Programming EASC20041 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-4
Oceanography EASC30017 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1B
Palaeobiology Analytical Project EASC30048 30 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Petroleum Sedimentology EASC30024 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1B
Phylogenetic Methods in Palaeobiology EASCM0035 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1B
Physical Volcanology and Geological Flows EASC30047 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Physics and Chemistry for Earth Scientists EASC10006 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-4
Physics of Volcanoes and Hazardous Flows EASCM1015 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Planet Earth EASC10003 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-4
Research Methods in Palaeobiology EASCM0038 30 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Research Methods in Volcanology EASCM0041 30 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Scientific Communication EASCM0003 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1A
Sedimentology EASC20007 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2C
Seismology EASCM0018 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1A
Soils and the Critical Zone EASC20037 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2D
Structural Geology EASC20006 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2D
Study Abroad EASC30036 120 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
The Cambrian Explosion - the origin of animal body plans EASC30052 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-2D
Thesis (MSc Palaeobiology) EASCM1016 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Thesis (Volcanology) EASCM0043 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Tracing and Observing the Earth System (10cps) EASCM0039 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1A
Vertebrate Palaeobiology and Evolution EASCM0036 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1A
Volcanic Hazards: Observation, Modelling and Geographical Information Systems EASCM0046 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1B

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