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School of Earth Sciences units in 2021/22

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Level of study Open unit status Teaching Block
Advanced Earth Sciences Fieldwork EASCM0051 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Advanced Geophysical Fluid Dynamics EASCM0064 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-2C
Advanced Igneous Petrology EASCM0049 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-2D
Advanced Palaeobiology fieldwork EASCM0062 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Advanced Vertebrate Palaeobiology and Biomechanics EASCM0055 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-4
Analytical Geochemistry EASC20038 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2C
Applied Geophysics EASC20042 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1B
Atmospheric Processes EASC20027 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1A
Basins and Reservoirs EASC30072 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1B
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 Methods EASCM0063 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Earth Science Research Project EASCM0010 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Environmental Geoscience 1 EASC10002 40 Certificate/4 Not 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 Impact Assessment EASC30060 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Environmental Radioactivity EASC30050 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-2D
Evolutionary Palaeoecology in the field EASC30070 10 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Frontiers in Earth Science EASCM0061 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Geobiology EASC20024 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1A
Geochemistry 1 EASC20043 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1B
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-1A
Geomicrobiology EASC30051 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-2C
Geophysical Data Analysis and Modelling EASC30054 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1A
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics EASC30074 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-2C
Geophysics Research Project EASC30056 30 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Global Geophysics EASC30064 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Global Seismology EASC30063 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-2C
Global Tectonics and Geodynamics EASC30053 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Hydrogeology EASC30065 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1A
Igneous Petrology EASC30057 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-2D
Independent Development of Geology Skills EASC20046 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-4
Independent Field Project EASC30022 30 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Introduction to Field Mapping EASC20029 10 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR
Introduction to Field Skills in Earth Sciences EASC10008 10 Certificate/4 Not open AYEAR
Literature Review EASCM0034 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Macroevolution EASC30066 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-2C
Mapping, Tectonics and Remote Sensing EASC20045 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Marine Micropalaeontology EASC30067 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1A
Micropalaeontology EASCM0040 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1A
Mineral Resources EASC30075 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-2C
Mineralogy and Petrology EASC20035 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Modelling Volcanic Activity EASCM0053 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1B
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
Near-surface Geophysics Fieldwork EASC30055 10 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Numerical Methods and Programming EASC20041 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Oceans and Climates EASC30071 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Palaeobiology EASC20044 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2C
Palaeontology and Evolution Research Project EASC30073 30 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Petroleum Geophysics EASC20036 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Phylogenetic Methods in Palaeobiology EASCM0035 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1A
Physical Volcanology EASC30062 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1A
Physics and Chemistry for Earth Scientists EASC10006 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
Sedimentology EASC20007 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2C
Seismology EASCM0018 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-2C
Soils and the Critical Zone EASC20037 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2D
Stratigraphy and palaeontology fieldwork EASC20047 10 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR
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
Topics in Volcanology EASCM0056 30 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Vertebrate Palaeobiology and Biomechanics EASC30068 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Volcanic Hazards EASC30076 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1B
Volcanic Processes, Models and Hazards EASCM0065 40 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR

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