The BSc Environmental Geosciences course seeks to develop specialist geoscience students for careers in the environmental sector, further study or research. Graduates of our degree go on to work for companies in a range of relevant areas including environmental management, water management, energy, mining and geotechnics. You may also go on to study for an MSc and PhD in more specialist areas including environmental geochemistry, hydrology, hydrogeology and geotechnics. The course 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 / Geoinformatics.
Optional modules: Mathematical Methods in Geosciences / Further Mathematics for Geoscientists / One module from another academic department.
**Year 2**
Compulsory modules: Fieldwork (Environmental) / Hydrology and Climate / Sedimentary Environments and Paleoecology.
Optional modules: Geophysical Methods for Geoscientists / Structural Geology and Tectonics / 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: Petrology, Geochemistry and Global Tectonics / Geological Evolution and Petroleum Systems of the British Isles / Volcanology and Magmatism / Deformation Processes of the Lithosphere / Earth Structure and Dynamics / Advanced Geophysics / Earth System and Climate / Earth Sciences into Schools.
We review course structures and core content (in light of e.g. external and student feedback) every year, and will publish finalised core requirements for 2020 entry from September 2019.
For more information on this course, please see our website.
Course Details - Modules
Year 1
Compulsory modules:
Earth Materials
Understanding Earth Sciences
Environment and Resources
Field Studies
Geoinformatics.
Optional modules:
Mathematical Methods in Geosciences
Further Mathematics for Geoscientists
One module from another academic department.
Year 2
Compulsory modules:
Fieldwork (Environmental)
Hydrology and Climate
Sedimentary Environments and Paleoecology.
Optional modules:
Geophysical Methods for Geoscientists
Structural Geology and Tectonics
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:
Petrology, Geochemistry and Global Tectonics
Geological Evolution and Petroleum Systems of the British Isles
Volcanology and Magmatism
Deformation Processes of the Lithosphere
Earth Structure and Dynamics
Advanced Geophysics
Earth System and Climate
Earth Sciences into Schools.
Please note that the list of optional modules available in any year will vary depending on available teaching staff. The lists above provide an example of the type of modules which may be offered.
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
F630
Institution code:
D86
Campus Name:
Stephenson College
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Specific subjects/grades required for entry:
Two Science subjects.
Specific subjects excluded for entry:
Critical Thinking and General Studies.
Information:
Applicants taking Science A-levels that include a practical component will be required to take and pass this as a condition of entry. This refers only to English A Levels.
We will normally make offers based on Advanced Highers. If an applicant has not been able to take 3 Advanced Highers, offers may be made with a combination of Advanced Highers and Highers, or on a number of Highers.
We require 60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at level 3 (or equivalent). Applicants may be required to meet additional subject-specific requirements for particular courses at Durham.
General information on subjects/grades required for entry:
Two Science subjects required.
Seventeen points (6, 6, 5) at Higher Level including two Science subjects.
Including two Sciences
Our contextual offer for this programme is A level BBB/ABC (or equivalent, to include 2 science subjects at grade B or above).To find out if you’re eligible, please visit: www.dur.ac.uk/study/ug/apply/contextualoffers/.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
https://www.dur.ac.uk/study/ug/apply/entry/
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
Durham University welcomes applications from all students irrespective of background. We encourage the recruitment of academically well-qualified and highly motivated students, who are non-native speakers of English, whose full potential can be realised with a limited amount of English Language training either prior to entry or through pre-sessional and/or in-sessional courses.
It is the normal expectation that candidates for admission should be able to demonstrate satisfactory English proficiency before the start of a programme of study, whether via the submission of an appropriate English language qualification or by attendance on an appropriate pre-sessional course.
Acceptable evidence and levels required can be viewed by following the link provided.
