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Highly flexible courses where you will learn from some of the leading experts in their fields
UCL Earth Sciences offers a wide variety of modules in our degrees and stream choices. We offer highly flexible courses where you will learn from some of the leading experts in their fields, guaranteeing you a world-class geoscience education. We aim to produce the very best, knowledgeable and capable Earth science graduates.
Undergraduate degrees:
Earth-Sciences | ES-International | Geology | Geophysics | Environmental-Geoscience | Natural-Sciences
Year One
Term 1 | |
| GEOL0001 | Earth Materials |
| GEOL0008 | Geochemistry |
| GEOL0007 | The Earth |
| GEOL0005 | Foundations of Physical Geoscience |
| GEOL0058 | Matlab |
Term 2 | |
| GEOL0002 | From Petrology to Petrogenesis |
| GEOL0003 | History of Life |
| GEOL0004 | Dynamic Earth |
| GEOL0006 | Surface Processes |
Year Two
Term 1 | |
| GEOL0009 | Vertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution |
| GEOL0012 | Global Geophysics |
| GEOL0015 | Maps, Images and Structures |
| GEOL0016 | Structural Geology and Tectonics |
Term 2 | |
| GEOL0010 | Sedimentology & Stratigraphy |
| GEOL0011 | Igneous Petrology |
| GEOL0013 | Principles of Climate |
| GEOL0017 | Isotope Geology |
| GEOL0018 | Numerical Methods |
Year Three
Term 1 | |
| GEOL0020 | Field Geophysics |
| GEOL0022 | Ocean Physics and Climate Change |
| GEOL0024 | Geological and Environmental Mapping |
| GEOL0029 | Seismology I |
| GEOL0032 | Metamorphism and Metamorphic Processes |
| GEOL0021 | Biodiversity and Macroevolutionary Patterns |
| GEOL0028 | Marine Geology |
Term 2 | |
| GEOL0057 | Geodynamics and Global Tectonics |
| GEOL0023 | Crustal Dynamics, Mountain Building and Basin Evolution |
| GEOL0025 | Earth Resources and Sustainability |
| GEOL0027 | Groundwater Science |
| GEOL0030 | Seismology II |
| GEOL0031 | Advanced Geochemistry |
| GEOL0061 | Statistics for Geoscientists (New for 2020-21) |
Term 1 or 2 | |
| GEOL0014 | Geosciences Report |
Year Four
Term 1 | |
| GEOL0026 | Earth and Planetary Materials (Masters Level) |
| GEOL0022 | Ocean Physics and Climate Change (Masters Level) IF NOT ALREADY TAKEN IN YEAR 3 |
| GEOL0041 | Physical Volcanology and Volcanic Hazard (Masters Level) |
| GEOL0043 | Tectonic Geomorphology (Masters Level) |
| GEOL0044 | Palaeoceanography (Masters Level) |
| GEOL0059 | Origins of Life and Exobiology (Masters Level) |
| GEOL0060 | Numerical Modelling of Mantle Dynamics for Terrestial Planets (Masters Level) |
Term 2 | |
| GEOL0031 | Advanced Geochemistry (Masters Level) IF NOT ALREADY TAKEN IN YEAR 3 |
| GEOL0036 | Advanced Biodiversity and Macroevolutionary Studies (Masters Level) |
| GEOL0040 | Melting and Volcanism (Masters Level) |
| GEOL0042 | Earthquake Seismology and Earthquake Hazard (Masters Level) |
| GEOL0045 | Palaeoclimatology (Masters Level) |
| GEOL0046 | Deep Earth and planetary Modelling |
| GEOL0061 | Statistics for Geoscientists (Masters Level) |
Term 1 AND TERM 2 | |
| GEOL0039 | Earth and Planetary System Science (Masters Level) |
| GEOL0072 | Independent MSci Project (Masters Level) |
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