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| Environmental Earth Sciences single: Second year | ||||||
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| Code | Module name | Credits | ||||
| ^ | ES2001 | Dynamic Earth: The Earth System | 30 | AND | ^ | ES2002 | Dynamic Earth: Magma, Minerals and Metamorphism | 30 | AND | ^ | ES2003 | Dynamic Earth: Earth Surface Processes | 30 | AND | Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options |
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year Automatic entry to Honours requires
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| Environmental Earth Sciences single: Second year (Direct Entry) | ||||||
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| Code | Module name | Credits | ||||
| ^ | ES2001 | Dynamic Earth: The Earth System | 30 | AND | ^ | ES2002 | Dynamic Earth: Magma, Minerals and Metamorphism | 30 | AND | ^ | ES2003 | Dynamic Earth: Earth Surface Processes | 30 | AND | ^ | ES2004 | Practical and Field Skills for Earth Sciences (Direct Entrants) | 30 |
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year Automatic entry to Honours requires
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Students who attain an average of grade 11.0 or above at the first sitting in the requisite 2000-level modules and who meet all other programme requirements will be given automatic offers of entry into Honours programmes*.*Apart from students on Integrated Masters degrees. Students permitted automatic entry to Honours will only be permitted to trail one module to a maximum of 30 sub-honours credits into Honours.
Some Schools permit qualified entry to Honours (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/teaching-and-learning/policies/honsentry.pdf )
The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.
| Environmental Earth Sciences single: Third year | ||||||
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| Code | Module name | Credits | ||||
| ES3001 | Geological Mapping | 15 | AND | ES3002 | Analytical and Statistical Methods in Earth Sciences | 15 | AND | ES3003 | GIS and Spatial Analysis for Earth Scientists | 15 | AND | ES3004 | Processes and Products in Sedimentary Systems | 15 | AND | ES3008 | Geochemistry | 15 | AND | ES3010 | Advanced Environmental Field Methods | 15 | AND | ES3011 | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 15 | AND | EG3020 | Global Climate Change | 15 |
Further requirementsChoose 120 credits in academic year |
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| Environmental Earth Sciences single: Fourth year | ||||||
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| Code | Module name | Credits | ||||
| ES4002 | Research Review, Essay and Seminar | 15 | AND | ES4003 | Research Dissertation | 45 | AND | ES4008 | Environmental Excursion | 15 | AND | View list | 45 credits from Module List: ES4007, ES5005, ES5009 - ES5011, ES5050, BL4262, ID4001 |
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year Students who have passed all the first semester modules of Junior Honours BSc Environmental Earth Science, or the whole year of modules, with an overall credit-weighted mean grade of 15 or above may opt into Fourth Year of the Integrated Masters (MGeol) programme. |
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In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/studyabroad/outgoingstudents/AcademicInformation ).