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Bachelor of Science (Honours) Geology


BSc (Hons) Geology: First year
Code Module name Credits
ES1001 Understanding Planet Earth 20 OR
ES1002 Earth's Resource Challenges 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

Students may enter second year having taken only ES1006 if they take ES1001 as a corequisite with ES200.
BSc (Hons) Geology: Second year (Direct Entry)
Code Module name Credits
^ ES2001 Dynamic Earth: The Earth System 30 AND
^ ES2002 Dynamic Earth: Magma, Minerals and Metamorphism 30 AND
^ ES2004 Practical and Field Skills for Earth Sciences (Direct Entrants) 30 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in modules marked ^
BSc (Hons) Geology: Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ ES2001 Dynamic Earth: The Earth System 30 AND
^ ES2002 Dynamic Earth: Magma, Minerals and Metamorphism 30 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in modules marked ^

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/academic/academic-advising/glossary/honours-entry/ )

BSc Honours

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.

BSc (Hons) Geology: Third year
Code Module name Credits
ES3002 Data Analysis in Earth Sciences 15 AND
ES3003 GIS and Spatial Analysis for Earth Scientists 15 AND
ES3004 Processes and Products in Sedimentary Systems 15 AND
ES3006 Advanced Field Skills in Earth & Environmental Sciences 15 AND
ES3007 Structural Geology and Tectonics 15 AND
ES3008 Geochemistry 15 AND
ES3009 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology 15 AND
ES3010 Coding & Modelling in Earth Sciences 15

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year
BSc (Hons) Geology: Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
ES4001 Field Excursion and Map Interpretation 15 AND
ES4002 Research Review, Essay and Seminar 15 AND
ES4003 Research Dissertation 45 AND
View list 45 credits from Module List: ES3011, ES3020, ES4007, ID4001, ES5013, ES5300, ES5307
ES3011 Global Biogeochemical Cycles 15
ES3020 Global Climate Change 15
ES4007 Subsurface Modelling and Geophysics for Earth Scientists 15
ID4001 Communication and Teaching in Science 15
ES5013 Evolution and dynamics of the silicate Earth 15
ES5300 Core to Crust Ore Genesis - High Temperature 15
ES5307 Global Resource Challenges 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

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.

Study abroad

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/students/study-abroad/academic ).