| MGeol (Hons) Earth Sciences: First year | ||||||
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| Code | Module name | Credits | ||||
| ES1001 | Understanding Planet Earth | 20 | OR | ES1002 | Earth's Resource Challenges | 20 | AND | Remaining credits from Level 1000 options |
Further requirementsChoose 120 credits in the academic year Students may enter second year having taken only ES1006 if they take ES1001 as a corequisite with ES2001. |
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| MGeol (Hons) Earth Sciences: 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 Exemption from either ES2002 or ES2003 may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Automatic entry to Honours requires
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| MGeol (Hons) Earth Sciences: 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 Exemption from either ES2002 or ES2003 may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Automatic entry to Honours requires
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Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.
Qualified entry to Honours is not available for Integrated Masters programmes.
Students who do not meet the requirements for automatic entry to Honours in an Integrated Masters programme may be eligible for automatic or qualified entry to Honours in a related BSc programme.
See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/academic/academic-advising/glossary/honours-entry/ )
| MGeol (Hons) Earth Sciences: Third year | ||||||
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| 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 | AND |
Further requirementsChoose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year |
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| MGeol (Hons) Earth Sciences: Fourth year | ||||||
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| Code | Module name | Credits | ||||
| ES4002 | Research Review | 15 | AND | ES4013 | Independent Mapping Project | 30 | AND | View list | 15 credits from Module List: ES4001, ES4008 | AND |
| View list | 60 credits from Module List: ES3005, ES3020, ES4007, ES4011, ES4017, ES5013, ES5307, ES5014, ID4001 | |||||
Further requirementsChoose 120 credits in academic year 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 A minimum of 120 5000 level credits must be taken across fourth and fifth year |
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| MGeol (Hons) Earth Sciences: Fifth year | ||||||
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| Code | Module name | Credits | ||||
| ES5003 | Research Dissertation | 60 | AND | View list | Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: ES4020, ES5005, ES5011, ES5014, ES5050 | AND |
| View list | Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: Optional modules not taken in 3rd or 4th year | |||||
Further requirementsChoose 120 credits in academic year 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 A minimum of 120 5000 level credits must be taken across fourth and fifth year. Optional modules not taken in 3rd or 4th year can ben taken in 5th year |
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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/students/study-abroad/academic ).