A level offer – AAB including Mathematics or Further Mathematics plus one other Science from Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Geography, Economics, and Biology or Psychology.
BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma/OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma – DDD plus two science A levels from the list above.
IB Diploma score – 36 with 665 in higher level subjects, including two science subjects from the list above.
In addition to satisfying the University’s general entry requirements, please note:
We welcome applications from those with other qualifications equivalent to our standard entry requirements and from mature students with non-standard qualifications or who may have had a break in their study.
If you do not satisfy our general entry requirements, the Foundation Programme offers multidisciplinary degrees to prepare you for a range of specified degree courses.
If you are an international student who does not meet the requirements for direct entry to this degree, you may be eligible to take an International Foundation Year pathway programme at the Durham University International Study Centre.
We are pleased to consider applications for deferred entry.
IELTS for UKVI 5.0 (5.0 in reading and writing, minimum of 4.5 in all other skills)
Geophysics is the application of physical principles to the study of the structure and dynamics of the Earth and increasingly other planets. Geophysics has many practical applications and forms an essential part of the economic exploitation of hydrocarbon and mineral resources. Geophysicists are also involved with assessing and mitigating natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis.
The Geophysics with Geology degree shows progression from the first year through to the third year. In the first year, you share the compulsory modules with the other degree courses, but it also includes additional compulsory modules which specialise in Mathematics and Physics. In the second and third years, you deal with material that is specialist, numerically based and at the cutting-edge of geophysical research.
Graduates from this degree have secured employment across the geoscience sector, within the mineral exploration and extraction industries, in petroleum exploration companies, and with environmental and hydro-geological industries. The advanced quantitative skills developed during this course can provide a strong base for securing employment outside geoscience, for example, in finance, insurance and banking.
UCAS code: F662
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Year 1
Compulsory modules:
Earth Materials
Understanding Earth Sciences
Field Studies
Further Mathematics for Geoscientists
Geoinformatics.
Year 2
Compulsory modules:
Fieldwork (Geophysical)
Geophysical Methods for Geoscientists
Geophysical Data Applications
Structural Geology and Tectonics.
Optional modules:
Hydrology and Climate
Igneous and Metamorphic Geochemistry and Petrology
Sedimentary Environments and Paleoecology
Modelling Earth Processes
Up to two modules from another academic department.
Year 3
Compulsory modules:
Dissertation
Advanced Geophysics
Earth Structure and Dynamics.
Optional modules:
Petrology, Geochemistry and Global Tectonics
Earth System and Climate
Geological Evolution and Petroleum Systems of the British Isles
Volcanology and Magmatism
Deformation Processes of the Lithosphere
Environmental Geochemistry
Earth Sciences into Schools
Environmental Management.
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.
Placement Year
You may be able to take a work placement
Earth Sciences
Of those students who graduated in 2018:
78% are in paid employment or further study 15 months after graduation across all our programmes
Of those in employment:
86% are in a professional or managerial job
Average salary of £27,000.
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