Thạc sĩ Địa chất MGeol

Year 1

You will have a broad introduction to geoscience and discover the role of geology and geoscientists in today's society.

Modules

• First Year Tutorials

• The Rock Cycle – Our Dynamic Earth (double module)

• Micro to Macro: From Rock Properties to Plate Tectonics

• Palaeobiology and the Stratigraphic Record

• Natural Resources and the Environment

• Geological Maps and Structures

• Introductory Field Course (Arran)

Year 2

You will learn about more advanced aspects of geosciences such as the conditions required to form magmatic, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.

Core modules

• Geological Field Skills (Spain, Anglesey and a field skills training trip)

• Magmatic and Metamorphic Processes

• Depositional Processes and Environments

• Earth and Ocean Systems

• Structure and Tectonics

• Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation

Option modules

Choose one option module from:

• Principles of Geophysics

• Introductory Mineral Deposits

• Major Events in the History of Life

Optional Year in Industry

• If you want to, you can take a year out between your second and third years and spend that time working in industry.

• If you choose to do this, you’ll take a module in your second year that will help you to find a work placement and prepare you for the workplace. Throughout your placement, there will be structured support available to you from specialist staff at the University.

• You’ll benefit from real-world experience in a commercial setting, enabling you to make an easier transition from studying to working after you finish your degree. It will also strengthen your CV significantly in preparation for entering the graduate labour market. On top of all this, you’ll be paid a salary for your placement.

Year 3 (or Optional Year Abroad)

In your third year you can choose to stay in Leicester, in which case your third year will be the same as the final year of the BSc. During this year you will have the opportunity to take your degree in the direction that you want. The core modules will ensure that you are advancing in the essential areas of geology. Optional modules provide the chance to continue with the fundamental principles of geology at an advance level or specialise in the areas that fascinate you.

Core modules

• Independent Field-Based Project

Plus your Dissertation

Field Courses

Choose one field course from:

• Physical Volcanology - Tenerife

• Applied Geology Field Course

• Basin Evolution and Palaeoenvironments Field Course - Wales

• Archaeological Geophysics Field Course

Option modules

Choose two option modules from:

• Environmental Geoscience

• Diversity and Evolution of Vertebrates

• Geophysical Data Analysis

• Water Quality Processes and Management

And two option modules from

• Earth Science in Education

• Planetary Science

• Reflection Seismology

• Geological Application of Microfossils

• Mineral Exploration and Evaluation

• Advanced Mineral Deposits

• Stable Isotopes in the Environment

• River Dynamics

Final Year

During your final year you will concentrate on specialising within a predominantly optional module structure. Your research project will be an opportunity to delve into an area of geoscience that has captured your interest during the first three years under the supervision of our highly accomplished staff members.

Core modules

• Masters Research Project (Geology)

• Hot Topics

Choose one field course module from:

• Advanced Field Course: Overseas

• Anthropogenic Impact on the Urban Environment

Option modules

Choose two option modules from:

• Methods and Modelling in Palaeoclimatology

• Evolutionary Palaeobiology

• Igneous Petrogenesis

• Ore Genesis

• Global and Crustal Seismology

• Anthropogenic Impact on the Urban Environment (if you have done Advanced Field Course: Overseas as your field course module)