Earth Sciences Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

Earth Sciences is the study of our home planet. Our flexible course combines ideas and principles of physics, chemistry, biology, geology and geophysics. We explore how our planet works at depth and at the surface, the biological processes that build diversity and cause extinction, the ocean and atmospheric processes shaping climate, and issues relating to resources, geohazards and climate change. As well as the highly flexible General stream, students may choose to follow a Palaeobiology stream within this degree course. 

The Earth Sciences BSc course is intended to provide a complete education and training that will qualify students for a wide range of professional employment or postgraduate education and research within and outside the subject area.

This flexible course allows you to select from a range of options offered across environmental geosciences, geology and geophysics. On entry to the course you are also able to decide if you would like to focus on the Earth Sciences Palaeobiology specialism. Which allows a range of more focused modules.

We also offer Study Abroad and MSci course variants incorporating a year abroad and/or independent-research components, which are intended as an entry route for high-level professional employment or postgraduate education and research.

The third year has an emphasis on individual initiative and problem-based learning.