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About the Course

Our joint degree programme with geography received renewed accreditation from the Geological Society in 2011. This geoscience course offers a wide-ranging programme in physical geography and geology. It leads to knowledge of the composition and uses of Earth materials and an appreciation of the dynamic surface and internal processes that shape the structure and landscape of our planet. This interdisciplinary degree provides a sound basis for many postgraduate and career opportunities.

First Year

You are provided with a broad introduction to key concepts and materials across the Earth Sciences. A residential course in Scotland, together with day trips, provide training in field geography and geology.

Second Year

You will study disciplines core to the geosciences, such as Geographical Data Analysis, the Stratigraphic Record, and Depositional Environments. You have flexibility to choose from a range of options, including:

• Major Events in the History of Life
• Magmatic and Metamorphic processes
• Geographic Information Systems
• Understanding Landscapes (basic geomorphology)
• Remote Sensing
• Contemporary Biogeography

Field training currently focuses on residential courses in Spain and Wales. In preparation for the Third Year you will propose and design an independent, field based, research project.

Third Year

Following on from your optional modules in year two third year students specialise in a range of topics. These include:

• Desert Geomorphology
• Quaternary Palaeoenvironmental Change
• Global Scale Tectonics
• Environmental and Forensic Geosciences
• Micropalaeontology
• GIS and Remote Sensing

These modules provide an advanced insight into both the history and evolution of life, and the nature and development of contemporary environments. Field based options include the study of desert landscapes in the Mojave Desert and the Amazonian field class run by the Geography Department in semester one. Your presentation and communication skills are enhanced by individual and group work and the completion of an independent research project (dissertation) with an academic supervisor from either Geography or Geology.

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Admissions Tutor
0116 252 3822/3
geog@le.ac.uk
www.le.ac.uk/geography

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