Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2017 | Page 102

Undergraduate Prospectus 2017 | Geography and Geology

Geoscience
Key Information
Why study this course?

Geoscience impacts on most aspects of modern life and geoscientists
are required to explore for much needed future energy, mineral and
metal resources.
The Geoscience single honours degree course builds on our core
geology modules by adding wider, interdisciplinary elements such as
geophysics and geochemistry to your degree. In addition to looking
at rocks, minerals and fossils, how they were formed, what they can
tell us about the history of the Earth and its past environments, as well
as investigating geological processes such as plate tectonics, you will
also study broader subjects such as geoscience and society, forensic
geoscience and Earth systems. There is a strong emphasis on applied
problem-solving laboratory classes and fieldwork learning in the course,
with field courses both in the UK and overseas.

Indicative modules

First year
• Introduction to Mineralogy
and Petrology
• Geology: Time and Space
• Geology: Planet Earth
• Introduction to Sedimentology
and Palaeontology
• Geoscience Data Interpretation,
Analysis and Visualisation
• The Earth System
• Introductory Environmental
Chemistry
Second year
• Igneous and Metamorphic
Petrology
• Reconstructing Past
Environments
• Advanced Structural Geology
and Geological Mapping
Training
• Geoscience Field Techniques
• Geochemistry
• Forensic and Historical
Geoscience
• Palaeoclimatology and
Quaternary Studies
• Geoscience and Society
Third year
• Economic Geology
• Advanced Petrology and
Structural Geology Field Course
• Geoscience: Independent
Field Project

• Structure and Geodynamics
• Natural Hazards
• Hydrological and
Engineering Geology
• Micropalaeontology
• Advanced Sedimentology
• Exploration Geophysics

Single honours

Course duration
Three years

Indicative entry
requirements
ABB

For further information on
entry requirements please
visit www.keele.ac.uk/
entryrequirements

Study abroad
Yes

What will this mean
for my future?

Geoscience graduates are needed
more than ever as modern society
demands increasing amounts of
energy, raw materials and other
resources such as water, the vast
majority of which are discovered
by geoscientists, and this is likely
to continue into the foreseeable
future. Geoscientists are also
needed for civil engineering
in designing foundations and
tunnels and in environmental
projects such as carbon dioxide
sequestration. You could go on to
work in the mining, oil and gas,
hydrogeology or geotechnical
sectors. The single honours
Geoscience degree is accredited
by the Geological Society of
London which can speed your
progression towards Chartered
Geologist status.

For more course information please visit

keele.ac.uk/gge
102

Course type

Book an Open day keele.ac.uk/visiting

Krystal Yong

Geoscience, First year
Geoscience not only enables you
to look at rocks and minerals
closely in the lab, but also allows
you to explore the outdoors as
well. If you enjoy learning about
the formation of landscapes,
natural disasters, finding oil
and gas, the construction of
crystals from igneous materials
and more, then this is definitely
the course for you.