BSC Environmental Earth Science (with integrated year in industry) [F643]

Academic Year
2025/2026
Campus
Aberystwyth
Single Honours
scheme - available from 2019/2020
Duration (studying Full-Time)
4 years
Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards

Part 1 Rules

Year 1

Core (120 Credits)

Module Name

Module Code

Credit Value

Semester

Researching the World: data collection and analysis

GS13000

Module in Welsh

0

Semester 1

An introduction to Earth Materials

GS12500

0

Semester 1

How to Build a Planet

GS11520

Module in Welsh

20

Semester 1

Fieldwork Skills

GS11300

0

Semester 1

Fieldwork Skills

GS11320

20

Semester 2

Life on Earth

GS10720

20

Semester 2

An introduction to Earth Materials

GS12520

20

Semester 2

Researching the World: data collection and analysis

GS13020

Module in Welsh

20

Semester 2

Earth Surface Environments

GS10520

20

Semester 2

Part 2 Rules

Year 2

Core (110 Credits)

Module Name

Module Code

Credit Value

Semester

Graduate Career and Professional Development

CD20220

20

Semester 1

Geoscience for a Sustainable World

GS22600

0

Semester 1

Environmental Earth Science Research Design and Fieldwork Skills

GS21400

0

Semester 1

Quantitative Data Analysis

GS23810

10

Semester 1

Fundamentals of Geochemistry

GS22700

0

Semester 1

Geographical Information Systems

GS23710

10

Semester 2

Fundamentals of Geochemistry

GS22720

20

Semester 2

Chemical Analysis of Natural Materials

GS21010

10

Semester 2

Geoscience for a Sustainable World

GS22620

20

Semester 2

Environmental Earth Science Research Design and Fieldwork Skills

GS21420

20

Semester 2

Options (10 credits)

Module Name

Module Code

Credit Value

Semester

The Frozen Planet

GS23510

10

Semester 1

Catchment Systems

GS25210

Module in Welsh

10

Semester 1

Physical Analysis of Natural Materials

GS22010

10

Semester 1

Geomorffoleg Afonol

DA22510

10

Semester 1

Reconstructing Past Environments

GS21910

10

Semester 2

Year 3

Core (120 Credits)

Module Name

Module Code

Credit Value

Semester

Work Placement

GSS0300

Module in Welsh

0

Semester 1

Work Placement

GSS0200

Module in Welsh

0

Semester 1

Work Placement

GSS0260

Module in Welsh

60

Semester 2

Work Placement

GSS0360

Module in Welsh

60

Semester 2

Final Year

Core (80 Credits)

Module Name

Module Code

Credit Value

Semester

Environmental Earth Science Dissertation

GS35100

Module in Welsh

0

Semester 1

Environmental geochemistry and biogeochemistry

GS30320

20

Semester 1

Advanced Fieldwork Skills

GS35320

20

Semester 2

Environmental Earth Science Dissertation

GS35140

Module in Welsh

40

Semester 2

Options (20 credits)

Module Name

Module Code

Credit Value

Semester

Environmental geochemistry and biogeochemistry

GS30320

20

Semester 1

Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space

GS32020

20

Semester 1

Glaciers and Ice Sheets

GS33420

20

Semester 1

Rheoli'r Amgylchedd Gymreig

DA31720

20

Semester 2

Volcanic Activity: Hazards and Environmental Change

GS30420

20

Semester 2

Environmental Regulation and Consultancy

BR35620

20

Semester 2

Applied Environmental Management

GS31120

20

Semester 2

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