BSC
Environmental Earth Science
[F64F]
Academic Year: 2025/2026Single Honours scheme - available from 2019/2020
Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years
Part 1 Rules
Year 1
Core (100 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
GS01120Information in a Post-Truth World
Semester 2
GS00820Understanding Change - Environment, People, Places
Year 1
Options
Choose 20 credits (one module)
Semester 2
GS09620The "Othered" Migrant: Social Science Perspectives
GS09820Representing the Other: Cultures and Clashes
Year 2
Core (120 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
GS12500An introduction to Earth Materials
GS13000Researching the World: data collection and analysis
orDA10300Ymchwilio'r Byd: Casglu a Dadansoddi Data
Semester 2
GS12520An introduction to Earth Materials
GS13020Researching the World: data collection and analysis
orDA10320Ymchwilio'r Byd: Casglu a Dadansoddi Data
Part 2 Rules
Year 3
Core (100 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
GS20000Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
GS20100Geoscience Laboratory Techniques
GS22600Geoscience for a Sustainable World
GS23600Visualisation and Analysis of Geographical Data
Semester 2
GS20020Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
GS20120Geoscience Laboratory Techniques
GS22620Geoscience for a Sustainable World
GS23620Visualisation and Analysis of Geographical Data
Year 3
Options
students to choose one of the following modules or elect 20 credits from another suitable module in the department or elsewehere in the university
Semester 1
GS25520Glacial and Fluvial Processes
GS27920How to Build a Sustainable Society
Semester 2
GS23920Quaternary Environmental Change
Final Year
Core (80 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
GS34000Dissertation: Geography, Environmental Science, and Environmental Earth Science
orDA34000Traethawd Estynedig: Daearyddiaeth, Gwyddor yr Amgylchedd, a Gwyddor Daear yr Amgylchedd
Semester 2
GS34040Dissertation: Geography, Environmental Science, and Environmental Earth Science
orDA34040Traethawd Estynedig: Daearyddiaeth, Gwyddor yr Amgylchedd, a Gwyddor Daear yr Amgylchedd
Final Year
Options
Choose 40 credits. 20 credits may be chosen from other appropriate modules in DGES or in the Univertsity.
Semester 1
GS32020Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space
Semester 2
BR35620Environmental Regulation and Consultancy
GS30420Volcanic Activity: Hazards and Environmental Change
GS31120Applied Environmental Management
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary
