Offered By	Faculty of Science
Academic Contact	Dr John Mavrogenes
Areas of Interest	Earth and Marine Sciences

This major is aimed at those intending to be professional geologists, and requires selection of courses from the extensive range of those offered by the Research School of Earth Sciences, spanning topics that include the internal workings of the Earth and the cycling of materials from the interior to the surface and back again, the composition of the oceans  and their evolution, the nature of sedimentary environments and the formation of sedimentary rocks through time, the characteristics of life and its evolution, the formation and evolution of the regolith, and the formation of ore deposits. We recommend in addition to the required courses listed below, students take some Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics courses in particular. The basic natural and physical sciences underpin the Earth and Marine Sciences. Companies hiring professional geoscientists have typically required the completion of 4-year degrees that include an Honours year, in which advanced research is undertaken.

Requirements

A major in Geology will consist of a minimum of 42 units of courses.  A double major in Geology will consist of a minimum of 60 units of courses, including 36 units Group C.

(a) at least 12 units from these courses:

• ENVS1004 Australia’s Environment
• EMSC1006 The Blue Planet
• EMSC1007 Introduction to Earth Science in the Field

(b) at least 12 units from these courses:

• EMSC2012 Introduction to Structural and Field Geology
• EMSC2014 Surficial Processes
  
• EMSC2015 Chemistry of the Earth and Oceans
• EMSC2016 Resources and the Environment
  
• EMSC2017 Mineralogy
• EMSC2018 Geophysics
• EMSC2019 Marine Palaeontology and Evolution of Life on Earth
  
• EMSC2020 The Lithosphere

(c) at least 18 units for Single or 36 units for Double:

• EMSC3001 Field Geology
• EMSC3002 Structural Geology and Tectonics
• EMSC3007 Economic Geology
• EMSC3022 Planetary Geology
• EMSC3023 Global Cycles II The Modern Oceans
  
• EMSC3024 Magmatism and Metamorphism
• EMSC3025 Groundwater
  
• EMSC3027 Global Cycles and Palaeoceanography
• PHYS3070 Physics of the Earth

 

First Year course advice

Students must take two of ENVS1004,and EMSC1006 and EMSC1007 and it is recommended that they also take first year courses in CHEM, PHYS and MATHS.

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