Degree Structure

1 year (48 Unit) degree by coursework and research

It will include a research project of not less than 12 and not more than 18 units (EMSC8030)

It will include a compulsory course EMSC8031: "Research Methods in Earth Physics"

It will include a compulsoryEMSC8016- Plate Tectonics and Mantle Dynamics

It will include a selection of of courses from the following courses, to complete the required 48 units.

• EMSC8002- Seismology
• EMSC8004 - Current topics in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics - A practical introduction
• EMSC8009 - Melting Polar Ice Sheets, Sea Level Variations and Climate Change
• EMSC8011 - Earth Materials: Crystal Structures, Defect Microstructures and Mechanical Behaviour
• EMSC8012 - An introduction to inverse problems in the Earth Sciences
• One of two on-line courses (EMSC8013: Geophysical Continuum Mechanics - EMSC8015: Imaging the Earth)
• EMSC8014: Special Topics in Earth Science.

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