This course adds an additional master’s level year to our three-year Single Honours Geology degree program, during which there is a strong emphasis on developing the vocational and research skills you will need to work in industry or advance in academia. You will have the opportunity to develop your breadth and depth of knowledge, as well as extending your research and data handling skills. The focus of the final year is a major research project on a topic of your choice. The master’s level field course simulates a real-world geological industry scenario to help develop your employability skills.
The course aims to develop your transferable skills, including communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills, and the ability to research, evaluate and synthesize information from diverse sources. This may also include subject specific-skills like the ability to manipulate, analyze and present geospatial data using industry-standard GIS and drawing software. You might choose to work in geological, geophysical, or environmental consultancy, in construction, mining, in the energy sector, planning, or insurance.
Year 1
- Minerals and Rocks
- Earth Structure
- Academic, Professional, and Fieldwork Skills
- Geoscience Data Interpretation, Analysis, and Visualisation
- The Earth System
- Climate Change: The Scientific and Societal Context
- Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Year 2
- Palaeoclimatology and Quaternary Studies
- Petrology
- Field Techniques
- Geology and Society
- Geochemistry
Year 3
- Economic Geology
- Geoscience: Independent Field Project – ISP
- Advanced Petrology and Structural Geology Field Course
- Advanced Topics in Sedimentology
OPTIONAL MODULES
- Glaciers and Glacial Geomorphology
- Natural Hazards
- Global Environmental Change
- Exploration Geophysics for the Hydrocarbon Industry
- Structure and Geodynamics
- Water Resources
- Hydrological and Engineering Geology
- Micropalaeontology: Principles and Applications
- Coastal Environments
- The Science of Soil
Year 4
- Literature Synthesis
- Research Project
- Research in Context
- Research Report
- Spatial Geoscience Data Analysis
- Petroleum Geology
OPTIONAL MODULES
- MGeoscience: Natural Hazards
- MGeoscience: Glaciers and Glacial Geomorphology
- MGeoscience: Global Environmental Change
- MGeoscience: Economic Geology
- MGeoscience: Exploration Geophysics for the Hydrocarbon Industry
- MGeoscience: Water Resources
- MGeoscience: Hydrological and Engineering Geology
- MGeoscience: Micropalaeontology: Prince and Apps
- MGeoscience: Structure and Geodynamics
- MGeoscience: Coastal Environments
Employability
Due to the increasing demand for geological resources such as oil, gas, metals, minerals, and water, as well as the need for geoscience expertise in major civil engineering and environmental projects, Geology graduates are likely to be in high demand for the future, and a master’s degree provides higher-level vocational and research skills which are particularly appealing to employers.
You could go on to work in the petroleum, mining, geotechnical or hydrogeology industries or go on to study for a Ph.D. The integrated master’s MGeol degree is accredited by the Geological Society of London that can enhance your progression towards Chartered Geologist status.
Recent employers
- Base Energy Services Ltd
- Cyient
- GB Geotechnics Limited
- RSK
- Thomas Broadbent
