综合硕士 - 理学硕士 (MSci) - 地质学（含国际年） (F601)

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综合硕士 - 理学硕士 (MSci) - 地质学（含国际年） (F601)

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The Geology with an International Year MSci degree allows students to study the science of the planet’s evolution – understanding how it has been shaped over billions of years and what it will be like in the future. It truly is a global science.

From monitoring volcanic eruptions and investigating climate change, through to unravelling the disappearance of the dinosaurs or finding acceptable ways to dispose of nuclear waste, a Geology degree at the University of Birmingham will give students a broad-based knowledge of Earth sciences. The International Year programme gives students the opportunity to spend a year studying in an Earth sciences department overseas, before returning to the University of Birmingham in Year 4 to specialise further. Students will graduate with a broad range of experience and independent research skills - an ideal background for a wide variety of professional careers.

This extensive fieldwork programme and flexible range of options allows students to specialise in the topics that interest them. Students may go on to work in the mining or oil industry, hydrogeology, pollution control or environmental protection; or they could opt to become a geophysicist, geotechnical engineer, work for the British Geological Survey, carry out research or go into teaching. A Geology degree from the University of Birmingham sets students up for a wide range of exciting careers.

Year 1 of the programme shares several modules with the Geology and Physical Geography programme, and it is possible to transfer between these courses in the first year

This Geology MSci course gives students a broad and comprehensive training in geology and allows them to develop their own specialist interests.

A varied fieldwork programme builds on a variety of lecture and laboratory based teaching, providing students with a range of practical scientific skills.

The first year of the course provides students with a strong foundation in geology through a range of exciting core modules. Students will build on this in the second year, before undertaking their dissertation fieldwork.

The third year of the degree is spent at a partner institution overseas, where students will study from a range of optional modules. Placements are available at a large number of prestigious international institutions. In recent years, students have studied at universities in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Denmark. This allows students to experience living and studying overseas for a year, and to potentially study some geological topics that may not be available in the UK.

Students will return to the University of Birmingham in the fourth year, where additional options allow them to specialise further and to develop key career skills through leading their own research project. This independent project accounts for half of the final year, and may involve links with industry. Students will develop their research plans with an academic member of staff. Several MSci students have published their research or presented it at conferences, and the MSci year provides excellent training for further research or a professional geoscience career.

Depending on performance, it is possible to transfer onto this programme at the end of the first year of BSc Geology or MSci Geology.

The field courses help students to develop as an observational Earth scientist. Each field course is part of a compulsory assessed module. Current residential field course destinations include South West Wales, the Scottish Highlands, Dorset and Cornwall, southern Spain and Tenerife (for four-year programmes).

The first two years of field training culminate in the dissertation (mapping) project, which involves up to six weeks fieldwork in an area of the students' choice, in the summer between Year 2 and 3. Many students stay in the UK for this, but students have also recently undertaken projects in Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Romania, New Zealand and the USA. Students will also have the option to undertake their fieldwork with an industrial partner, leading to an industry-linked project. Your project may focus on an aspect of resource or applied geology. Recent partners include Tarmac, Hope Cement, Hanson and the British Geological Survey.