Environmental Geoscience with a Year of International Study

Our Earth’s resources are limited, and factors including population expansion, global industrialisation and agriculture have stretched their ability to provide for our needs. Environmental geoscientists study the environmental and geological factors that have a direct impact on human existence, meaning that they’re the people we call on to solve these profound and far-reaching issues.

Study Environmental Geoscience with an International Year at Royal Holloway, University of London and you’ll equip yourself with the skills and knowledge you need to progress to further postgraduate education or a rewarding scientific or technical career. Your final year will be spent studying abroad in a partner university in Canada, the United States, Australia or New Zealand, giving you the chance to experience a new culture, develop key skills and study unique geological and environmental conditions in situ.

You’ll study in a prestigious department consistently ranked among the UK’s top 10 (The Complete University Guide and The Times Good University Guide 2018), and graduate with a Masters degree in a field offering many exciting graduate career opportunities. Our extensive range of state-of-the-art facilities gives you access to world-leading laboratories for geochemical analysis, sedimentology and palaeontology, giving you the chance to contribute to our leading research culture.

Environmental Geoscience with an International Year offers the perfect blend of academic study and real-world experience, with exciting field working opportunities in the UK and Europe. Study this flexible programme and you'll take a diverse skillset and a range of experiences into the workplace or further postgraduate study.

Develop a deep understanding of humanity’s relationship with the planet.

Participate in exciting fieldwork opportunities.

Choose from a range of optional modules to tailor your learning to fit your interests.

Recommended for those who wish to undertake a broader and deeper study of the subject.

Prepares you for careers in environmental engineering, geographic analysis and other sectors.

Course Modules

Core Modules

Year 1

• Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

• Earth Scientists Toolkit

• Evolving Earth

• Dynamic Planet

• Human Interaction with the Earth

• Academic Integrity

Year 2

• Stratigraphy and Past Sedimentary Environments

• Geological Evolution and Deep Time Synthesis

• Geohazards

• Geochemistry

• Geological field skills for Environmental students

Year 3

• Year of International Study

Year 4

• Independent Geoscience Project

• Evolution of the Modern Earth

• Field and Research Skills

Optional Modules

Below is a taster of some of the exciting optional modules that students on the course could choose from during this academic year. Please be aware these do change over time, and optional modules may be withdrawn or new ones added.

Year 1

• All modules are core

Year 2

• Sedimentary Basin Analysis

• Igneous and Metamorphic Geology

• Applied Geophysics

• Computational Earth Sciences

• Structural Analysis and Remote Sensing

• Topics in Palaeobiology

Year 4

• Water Quality, Diagnosis and Management

• Air Pollution, Monitoring Impacts and Management

• Environmental Inorganic Analysis

https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-here/undergraduate/earth-sciences/environmental-geoscience-with-a-year-of-international-study/

The course has a modular structure, whereby students take sixteen course units at the rate of four per year. Some course units are compulsory while others are elective, thereby offering flexibility and choice.

Assessment is by a mixture of coursework and end-of-year examination in varying proportions, depending on the course units you choose to take.

The first year is foundational and marks do not count towards your final degree. The second, third and final year marks do count, with more importance being given to the final year marks in order to reward progress and achievement.