The course aims to develop the intellectual and practical skills of the student in the acquisition, analysis, interpretation and understanding of geoscience data.Year 1: Core modules: how the earth works (20); earth materials (20); earth history and life (20); field studies (20); (modules to the value of 60 credits to be chosen from); single mathematics a (20); single mathematics b (20); earth and environment (20); mathematical methods in geosciences (20); the oceans (20). Year 2: Core modules: either geology route: fieldwork (geological); structural geology and tectonics (20); sedimentary environments (20); igneous and metamorphic geochemistry and petrology (20); geophysical methods in geology (20); (plus 1 20 credit module to be chosen from); water and climate; fossils and dynamic stratigraphy of the British isles; earth visualisation; or the environmental geoscience route; water and climate (20); earth visualisation (20); geophysical methods in geology (20); sedimentary environments (20); 1 20 credit module chosen from; fossils and dynamic stratigraphy of the British isles (20); igneous and metamorphic geochemistry and petrology (20); structural geology and tectonics (20); or geophysics with geology route : fieldwork (20); geophysical methods in geology (20); structural geology and tectonics (20); (plus modules to the value of 40 credits from); fieldwork (geophysical) (20); geophysical methods in geology (20); geophysical methods in geology (20); earth visualisation (20); structural geology and tectonics (20); (modules to the value of 40 credits chosen from); water and climate (20); fossils and dynamic stratigraphy of the British isles (20); sedimentary environments (20).Year 3: Core modules: either geology route; dissertation (40); dynamic earth 1 (20); modules to the value of 60 credits from the remaining modules offered by the board of studies in earth sciences); or environmental geosciences route; dissertation (40); dynamic earth (20); environmental geochemistry (20); or geophysics with geology route; dissertation (40); petroleum geophysics (20); earth structure and dynamics (20).Year 4: Core modules: research project (40); frontiers in earth sciences (20); earth science field seminar (20); plus 20 credit module chosen from; earth sciences into society (20); literature review (20).