University of Durham, Department of Earth Sciences
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Currently accredited degree programmes
1st degrees (currently accredited)
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Geology (Accredited Pathway)
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Geology with Year Abroad (Accredited Pathway)
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Environmental Geosciences (Accredited Pathway)
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Environmental Geosciences with Year Abroad (Accredited Pathway)
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Geophysics with Geology (Accredited Pathway) (to July 2025)
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Geophysics (Accredited Pathway) (from July 2026)
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Geophysics with Geology with a Year Abroad (Accredited Pathway) (to July 2026)
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Geophysics with Year Abroad (Accredited Pathway) (from July 2027)
- M.Sci. (Hons) Earth Sciences (Accredited Pathway)
- B.Sc. Honours in Earth Sciences and B within the Natural Sciences programme (Accredited Pathway)
(where B= Biology, Chemistry or Geography, and with both subjects listed alphabetically in the degree title)
- M.Sci. Natural Sciences (Accredited Pathway)
Date reaccreditation (begins - expires): January 2022 – January 2028
Formerly accredited degree programmes
1st degrees (formerly accredited)
Single Honours degreesFor students graduating from June 1998 onwards:
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Geology, continuing (from June 2005) as B.Sc. (Hons.) Geology (Accredited Pathway)
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Environmental Geosciences (Accredited Pathway), continuing (from June 2013) as B.Sc. (Hons.) Environmental Geosciences, continuing (from June 2018) as B.Sc. (Hons.) Environmental Geosciences (Accredited Pathway)
- B.Sc. (Hons) Geology & Geophysics (Accredited Pathway)
For students graduating from June 2005 to June 2025:
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Geophysics with Geology (Accredited Pathway)
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Geophysics (Accredited Pathway)
For students graduating from June 2000 onwards:
- M.Sci. (Hons) Geological Sciences, continuing (from June 2005) as M.Sci. (Hons.) Geoscience (Accredited Pathway) continuing (from June 2018) as M.Sc. (Hons.) Earth Sciences (Accredited Pathway)
For students graduating from June 2016 onwards:
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Geology with Year Abroad (Accredited Pathway)
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Environmental Geosciences with Year Abroad continuing (from June 2019) as B.Sc. (Hons.) Environmental Geosciences with Year Abroad (Accredited Pathway)
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Geophysics with Geology with Year Abroad (Accredited Pathway) continuing (from June 2027) as Geophysics with Year Abroad (Accredited Pathway)
Natural Sciences (Joint Honours) degrees
For awards in the Natural Sciences degree scheme, students read two subjects. For the degree to be accredited, an accredited pathway must be taken, which ensures that Earth Sciences is the major subject. The minor subject (designated as subject ‘B’ below) is listed second in the degree title in the case of ‘with’ degrees, but is listed alphabetically in the case of ‘and’ degrees.
For students graduating from June 1998 to June 2004:
- B.Sc. Honours in Earth Sciences and/with B within the Natural Sciences programme (Accredited Pathway) (where B = Applied Physics, Archaeology, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Mathematics or Physics)
- B.Sc. Honours in Earth Sciences and B within the Natural Sciences programme (Accredited Pathway) (where B = Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Mathematics, Philosophy or Physics) and
- B.Sc. Honours in Earth Sciences with B within the Natural Sciences programme (Accredited Pathway) (where B = Chemistry, Geography, Mathematics, Philosophy or Physics)
- B.Sc. Honours in Earth Sciences and B within the Natural Sciences programme (Accredited Pathway) (where B = Archaeology, Biology, Chemistry, Geography or Mathematics)
For students graduating from June 2019 onwards:
- B.Sc. Honours in Earth Sciences and B within the Natural Sciences programme (Accredited Pathway) (where B = Biology, Chemistry or Geography)
- M.Sci. Natural Sciences (Accredited Pathway)
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