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Bachelor of Science Pre-2021 - Geological Sciences Major

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Program requirements

The program requirements (course list and program rules (PDF, 180KB)) set out the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete this program.

You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.

What do the different requirements mean?

  • Compulsory - all students must complete this course
  • Prerequisite for major - a course required for this major
  • Required for Major - a course required for this major
  • Recommended - a course which complements the major, but can be substituted for an elective
  • Elective - an elective course from the course list, or as permitted by the program rules

Year 1 - Semester 1
Course Code & Title Requirements
SCIE1000 Theory & Practice in Science Compulsory
ERTH1000 Planet Earth: The Big Picture2 Prerequisite for major
PHYS1001 Mechanics & Thermal Physics I3 Recommended
ERTH1501 Earth Processes & Geological Materials for Engineers4 Recommended

Year 1 - Semester 2
Course Code & Title Requirements
STAT1201 Analysis of Scientific Data Compulsory
GEOM1000 Fundamentals of Geographic Information and Technologies Prerequisite for Major
CHEM1200 Chemistry 25 Recommended
MATH1050 Mathematical Foundations1, 2 Recommended
  1. MATH1050 is not available for students with a High Achievement or higher in Senior Maths C.
  2. Available in Semester 1 and 2.
  3. Students who have not completed Senior Physics should take PHYS1171 instead.
  4. ERTH1501 will be credited as a non-BSc elective towards the program. Students in a dual degree cannot enrol into this course for credit.
  5. Students without Queensland Senior Chemistry should complete CHEM1090 before taking any other chemistry course.

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 ERTH2003 Sedimentary, Stratigraphy & Paleoenvironments

Choose at least 2 units from:

[ ERTH2005 Mineralogy
ERTH2020 Introduction to Geophysics
ERTH2050 Field Geology
GEOM2000 Introduction to Earth Observation Sciences (EOS)
GEOS2110 Tectonics of Active Plate Boundaries

 CHEM2050 Organic & Inorganic Chemistry
2

ERTH2002 Paleobiology
ERTH2006 Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology ]


ERTH2004 Structural Geology		 SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)1
  1. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 8 units from:

[ ERTH3001 Ore Deposits & Exploration Geology
ERTH3104 Tectonics and Crustal Evolution
ERTH3050 Field Geology: Mapping in Outback
ERTH3103 Sedimentary Environments2
ERTH3110 Marine Geoscience & Palaeoceanography
ERTH3203 Energy Resources3
ERTH3205 Geochemistry & Geochronology
SCIE3230 Introduction to Research in Geological Sciences1

 Choose electives from ERTH courses or other BSccourses
2

ERTH3002 Advanced Field Experience
ERTH3003 Geomicrobiology
ERTH3021 Exploration Geophysics & Mining
ERTH3060 Advanced Structural Geology3
ERTH3212 Geology of Coral Reefs
ERTH3222 Exploration Geochemistry
ERTH3250 Hydrogeology
ERTH3301 Ore Body Modelling
GEOM3001 Advanced Earth Observation Sciences (EOS)
PHYS3071 Computational Physics
SCIE3231 Research Project II in Geological Sciences ]

 Choose electives from ERTH courses or other BSc courses
  1. Available in semester 1 and 2.
  2. Offered in odd years only.
  3. Offered in even years only.