BSc Environmental Geoscience

The Environmental Geoscience BSc at Cardiff University is a course that aims to provide students with the understanding of Earth’s most complicated environmental challenges. The course is designed to build up a deep understanding of processes and materials that shape our planet, from the solid Earth to its atmosphere, through lectures, seminars, laboratory-based practical classes, fieldwork, and independent research projects.Course Content: The course covers the fundamentals of the Earth's systems, including Earth materials, tectonics, surface processes and chemistry, environmental and isotope geochemistry, environmental change, and geological hazards. You'll tackle subjects such as mineralogy, global tectonics, environmental geochemistry, environmental and isotope geochemistry, sedimentology and stratigraphy as well as a host of various topics.Key Modules: This course spans topics across the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, so you'll gain a diverse range of skills. Some of the key modules include Earth Materials, Tectonics, Surface Processes and Chemistry, Geochemical Processes and Hazards, Environmental and Isotope Geochemistry, Environmental Change, and Palaeoclimatology.Accreditations: The course is accredited by the Geological Society of London, meaning that it offers a comprehensive grounding in geoscience.Future Careers: The course prepares you for a wide range of career paths. Many graduates pursue roles within the environmental consultancy and management sector. Others proceed to postgraduate study or work in roles involving environmental impact assessment, remediation, and pollution control. For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.