LEVEL 1 -  Introductory Courses

Pre-requisites: CSEC Geography plus FST matriculation requirements

A major in Geosciences requires a total of twenty-four (24) Level 1 credits from:

GEOL1101     Earth Science 1  (3 credits)
GEOL1102     Earth Science 2  (3 credits)
GEOL1003     Earth Science 3  (3 credits)
GEOL1104     Earth Science 4  (3 credits)
GEOL1105     Earth Science 5 Introduction to Petrology  (3 credits)
GEOL1106     Earth Science 6 Maps and Geological Mapping  (3 credits)
GEOG1131 Human Geography 1: Population, Migration and Human Settlement  (3 credits)
GEOG1231 Earth Environments 1: Geomorphology and Soils (3 credits)
GEOG1132 Human Geography 2: World Economy, Agriculture and Food  (3 credits)
GEOG1232 Earth Environments 2: Climate and the Biosphere  (3 credits)                                            

A major in Geosciences requires a total of forty-two (42) credits from Levels 2 and 3 and must include:

LEVEL 2:  24 credits

GEOG2231 Earth Surface Processes  (3 credits)

GEOG2232 Environmental Change (3 credits)

GEOL2201 Palaeontology  (3 credits)

GEOL2202 Sedimentary Geology (3 credits)

GEOL2204 Field Methods for Geology (6 credits)

GEOL2205 Plate Tectonics and Geologic Structures (3 credits)

GGEO2233 Water Resources (3 credits)

GGEO2332 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)

LEVEL 3: 18 credits

GGEO3402 Field Projects in Geosciences (compulsory)  (6 credits)                            

and  a minimum of 12 credits, at least 6 must be GGEO from:

GEOL3104 Sedimentology and Facies Analysis  (3 credits)

GEOL3105 Petroleum Geology  (3 credits)

GGEO3231 Karst and Coastal Morphology  (3 credits)

GGEO3232 Climate Change in the Tropics  (3 credits)

GGEO3233 Hydrology and Hydrological Modelling  (3 credits)

GGEO3332 Disaster Management  (3 credits)