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Undergraduate Courses - Geography

Undergraduate Courses - Geology

 

All Available Courses for 2012-2013

-Geography Course Descriptions

-Geology Course Descriptions

Comprehensive geography Book List

Undergraduate Courses - Geology

LEVEL I

Course Code
Course Name
Credits
Semester Offered
Level
Prerequisites

GEOL1101

Earth Science 1: Earth Materials & Plate Tectonics

3

1

1

Two Science subjects at CAPE or equivalent

GEOL1102

Earth Science 2: Earth Processes & Earth History

3

1

1

Two Science subjects at CAPE or equivalent

GEOL1103

Earth Science 3: Minerals & Mineral Deposits

3

2

1

Two Science subjects at CAPE or equivalent

  GEOL1104

Earth Science 4: Geological Maps & Environmental Geology

3

2

1

Two Science subjects at CAPE or equivalent

LEVEL II

Course Code
Course Name
Credits
Semester Offered
Level
Prerequisites

GEOL2201

Palaeontology & the History of Life

3

2

2

[GEOL1101 and GEOL1003] or [BIOL1262 and BIOL1263]

GEOL2202

Sedimentary Geology

3

1

2

GEOL1101 and GEOL1102

GEOL2203

Petrology of Igneous & Metamorphic Rocks

3

1

2

GEOL1101 and GEOL1103

GEOL2204

Field Techniques for Geology

3

2

2

GEOL1101 and GEOL1102 and GEOL1104

GEOL2205

Plate Tectonics & Geological Structure

3

2

2

GEOL1101 and GEOL1102 and GEOL1104

GGEO2233

Water Resources

3

1

2

[GEOG1231 and GEOG1232] or [GEOL1102 and GEOL1104]

GGEO2332

Introduction to Geographical Information Systems

3

2

2

Two of [GEOG1131/GEOG1132/GEOG1231/GEOG1232] or Two of [GEOL1101/GEOL1102/GEOL1103/GEOL1104]

LEVEL III

Course Code
Course Name
Credits
Semester Offered
Level
Prerequisites

GEOL3001

Research Project in Field Geology

4

Year-long

3

GEOL2004 and at least two of [GEOL2001/GEOL2002/GEOL2003]

GEOL3002

Caribbean Geology

4

1

3

Two of [GEOL2001/GEOL2002/GEOL2003/GEOL2004]

GEOL3004

Applied Sedimentology & Petroleum Geology

4

2

3

GEOL2004

GEOL3005

Marine Geology & Geophysics

4

2

3

Two of [GEOL2001/GEOL2002/GEOL2003/GEOL2004]

GEOL3010

Hydrogeology

4

1

3

GEOL2002 or [GEOL1001 and GEOG2201]

GGE03201

Geomorphic Processes & Landforms

4

2

3

GEOG2201 or GEOL2003

GGEO3203

Climate Change in the Tropics

4

1

3

GEOG2202 or GEOL2003 or GEOL2004 or HOD permission

GGEO3302

Disaster Management

4

2

3

GEOG2201 or GEOG2202 or GEOL2004 or HOD permission

GGEO3301

Introduction to GIS & Remote Sensing

4

1

3

Two of [GEOG2101/GEOG2102/GEOG2201/GEOG2202] or two of [GEOL2001/GEOL2002/GEOL2003/GEOL2004] or HOD permission

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