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Bachelor of Science with Honours in Geology

Department of Geology,
Faculty of Science, University of Exeter,
Exeter, Great Britain.
October, 1983 - July, 1986.

1st Year Single Honours Geology:
Courses:
Mineralogy, Mineralogy Practical, Petrology, Petrology Practical, Structural Geology, Structural Geology Practical, Geophysics, Geophysics Practical, Palaeontology, Palaeontology Practical, Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Petrology, Sedimentary Petrology Practical, Mapwork.
 
Fieldwork:
Pre-Sessional Field Course in the Exeter District, England.
Introduction to Geological Mapping Course at Llangollen, Wales.
Mapping Course at Belston, Dartmoor, England.
 
1st Year Ancillary Geography:
Courses:
Land-Form Evolution, Climatology, Morphogenetic Systems, Controls in Physical Geography, Systems Concept, Approaches to study of Human Geography, Agriculture and Industry, Economic Development and Social Geography.
 
Examinations:
All Mid-Sessional and Sessional Examinations Passed.
 
2nd Year Single Honours Geology:
Courses:
Mineralogy, Mineralogy Practical, Petrology, Petrology Practical, Structural Geology, Structural Geology Practical, Sedimentology, Sedimentology Practical, Palaeontology and Palaeoecology, Paleontology and Palaeoecology Practical, Historical Geology, Mapwork.
 
Fieldwork:
Mapping course at Holy Isle, Anglesey, Wales.
Independent Mapping Project (6 weeks) Lukmanier, Switzerland.
 
2nd Year Ancillary Applied Geophysics:
Courses:
Applied Geophysics with Practical, Economic Geology with Practical, Statistics with Practical.
 
2nd Year Ancillary Engineering Geology:
Courses:
Engineering Geology with Practical, Computing.
Attained Certificate of Computing Competency (Fortran).
 
Examinations:
All Part I, Ancillary and Mapping Viva Voce Examinations Passed.
 
3rd Year Single Honours Geology:
Courses:
Petrogenesis (I and II), Petrogenesis (I and II) Practical, Structural Geology, Structural Geology Practical, Palaeontology, Palaeontology Practical, Micropaleontology, Micropaleontology Practical, Submarine Geology, Submarine Geology Practical, Sedimentology, Sedimentology Practical, Mapwork.
 
Fieldwork:
Mapping Course at Brittany, France.
 
Seminar:
"Tectonic Slides"
 
Examinations:
All Part II "Final" and Viva Voce Examinations Passed.
 
General
Attended tutorials, colloquia, symposia, seminars, lectures, Geological Society lectures and Geological Society field trips.
 
Title received:
Bachelor of Science with Honours
 
Designation:
BSc (Hons) Exon
 
Academic Dress:
Approved to wear a black stuff gown of the Cambridge B.A. shape with a dove grey cloth hood of the full shape, unlined and bound with spectrum blue 2" each side round the cowl and cape. A black cloth mortar board with a black tassle is worn.
 
Academic Ranking:
In the 2003 Academic Ranking of Universities, the University of Exeter was placed at number 401-450 amongst the Top 500 World Universities.

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