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  • Climate Change Geoscience (MSc)
  • 2012/2013 entry
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  • Assessment
    • Examinations, coursework and dissertation.
  • Attendance
      • Two evenings a week.
      • October–June.
  • Duration
      • Two years part-time.
  • Entry requirements
  • Fees and funding
    • Fees (2012/13)
      • Part-time (home/EU students): £3975 pa
      • Part-time (overseas students): £6875 pa
  • Location
      • Central London.
  • Teaching
    • Lectures, seminars, tutorials, laboratory work and fieldwork.

Climate Change Geoscience (MSc) - 2012/2013 entry


  • Overview

    • Climate change on earth is one of the most important subjects facing mankind in the twenty-first century. The debate on climate change policy needs to be informed by science and yet there are still uncertainties in the past record of climate on earth and the predictions for future climate change. This programme will provide a science-based background to the subject of climate change.

  • Why study this course at Birkbeck?
      • Offers an update on the big science questions around climate change.
      • Part of the highly rated UCL/Birkbeck joint research school in earth sciences, facilitating access to a wide range of research resources and expertise.
  • Course structure

    • Year 1

      Three compulsory modules:

      and one option module.

      Year 2

      One compulsory module, Research Techniques in Earth Sciences, two options module and a dissertation.

      Option modules:

      • Geoengineering
      • Environmental Communication
      • Energy and Climate Change
      • Coastal Management
      • Readings in the Environment
      • Ecological Survey and Management.
  • Study resources
    • The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is housed within the University College London (UCL) Department of Earth Sciences. Together, the two departments form the UCL-Birkbeck Research School of Earth Sciences. The research school offers excellent facilities for research in environmental geology and palaeoclimatology, as well as relatively traditional geological and geophysical research.
  • Further study opportunities
  • Careers information
    • Graduates go on to careers as professionals and policy makers within a number of organisations.
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