Course summary

On this BSc Geology you will have the opportunity to study the Earth and its processes and environments. You will examine how we can best manage environments through understanding the processes of rock and mineral formation through geological time, climate-ocean-rock-biosphere interactions, and the effects of human interactions with the environment. Why choose this course?

• This degree is accredited by the Geological Society of London, opening up a route to becoming a chartered geologist. It will also equip you for careers in research, environmental protection, environmental hazard mitigation, and other industries.

• Geologists play a key role in guiding governments, industry and society on how best to protect the Earth’s environment whilst using its raw materials and potential for renewable energy in the most sustainable manner.

• You will benefit from the research activities of our staff, and also through our close collaboration with University College London's Earth Science department.

• We offer you flexible teaching methods, balancing face-to-face and online learning.

• Birkbeck was rated in the top 25 universities in the UK for its Earth Systems and Environmental Science research in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

• We have been offering evening study courses in the subjects of Earth and planetary sciences for over 70 years and distance learning for more than 20 years.

• write scientific documents, use spreadsheets, carry out numerical calculations, write code for computer simulations, and make observations that facilitate data collection

• make and interpret maps, using a variety of cartographic skills and geographic information systems

• conduct independent field surveys, mapping and data collection, and work in a team of scientists

• present your work and communicate results to scientists, governments, industry, civil and environmental protection agencies and society in general.