📖Program Curriculum
The module details given below are indicative they are intended to provide you with an idea of the range of subjects that are taught to our current students. The modules that will be available for you to study in future years are prone to change as we regularly review our teaching to ensure that it is up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. The information presented is therefore not intended to be construed and/or relied upon as a definitive list of the modules available in any given year.
Year 1
Compulsory Modules
Minerals and Rocks
Earth Structure
Academic Professional and Fieldwork Skills
Forensic Identification and Investigation
Climate Change: The Scientific and Societal Context
Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Optional Modules
Geoscience Data Interpretation Analysis and Visualisation
Science & Society
Year 2
Compulsory Modules
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Forensic Genetics
Employability Training: Engaging with the Workplace
Field Skills
Reconstructing Past Sedimentary Environments
Near-Surface Geophysics
Criminalistic Methods
Year 3
Compulsory Modules
Geoforensics - Independent Project
Frontiers in Geoforensics
Forensic Geoscience
Optional Modules
Advanced Topics in Sedimentology
Evaluation of Evidence Explosives and Arson
Advanced Topics in Forensic Analysis
Hydrological and Engineering Geology
The Science of Soil
Forensic Toxicology




