Year 3 (Junior Sophister) Geology Course 2012-2013

In the third (Junior Sophister) year, the programme aims to provide a good grounding in all major aspects of geology. Strong emphasis is placed on transferable skills of analysis and presentation and also on integration of information, the latter particularly through an important fieldwork programme. All modules are compulsory for sophister geologists with the exception of GL3313 for with a BC module (including language module) may be subsitituted.  Students obtaining an overall mark of 45% or more may proceed to the Senior Sophister year.

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• Module GL3301 Sedimentary petrology: from sediment to rock
• Module GL3306 Palaeontology, palaeoecology and evolution
• Module GL3310 Fieldwork
• Module GL3311 Past Environments
• Module GL3316 Crystalline Rocks
• Module GL3317 Geological Structures and Mapping
• Module GL3318 Mineralogy
• Module GL3319 Geological history of Ireland
• Module GL3321 Geochemistry and analytical techniques