Geology pathway
If you’re on this pathway you’ll explore the solid Earth and the processes that have shaped its evolution, spanning the early solar system and origins of life, plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes and natural resources.
Structuring your pathway
Earth Science Pathways are no longer offered from 2022 and some courses are no longer available to enrol in from 2022. Any student with a current enrolment in an Earth Science Pathway should contact Barry O’Connor b.oconnor@auckland.ac.nz for advice on completion of their Pathway.
If you choose to follow this pathway you must complete the following courses plus the Earth Sciences capstone course, EARTHSCI 399:
- 45 points:
- 15 points:
- 45 points from:
- 15 points:
- 45 points from:
- EARTHSCI 303 Sedimentary Systems
- EARTHSCI 304 Petrology and Geochemistry of Igneous Systems - not offered in 2022
- EARTHSCI 305 Tectonics and Geodynamics - not offered in 2022
- EARTHSCI 307 Dynamic Quaternary Environments - not offered in 2022
- EARTHSCI 361 Exploration Geophysics
- EARTHSCI 372 Engineering Geology
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BSc Earth Sciences (Geology pathway) degree planner. Size: 359.8 kB.
Document Description: Use our degree planner to help you plan the courses you need to take for your BSc majoring in Earth Sciences (Geology pathway).
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