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| Location: | Bristol / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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Concern about global environmental change has never been greater. This Master of Research (MRes) degree in Earth system Science is tailored to meet the growing demand for strongly numerate and technically able graduates who can apply their skills in this challenging, policy-influencing domain.
This is an interdisciplinary programme which is run across three departments (Earth Sciences, Geographical Sciences and Chemistry), who each have world-class research groups in three key areas of the science:
* Observation and tracing of Earth system change
* Modelling of the Earth System, from simple box models to complex climate models
* Understanding past climate change and making predictions of future change
The course reflects this tri-partite strength and seeks to produce a new kind of graduate who is comfortable with the technology required to make 21st century observations, who is able to quantitatively analyse the data produced by these observations, and who can apply their skills and knowledge both to understanding past climate and to laying out scenarios for future climate.
Contents
The programme comprises taught units and an independent research project.
Taught units (October to December)
* Tracing and observing the Earth System: Making quantitative obervations that help us to understand the physics and chemistry of the surface of the Earth, including the techniques used to track past climate change.
* Quantitative modelling of the Earth System: From the basics of environmental modelling to models of the carbon cycle and ice sheets.
* Case studies of past climate change and predicting the future: Inlcuiding one unit on the marine record of past climate change and one on using complex models of the Earth System to predict future global change.
Units are taught through lectures, computer-based learning, practical activities, seminars and self-guided learning. They are assessed by a combination of coursework and January examination. Research project (January to September)
Project Phase 1: Researching background material and acquisition of basic practical skills, in preparation for the main phase of the project starting in May. Students will be assigned to their main project supervisor at the start of Phase 1. Assessed through a literature review and a seminar that both outline the background to the project and the work to be carried out in Phase 2.
Project Phase 2: An independent investigation of a chosen topic, supervised by one of the academic team acress the departments. The project is to be submitted as a written thesis and the main findings to be presented in a Research Colloquium.
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Entry requirements
We welcome strongly numerate candidates with a first-class or upper second-class degree (or equivalent) in a scientific discipline such as Chemistry, Physics, Engineering or Mathematics. Biology, Earth Sciences and Geographical Sciences. Students should show evidence of quantitative ability and training.
Language requirements
An IELTS score of 6.5. We also accept other language tests; please see our website for details.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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