Earth Sciences (BSc)

Many of the major challenges facing our planet, such as climate change, future energy production or living with natural hazards, require a thorough understanding of how the Earth has behaved in the past and how it works today. Birkbeck’s BSc Earth Sciences provides all the key skills students need to understand the inner workings of the planet. Students can choose from a range of subjects, from geophysics and palaeontology through to volcanology and sedimentology. The degree’s structure is similar to the BSc Geology degree, but without the requirement for compulsory fieldwork and the ability to conduct a laboratory or computational research project rather than a field-based map and thesis. Students will develop skills in the manipulation of scientific data, critical assessment of scientific hypotheses, and experience actual scientific research during project work.