Geoscience and History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science

Geoscience and History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science#

The stream leaders for this combination are:

Geoscience	Prof Paul Upchurch	p.upchurch@ucl.ac.uk
History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science	Dr Simon Lock	simon.lock@ucl.ac.uk

Year 1

Term 1

Core modules


GEOL0007	The Earth	15 credits	T1
HPSC0009	Introduction to History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science	15 credits	T1
NSCI0010	Science and Society	0 credits	T1

Choose an additional foundation module


CHEM0005	Chemical Foundations	15 credits	T1~3
BIOS0019	Life Sciences Foundation	15 credits	T1
PHAS0011	Modern Physics, Astronomy and Cosmology	15 credits	T1
STAT0002	Introduction to Probability and Statistics	15 credits	T1

Choose one module


NSCI0005	Mathematics for Natural Sciences A	15 credits	T1	[*]
NSCI0006	Mathematics for Natural Sciences B	15 credits	T1	[**]

Term 2

Select two modules

Select two modules


HPSC0004	Philosophy of Science 1	15 credits	T2
HPSC0010	History of Modern Science	15 credits	T2
HPSC0008	Science Communication and Public Engagement	15 credits	T2

Year 2

Choose one module

(Geoscience)
Choose at least 45 credits

Option modules


GEOL0009	Vertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution	15 credits	T1
GEOL0017	Isotope Geology	15 credits	T2
GEOL0001	Earth Materials	15 credits	T1
GEOL0003	History of Life	15 credits	T1
GEOL0010	Sedimentology and Stratigraphy	15 credits	T2
GEOL0013	Principles of Climate	15 credits	T2
GEOL0016	Structural Geology and Tectonics	15 credits	T1
GEOL0018	Numerical Methods for Earth Sciences	15 credits	T2
GEOL0073	Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing	15 credits	T2
GEOL0076	Introduction to Environmental Geoscience	15 credits	T1
GEOL0012	Global Geophysics	15 credits	T1

(History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science)
Choose at least 45 credits

Choose 15-45 credits


HPSC0105	Sociology of Science and Technology	15 credits	T1
HPSC0017	Science and Ethics	15 credits	T2
HPSC0139	History of Science 2	15 credits	T2
HPSC0013	Science in Popular Culture	15 credits	T2

Choose 0-30 credits


HPSC0012	Policy Issues in the Life Sciences	15 credits	T1
HPSC0036	Engaging the Public with Science	15 credits	T2
HPSC0124	Science in Government	15 credits	T1
HPSC0037	Missing info
HPSC0014	Philosophy of Science 2	15 credits	T1

Year 3

Core modules


NSCI0004	Literature Project for Natural Sciences BSc/MSci Programme	15 credits	T1&2

(Geoscience)
Major stream select 60-75 credits; Minor stream select 30-45 credits

Option modules


GEOL0021	Biodiversity and Macroevolutionary Patterns A	15 credits	T1
GEOL0026	Earth and Planetary Materials	15 credits	T1
GEOL0011	Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology	15 credits	T1
GEOL0077	Introduction to Mineral Resources	15 credits	T2
GEOL0022	Ocean Physics and Climate Change	15 credits	T1
GEOL0023	Crustal Dynamics, Mountain Building and Basin Evolution	15 credits	T2
GEOL0024	Geological and Environmental Mapping	30 credits	T1
GEOL0069	Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observations (AI4EO)	15 credits	T2
GEOL0027	Groundwater Science	15 credits	T2
GEOL0031	Environmental Geochemistry	15 credits	T2
GEOL0045	Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironmental Change	15 credits	T2
GEOL0057	Geodynamics and Global Tectonics	15 credits	T2
GEOL0061	Statistics for Geoscientists	15 credits	T2
GEOL0068	Applied Geoscience for Mineral Resources and the Environment	15 credits	T2
GEOL0043	Tectonic Geomorphology	15 credits	T1

(History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science)
Major stream select 60-75 credits; Minor stream select 30-45 credits

Option Modules


HPSC0111	Science, Art and Philosophy	15 credits	T2
HPSC0158	Missing info
HPSC0002	Disease in History	15 credits	T2
HPSC0039	Science, Warfare and Peace	15 credits	T2
HPSC0110	Medicine, History and Society	15 credits	T1
HPSC0042	Advanced Sociology of Science	15 credits	T1
HPSC0067	Science in the Ancient World	15 credits	T2
HPSC0044	Science and the Publishing Industry	15 credits	T2
HPSC0107	Science Journalism	15 credits	T2
HPSC0034	Special Topics in Science and Society	15 credits	T2
HPSC0065	Missing info

Year 4

Choose the relevant research project


GEOL0072	Independent MSci Project	45 credits	T1&2
HPSC0145	MSci Research Project in Science and Technology Studies	60 credits	T1&2

(Geoscience)
Major stream select 45-75 credits; Minor stream select 0-30 credits

Option modules


GEOL0022	Ocean Physics and Climate Change	15 credits	T1
GEOL0031	Environmental Geochemistry	15 credits	T2
GEOL0039	Earth and Planetary System Science	15 credits	T1&2
GEOL0044	Palaeoceanography	15 credits	T1
GEOL0045	Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironmental Change	15 credits	T2
GEOL0061	Statistics for Geoscientists	15 credits	T2
GEOL0069	Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observations (AI4EO)	15 credits	T2
GEOL0036	Advanced Biodiversity and Macroevolutionary Studies	15 credits	T2
GEOL0026	Earth and Planetary Materials	15 credits	T1
GEOL0041	Physical Volcanology and Volcanic Hazard	15 credits	T1
GEOL0043	Tectonic Geomorphology	15 credits	T1
GEOL0062	Geological, Geotechnical & Hydro-meteorological Hazards	15 credits	T1

(History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science) Major stream select 30-60 credits; Minor stream select 0-30 credits

Option modules


HPSC0157	Science Technology and International Development	15 credits	T2
HPSC0092	Responsible Science and Innovation	15 credits	T1
HPSC0089	Curating Science and Technology	15 credits	T2
HPSC0126	Research Methods in Data Analysis in Science and Technology Studies	15 credits	T1
HPSC0080	Early Modern Science	15 credits	T1
HPSC0093	Science Policy in an Era of Risk and Uncertainty	15 credits	T2
HPSC0084	Causality and Evidence in Science	15 credits	T2
HPSC0127	Public Engagement for Social Justice	15 credits	T1