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University College London (UCL), University of London, BSc (Hons), Planetary Science

Year 1: Core: dynamic earth; earth and planetary geology; earth materials; surface processes; map analysis and field methods; earth and planetary physics; options: space exploration; computing for geoscientists; history of life; elementary chemistry; foundations of physical geoscience; mathematics; geomathematics; earth and planetary physics. Year 2: Core: foundations of astronomy; igneous and metamorphic petrology; global geophysics; earth and planetary physics; planetary geology; practical astronomy; options: structural geology; classical mechanics; planetary science report; sedimentary processes; atmosphere, weather and climate; mathematics; electricity and magnetism; space science, instrumentation and techniques. Year 3: Core: independent project; field methods in active tectonics; astrobiology; planetary atmospheres; options: hydrocarbon geoscience; geoscience laboratory techniques; geohazards; global seismology; oceans, ice sheets and climate; mathematics; classical mechanics; observation astronomy; physics of the Earth; electricity and magnetism; physics of the solar systems; global tectonics; space systems technology; high energy astrophysics.

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