Advantages: broad range of topics covered, great teaching and support Disadvantages: some people see geology as an easy option....its not, but it is great
...I applied to do geology at various Universities, and had the grades and offers for Bristol, Southampton and Plymouth.
I chose Plymouth because of the structure of the course, and the great friendly 'family' atmosphere I experienced when visiting and loved every moment of it.
There are several options for a geology based course you can:
(Like me) Do a Bsc Geological Sciences (3years)
Do Applied Geology (3 yrs
Do Mgeol Geology (masters course 4 years)
Do Geology with....... (eg Ocean science)
Do EarthScience
All these courses have there advantages and disadvantages, (and for the first year Geol, Applied geol, and Mgeol are identical) but for someone who knows they want to do Geology, but are not sure what area they want to specialize in I would recommend...
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Advantages: Nightlife, good courses, great sport and a cheap cinema! Disadvantages: Sheffield is Hilly, but saves on Gym membership!
...my liver!
- Libraries: here are a wide range of libraries, covering all the faculties and subject areas within the University. Most are on or around the central campus, but of course, where the teaching takes place off-campus; there is a library there too. This is a breakdown:
- Main Library - located on the central campus, linked to the Arts Tower, for Arts and humanities, social sciences (except economics and leisure management), sciences (animal and plant sciences), applied mathematics, biomedical sciences, earthsciences, molecular biology and biotechnology, probability and statistics, pure mathematics and physics), architecture, east Asian studies and archives of old books and journals
- St George's Library - located on Mappin Street in the St George's complex, for Engineering (chemical, civil, control, electrical and electronics...
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Advantages: broad range of topics covered, great teaching and support Disadvantages: some people see geology as an easy option....its not, but it is great
...I applied to do geology at various Universities, and had the grades and offers for Bristol, Southampton and Plymouth.
I chose Plymouth because of the structure of the course, and the great friendly 'family' atmosphere I experienced when visiting and loved every moment of it.
There are several options for a geology based course you can:
(Like me) Do a Bsc Geological Sciences (3years)
Do Applied Geology (3 yrs
Do Mgeol Geology (masters course 4 years)
Do Geology with....... (eg Ocean science)
Do EarthScience
All these courses have there advantages and disadvantages, (and for the first year Geol, Applied geol, and Mgeol are identical) but for someone who knows they want to do Geology, but are not sure what area they want to specialize in I would recommend...
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Advantages: Good Bunch of people Disadvantages: Too much Quaternary stuff
...Environmental EarthScience degree in Aberystwyth is not a bad course for someone who is interested in the environment but is not too keen on the biological side. It is basically a good course and I should know I graduated last year. The course is based around two research groups, the Quaternary Science group and the Environment and Heath research group. This combination can seam quite detached at times particularly in the third yr. The course has changes a lot in the last few years and has gone from a more geological to a more general environmental core of subjects. Any one with a grounding in Geology and Geography should walk through the first year with no problem....
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Advantages: Open to all, can study while working full time Disadvantages: Not the social life of conventional universities!
...(UPDATED 31/7/03)
The OU was founded in 1971 and according to their web site has over 200,000 students and customers accounting for about 22% of all part time higher education students in the UK. Study is not restricted to UK residents, about 26,000 study outside the UK. There are no entry requirements for any of their courses, however, the descriptions of each course give you a guide to what knowledge of the subject concerned you should already have in order to succeed at the course.
RANGE OF COURSES:
The best way to see what is on offer is to check out their web site and go to the courses and qualifications page. www.open.ac.uk
Below is a rough guide to what's on offer.
They have a wide range of courses in all the usuall faculties...
Science...pyhsics, biology, chemistry, earthsciences, environmental sciences.
Arts...
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Since I've reviewed virtually every Babylon 5 DVD release, I figured I may as well carry on going and aim for the clean sweep! So then, this time I'm reviewing the box set of three feature length Babylon 5 films. I must confess, I don't actually own this more
I understand that this is the audio version, but I could not find the book and therefore will review this as if it were the novel!
This book, as the author himself says , is very much a word of mouth book and many years after its publication is now... more
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