MASTER'S PROGRAMME IN Geology and Geophysics

120 cr

Disciplinary studies

Compulsory common studies for all study tracks (includes the advanced studies module of the chosen study track)

Conducting scientific research

Scientific Engagement

MSc Thesis

Maturity test

Internship

Study tracks

 Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, advanced studies

Compulsory common studies:

Essential courses:

Environmental Geochemistry

Sustainable Use of Earth Resources

Glacial Geology

Advanced Hydrogeology

Stable Isotopes in Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology

Methods course package:

Quantitative hydrogeology and flow modeling

Hydrogeochemical modeling

3D modelling

Ympäristöanalyyttiset metodit

Elective Advanced Studies (20 cp):

Choose 20 cr worth of studies either

• from this course package
• cross-over course packages offered by other GEO^2 study tracks, or
• courses that support your orientation from other study programmes

Glacial sedimentary environments

Soil formation processes

Field course in HEG

Hydrogeologian tutkimusmenetelmät

Ympäristögeologinen tutkimusprojekti

Field Course for Sustainable Mining

Pohjavesivarojen hallinta

Pohjaveden laatu

Clastic sedimentology

Aquatic sedimentary environments 

Advanced aquatic and sediment biogeochemistry

Quantifying the past

Ground-penetrating radar

Field course of solid Earth geophysics

Applied Geophysics

Palaeoceanography - application of marine microfossils as paleoclimatological proxies

Introduction to Quantitative Geology

Special Courses in Hydrogeology

Groundwater - Surface Water Interactions

HEG cross-over course package (offered for students from other GEO^2 study tracks):

Environmental Geochemistry

Sustainable Use of Earth Resources

Glacial Geology

Advanced Hydrogeology

Stable Isotopes in Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology

Ympäristögeologinen tutkimusprojekti

Soil formation processes

Palaeontology and Global Change, advanced studies

Compulsory common studies:

Essential course package

Paleoclimatology

All about teeth

Fossil recognition and introduction to invertebrate paleontology

Quantifying the Past

Hominin Environments

Elective Advanced Studies:

Choose at least 30 cp worth of studies either

• from course packages Earth System Archives (min 5 cp), Working with Fossils (min 5 cp), Sedimentary Environments (min 5 cp), Statistics and modelling or Geophysics
• cross-over course packages offered by other GEO^2 study tracks, or
• courses that support your orientation from other study programmes

Earth system archives (course package):

Palaeoceanography - application of marine microfossils as paleoclimatological proxies

Methods in paleoenvironmental reconstructions

Advanced seminar in palaeobiology and palaeoclimatology

Terrestrial Paleoenvironments during the Cenozoic

Introduction to the Pleistocene

Book examinations 1

Book examinations 2

Book examinations 3

Ympäristögeologinen tutkimusprojekti

Environmental Geochemistry

Stable Isotopes in Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology

Working with Fossils (course package):

Life on the Baltic continent - A Palaeozoic history

Pollen analysis

Perspectives on Macroevolution and Macroecology

Mammalian ecomorphology and introduction vertebrate paleontology

Carnivore Evolution

Field course/excursion

Formation of Fossil Record

Practicals in past environmental change

Sedimentary environments (course package):

Aquatic sedimentary environments

Clastic sedimentology

Basin analysis and Modern Stratigraphy

Sedimentary petrology

Advanced aquatic and sediment biogeochemistry

Glacial sedimentary environments

Soil formation processes

Statistics and modelling (course package):

Introduction to Quantitative Geology

3D modelling

Statistical methods

Statistical tools for climate and atmospheric science

Time series analysis in geosciences

Geophysics (course package):

Environmental Magnetism

Paleomagnetism

Field course of Solid Earth Geophysics

Ground Penetrating radar

Introduction to Solid Earth Geophysic

Geoscience seminar

Special courses on current topics

PGC cross-over course package (offered for students from other GEO^2 study tracks):

Paleoclimatology

Life on the Baltic continent - A Palaeozoic history

All about teeth

Fossil recognition and introduction to invertebrate paleontology

Mammalian ecomorphology and introduction vertebrate paleontology

Quantifying the Past

Aquatic sedimentary environments

Clastic sedimentology

Hominin Environments

Carnivore Evolution

Introduction to the Pleistocene

Petrology and Economic Geology, advanced studies

Scope

85-115 cr

Compulsory common studies:

Essential course package

 Isotope Geochemistry

Advanced igneous petrology

Metamorphic petrology

Geology of ore deposits and ore mineralogy

Elective Advanced Studies:

Choose 10-35 cp worth of studies:

• min 10 cp from Petrology or Economic geology course packages,
• cross-over course packages offered by other GEO^2 study tracks, or
• courses that support your orientation from other study programmes

Petrology course package:

Advanced Topics in Petrology and Economic Geology

Advanced bedrock mapping

Solid Earth Geochemical Methods

Petrology project

Field course

Sedimentary petrology

Basin analysis and Modern Stratigraphy

Geochemical modelling of igneous processes

Microtectonics 

Fluid and melt inclusions

Economic Geology course package:

Advanced Topics in Petrology and Economic Geology

Field Course for Sustainable Mining

Mineral economics 

Methods of mineral exploration

Topics in Applied Mineralogy

Asbestos

PEG cross-over course package (offered for students from other GEO^2 study tracks):

 Isotope Geochemistry

Solid Earth Geochemical Methods

Sedimentary petrology

Basin analysis and Modern Stratigraphy

Field Course for Sustainable Mining

Mineral economics 

Methods of mineral exploration

Solid Earth Geophysics, advanced studies

Scope

90-115 cr

Compulsory common studies:

Essential course package:

Introduction to Solid Earth Geophysic

Applied Geophysics

Field course of Solid Earth Geophysics

Lithospheric structure and dynamics

Petrophysics

Elective Advanced Studies 15- 40 cr

Earth and Planetary Dynamics  course package:

3D modelling

Earthquake seismology

Geodynamics

Geothermics

GNSS technologies

DATA20013

Introduction to Geodesy

5 cr

Introduction to Quantitative Geology

Paleomagnetism

Planetary geophysics

Satellite positioning

Space geodesy

Advanced topics in geophysics

Properties of the Solid Earth  course package:

Earthquake seismology

Environmental magnetism

Geothermics

Ground Penetrating radar

Introduction to Quantitative Geology

Paleomagnetism

Seismic Structural Studies

Theory of Seismic Waves 

Advanced topics in geophysics

3D modelling

Seismology course package:

Earthquake seismology

Seismic Structural Studies

Theory of Seismic Waves 

Tools for high performance computing

Advanced topics in geophysics

Scientific computing course package

Basics of Monte-Carlo simulations

Inverse Problems 1: convolution and deconvolution

Inverse Problems 2: tomography and regularization

Scientific computing III

Solid state continuum mechanics I

Solid state continuum mechanics II

Statistical inverse methods

Statistical methods

Tools for high performance computing

SEG cross-over course package (offered for students from other GEO^2 study tracks):

Earthquake seismology

Field course of Solid Earth Geophysics

Geodynamics

Geothermics

Ground Penetrating radar

Introduction to Quantitative Geology

Introduction to Solid Earth Geophysic

Paleomagnetism

Petrophysics

Planetary geophysics

Other Studies

Scope

5 - 35 cr

Study module

Working life and expertise

Internship

Internationalization period - Mobility window

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