MSc by Research GeoSciences [individual project]

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University of Edinburgh

Comments about MSc by Research GeoSciences [individual project] - At the institution - Edinburgh - Scotland

• Objectives
  * to provide a research training tailored to the student's area of specialism; * to develop conceptual and analytical skills that support the research programme; * to develop a range of generic professional skills; * to provide a structured approach to basic research training, and allow the student to explore an area of research that may be subsequently developed into a PhD; * to offer an opportunity to develop links with research projects at national and international level.
• Entry requirements
  Entry Requirements A 2:1 university honours degree or its equivalent from outside the UK. If English is not your first language you must provide evidence of proficiency in English.
• Academic title
  MSc by Research GeoSciences [individual project]
• Course description
  Programme
  
  This programme offers the opportunity to do one year of research in any of the following broad areas of GeoSciences:
  
      * Atmospheric Science
      * Climate Change
      * Ecological Sciences
      * Environmental Geochemistry
      * Environmental Geoscience
      * Environmental Sustainability
      * Exploration Geophysics
      * Geoinformatics
      * Geology
      * Geophysics
      * Glaciology
      * Human Geography
      * Meteorology
      * Oceanography
      * Palaeoclimatology
      * Petroleum Geology
      * Physical Geography
      * Remote Sensing.
  
  You have the option of taking a small number of taught courses to support the area of research being undertaken, or to undertake a one-year dissertation without coursework. The School has a large range of specialist taught courses to which you will have access in order to acquire general skills and knowledge in the area of science appropriate to your research project.
  
  How You Will Be Taught
  
  Research training and/or a supervised research project leading to presentation of a dissertation

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