Bachelor Earth Sciences (615 [4] - Version 2020)

Orientation Course

Introductory and Orientation Period (18 ECTS)

BA-ERD-1 STEOP The Earth System (7 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung The Earth System (BA_ERD_1)

BA-ERD-2 STEOP Introduction in Mineralogy and Crystallography (6 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP Module Examination Introduction to Mineralogy and Cristallography (BA-ERD-2)

BA-ERD-3 STEOP General and inorganic chemistry (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Module Examination General and inorganic chemistry (BA-ERD-3)

Compulsory Modules (137 ECTS)

BA-ERD-4 Mineralogical Crystallography (2 ECTS)

BA-ERD-5 Mathematics I: Linerare Algebra (5 ECTS)

BA-ERD-6 Biology (5 ECTS)

BA-ERD-7 Paleontology (10 ECTS)

• 280009 VU Paleobiodiversity
• 280010 VO Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography

BA-ERD-8 Macroscopic Rock Determination (4 ECTS)

• 280011 VU Macroscopic Identification of Rocks - (including 2 field days)

BA-ERD-9 Introduction to Geoscientific Field Methods (5 ECTS)

• 280012 VU BA-ERD-9 Introduction to Geological Field Methods - Terrain (PI)

BA-ERD-10 Macroscopic Mineral Determination and Physical Chemistry (7 ECTS)

• 280013 VU Macroscopic Identification of Minerals and Physical Chemistry

BA-ERD-11 Mathematics II: Analysis and Statistics (8 ECTS)

• 280014 VU Mathematics II: Analysis

BA-ERD-12 Stratigraphy, Earth History and Regional Geology (6 ECTS)

BA-ERD-13 Introduction to Crystal Optics and Microscopy of Rock Forming Minerals (5 ECTS)

BA-ERD-14 Introduction to Ore Mineralogy (5 ECTS)

BA-ERD-15 Micropaleontology (5 ECTS)

BA-ERD-16 Physics (9 ECTS)

• 280021 VU Physics II

BA-ERD-17 Structural Geology and Tectonics (7 ECTS)

• 280022 VU Structural Geology and Tectonics - Terrain

BA-ERD-18 Petrology and microscopy of igneous and metamorphic rocks (10 ECTS)

• 280023 VO Petrology of Magmatic and Metamorphic Rocks
• 280024 UE Microscopy and Analysis of Magmatic and Metamorphic Rocks

BA-ERD-19 Geological mapping in the field and mining (5 ECTS)

• 280025 PR Geological Mapping in the Field

BA-ERD-20 Sedimentology (10 ECTS)

• 280026 VU Clastic sediments

BA-ERD-21 Fundamentals of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geochemistry (6 ECTS)

BA-ERD-22 Introduction to Geomechanics and Engineering Geology (6 ECTS)

BA-ERD-23 Geochemical Development of the Earth (5 ECTS)

• 280030 VO Geochemical Evolution of the Earth
• 280031 UE Quantitative geochemistry

BA-ERD-24 Bachelor thesis (10 ECTS)

• 280032 SE Bachelors Thesis

Elective Module Group (25 ECTS)

BA-ERD-25.0 Individual specialization (10 ECTS)

• 280110 EX Earth Science Excursions II - Dolomiten, Südtirol
• 280140 VU Gemstones as Geomaterials
• 280142 VU Phylogenetic systematics of vertebrates
• 280185 VO [ en ] The Anthropocene
• 280425 VU Academia and In/Equality

BA-ERD-25.1 Mineralogical Phase Analysis and Scanning Electron Microscopy (5 ECTS)

BA-ERD-25.2 Applied Geological Analysis (5 ECTS)

• 280041 VU Applied Geological Analytical Methods - Terrain

BA-ERD-25.3 Digital Geology and Geoinformatics (5 ECTS)

BA-ERD-25.4 Materials Science Mineralogy (5 ECTS)

BA-ERD-25.5 Fundamentals of Geophysics (5 ECTS)

BA-ERD-25.6 Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology (5 ECTS)

• 280045 VO Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology

BA-ERD-25.7 Geo-Energy and Sustainable Geoscience (5 ECTS)

• 280046 VO Geo-Energy and Sustainable Geology