Program Overview

Overview of Geoscience: Geography and Geoscience

The Geoscience: Geography and Geoscience program is a multi-disciplinary course designed by leading research scientists to address critical challenges facing the earth system in the 21st century. It combines the study of geology, geography, chemistry, physics, and biology to develop a complete understanding of how the Earth works.

What is Geoscience?

Geoscience is the study of the Earth's physical structure, composition, and processes. Geoscientists analyze the changing climate, predict earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, find supplies of energy and raw materials, maintain clean air and water, measure the motion of the earth's crust and oceans, and reconstruct the evolution of rocky planets and life.

Course Details

• The program is a 4-year full-time Honours Bachelor Degree (NFQ Level 8).
• The CAO points required for admission are 445 (2024), and the CAO code is TR062.
• The program includes several residential field courses in Ireland and overseas.

Admission Requirements

• To see admissions requirements for this course, view the main Geography and Geoscience course page.
• All applicants to Trinity are required to provide official evidence of proficiency in the English language.
• Applicants to this course are required to meet Band B (Standard Entry) English language requirements.

Course Fees

• For a full list of undergraduate fees, click on the relevant link.

Graduate Skills and Career Opportunities

• There is currently a global shortage of geoscientists.
• Geoscience prepares students to work on many of society's most important challenges while unlocking lucrative and personally rewarding careers in industry, academia, research, and government.
• Careers leading directly from geoscience include work in environmental, engineering, and geological consultancies; mineral exploration companies; environmental planning; government geological surveys; teaching and research.

Your Degree and What You'll Study

First and Second Years

• The first two years provide a solid grounding in geoscience with modules covering geology, physical and human geography, and foundation modules in mathematics, statistics, and computation.
• You will tailor your experience by selecting optional modules from the chemical, physical, and biological sciences, and human geography.

Third and Fourth Years

• In the third and fourth years, you will deepen your knowledge in particular aspects of geoscience while honing practical and technical skills through a combination of classroom lectures, seminars, and laboratory-based practicals.
• Topics covered include climate and environmental change, igneous and metamorphic processes, sedimentology, tectonics, geochemistry, exploration for natural resources (water, minerals, and hydrocarbons), palaeontology, and evolution.
• You will complete a significant piece of independent research on your chosen specialism, which may take the form of a written dissertation or a geological mapping project.

Study Abroad

• Trinity is committed to training field scientists who have practical experience of field research in a range of environments.
• This program includes several residential field courses in Ireland and overseas.
• Geoscience may also be studied as part of the Dual B.A. Programme between Trinity College Dublin and Columbia University (USA).

English Language Requirements

• All applicants to Trinity are required to provide official evidence of proficiency in the English language.
• Applicants to this course are required to meet Band B (Standard Entry) English language requirements.

Register Your Interest

• Register your interest in studying at Ireland's leading university, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin.

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