Programme structure
Programme structure for students attending this study programme from fall 2018
Programme structure 2017
The Environmental Geosciences programme option offers a one-year course program (60 credits) and a full-length one-year (long 60 credit) thesis. Within the program students can choose 2 specializations, Environmental chemistry or Environmental stratigraphy. The recommended structure of the different specializations and the course descriptions are presented below:
Health, Safety and Environment (HSE)
There are compulsory HSE courses at the beginning of the first semester.
- MNHMS0015 – Introduction to Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) (discontinued) OR HMS0501 – Safety and Physical Environment and HMS0502 – Positive Learning Environment and HMS0507 – Fire Safety
- HMS0503 – Laboratory Safety OR MNHMS0010LS – Innf?ring i laboratoriesikkerhet (discontinued) OR MNHMS0020LS – In-depth Laboratory Safety (discontinued)
- HMS0504 – Field Safety OR MNHMS0015FS – Introduction to Field Safety (discontinued)
HMS0505 – Electricity Safety is required for attending some courses, this is specified in the course descriptions.
You are exempted from these course requirements if you have already completed the equivalent HSE courses in relation to a bachelor programme at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at UiO.
For further information se website for transitional arrangements between old and new HSE courses.
Environmental Geosciences
| 4. semester | Master thesis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. semester | Complementary MSc course / Master thesis | Master thesis | Master thesis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. semester |
Core environmental chemistry course / Complementary MSc course |
GEO4012 – Scientific Writing and Presentation and Core environmental chemistry course / Complementary MSc course | Master thesis start / Complementary MSc course | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. semester |
GEO4140 – Environmental stratigraphy and HSE courses |
Complementary MSc course |
GEO4161 – Contaminants in the Geoenvironment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 ECTS credits | 10 ECTS credits | 10 ECTS credits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core courses Environmental chemistry specialization:
- GEO4161 – Contaminants in the Geoenvironment (compulsory, autumn)
- GEO5900 – Chemical Processes in Soil and Ground Water (compulsory, spring)
- GEO4360 – Field Methods in Hydrogeology (compulsory, spring)
- GEO4012 – Scientific Writing and Presentation (compulsory, spring)
- HSE courses (compulsory)
Core courses Environmental stratigraphy specialization:
- GEO4161 – Contaminants in the Geoenvironment (compulsory, autumn)
- GEO4140 – Environmental stratigraphy (compulsory, autumn)
- GEO4012 – Scientific Writing and Presentation (compulsory, spring)
- HSE courses (compulsory)
Suggested complementary MSc courses
- GEO4120 – Near-Surface Geophysics
- GEO4140 – Environmental stratigraphy
- GEO4190 – Hydrogeology
- GEO5900 – Chemical Processes in Soil and Ground Water
- BIO4331 – Human Impact on the Marine Environment (continued)
- BIO4400 – Pelagic Ecology (continued)
- KJM3700 – Environmental Chemistry I (discontinued)
- KJM5700 – Environmental Chemistry
- STK4900 – Statistical Methods and Applications
Other courses than mentioned above may be included in the MSc degree, this will be decided in cooperation with a supervisor or the coordinator of the study discipline.
Diploma and degree
The diploma is issued when you have completed the courses that meet the requirements for a degree. Read more about diplomas.