Geosciences

The first four semesters focus on content from all areas of the geosciences, as well as foundational competencies in the natural sciences, mathematics, physics, biology and chemistry. Geoscience modules embrace general geology, geomaterials and geochemistry, historical geology, rocks, maps and cross-sections, endogenous processes, petrology, paleontology and geobiology, as well as fieldwork. From the third semester, there is a choice of four specializations: geology, paleontology and geobiology, mineralogy and geophysics. These are complemented by a wide range of elective and compulsory modules, enabling students to create their own individual academic profiles. The program concludes with a Bachelor’s thesis, where knowledge accrued of the discipline and its methods converges. The first four semesters focus on content from all areas of the geosciences as well as fundamental skills from the natural sciences of mathematics, physics, biology and chemistry. Modules from the earth sciences include general geology, geomaterials and geochemistry, earth history, rocks, maps and profiles, endogenous dynamics, petrology, paleontology and geobiology, and terrain education. Starting the third semester, there is an elective option from three tracks: geology, paleontology & geobiology, and mineralogy. These are complemented by a wide range of elective modules for individual profile building.For the Geophysics direction, other courses in mathematics and physics are already offered from the first semester. The Bachelor's Thesis, which brings together the acquired technical and methodological knowledge, forms the final part of the program. The bachelor's program offers a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary and research-related course of studies in the area of geosciences. It is based on a cooperation between Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and the Technical University of Munich, which together with further partners created the Munich GeoCenter (MGC). Central to the program are the structure and development of planet Earth, as well as the processes that take place within and influence this dynamic system. Further content concerns the development of life as well as the effects that human interventions have on the environment. In the analysis of these themes, the methods of mathematics and the natural sciences play a central role. The program also deals with resource exploration and usage, the study and further development of existing materials, and risk assessment relating to natural hazards. Further topics handled during the course of study include biodiversity, climate change, the geochemical analysis of biogeochemical cycles, environmental pollution, environmental remediation, and satellite-based observational methods. In addition to foundational competencies, the program allows students to start specializing in one of the core areas of the geosciences: geology, paleontology and geobiology, mineralogy, or geophysics. • Study plan