Bachelor'S Degree in Geology

University center Facultad de Ciencias
Credit framework
  • Total credits: 240
  • Optional credits: 60

First academic year

First semester
Course Course type Credits
Biology Core course 6
Physics Core course 6
Geology Core course 12
Mathematics Core course 6
Chemistry Core course 6
Second semester
Course Course type Credits
Geological Cartography 1 Core course 6
Crystallography Compulsory course 6
Statistics and Geostatistics Core course 6
Geology Core course 12
Mineralogy 1 Core course 6

Second academic year

First semester
Course Course type Credits
Geological Cartography 2 and Geographic Information Systems (Gis) Core course 6
Stratigraphy Compulsory course 6
Geomorphology Compulsory course 6
Mineralogy 2 Compulsory course 6
Sedimentology Compulsory course 6
Second semester
Course Course type Credits
Environmental Geology and Geological Engineering Compulsory course 6
Historical Geology Compulsory course 3
Paleontology Compulsory course 9
Tectonics and Structural Geology Compulsory course 6
Fieldwork 1 Compulsory course 6

Third academic year

First semester
Course Course type Credits
Geophysics Compulsory course 6
Structural Geology 2 Compulsory course 6
Geochemistry Compulsory course 3
Mineralology of Ore, Minerals and Industrial Rock Elective course 6
Petrooogy Compulsory course 9
Lithospheric Processes and Active Tectonics Elective course 6
Second semester
Course Course type Credits
Further Palaeontology Elective course 6
Chemical Geology Elective course 6
Geology of Mineral Deposits Compulsory course 6
Hydrogeology Compulsory course 6
Energy Resources and Geological Resource Prospecting Compulsory course 6
Fieldwork 2 Compulsory course 6

Fourth academic year

First semester
Course Course type Credits
Basin Analysis Elective course 6
Edaphology Elective course 6
Applied Geomorphology Elective course 6
Applied Hydrogeology Elective course 6
Geological Materials in Monuments. Alteration and Conservation Elective course 6
Micropaleontology Elective course 6
Applied Sedimentology Elective course 6
Advanced Techniques in Structural Geology Elective course 6
Geomaterial Analysis Techniques Elective course 6
Volcanology Elective course 6
Second semester
Course Course type Credits
Quaternary Geology Elective course 3
Geotechnics Elective course 6
Hydrochemistry and Underground Water Contamination Elective course 3
Applied Paleontology Elective course 6
Petrogenesis Elective course 6
Geophysical Prospecting and Exploration Elective course 6
Geological Risk Linked to Sedimentary Processes Elective course 3
Remote Sensing Applied to Natural Resources Elective course 3
Undergraduate Dissertation Compulsory course 12