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List of all courses and programmes

Here you will find all our courses and programmes listed in alphabetical order

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HT P1=  Autumn term period 1
VT P2= Spring term period 2
int.stu.= For international students

Courses/programmes A–C


Applied Environmental Geochemistry (GG7020, MSc, 7.5 credits, VT)
Bachelor's Programme in Earth Science (NGEGK, 180 credits, HT)
Bachelor's Programme in Earth Science, distance Learning (NGDJK, 180 credits, VT/HT int.stu)
Bachelor's Programme in Marine Geosciences, (MGGEK, 180 credits, HT)
Biogeochemistry (GG8115, MSc, 7.5 credits, VT P2)
Climate Change – A Geological Perspective (GG1018, BSc, Introductory course, distance, 7.5 credits, VT, int.stu.)
Climate Change – An Interdisciplinary Perspective (GG2030, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, ST, int.stu.)
Critical Steps in the Evolution of Earth and Life (GG5123, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, VT/HT, int.stu.)

Courses D

Degree Project in Earth science (GG6128, BSc, 15 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Earth science (GG6129, BSc, 30 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Geochemistry (GG6124, BSc, 15 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Geochemistry (GG6125, BSc, 30 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Geochemistry (GG9120, MSc, 30 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Geochemistry (GG9121, MSc, 45 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Geochemistry (GG9122, MSc, 60 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Geology (GG6120, BSc, 15 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Geology (GG6121, BSc, 30 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Geology (GG9123, MSc, 30 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Geology (GG9124, MSc, 45 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Geology (GG9125, MSc, 60 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Marine Geology (GG6115, BSc, 15 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Marine Geology (GG6116, BSc, 30 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Marine Geology (GG9126, MSc, 30 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Marine Geology (GG9127, MSc, 45 credits, VT/HT)
Degree Project in Marine Geology (GG9128, MSc, 60 credits, VT/HT)
Dinosaurs – their Evolution and Extinction (GG1003, BSc, Introductory course, 7.5 credits, ST/HT)
Discovery of the Elements, (KZ1001, BSc, Introductory course, 7.5 credits, ST P1)

Courses E–I

Earth I – Geology aka Tellus I (GG2008, BSc, distance, 15 credits, VT/ST/HT, int.stu.)
Evolution of Life (GG1009, BSc, Introductory course, evening course, 7.5 credits, VT P1)
Field study in Geoscience (GG5018, BSc, 7.5 credits, ST P1, int.stu.)
Geochemical Modelling (GG7032, MSc, 7.5 credits, HT P2, int.stu.)
Geochemistry (GG2013, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, VT/HT, int.stu.)
Geochemistry (GG2015, BSc, 15 credits, HT, int.stu.)
Geodynamics (GG8116, MSc, 7.5 credits, HT P1, int.stu.)
Geological Mapping  (GG7019, MSc, 7.5 credits, VT P2, int.stu.)
Geological Project (GG4046, BSc, 7.5 credits, VT P2, int.stu.)
Geological Sciences (GG2010, BSc, 15 credits, HT, P1)
Geology of Sweden (GG4049, BSc, 7.5 credits, VT P2, int.stu.)
Geology of Sweden (GG5014, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, VT/HT, int.stu.)
Geology of Sweden, from the Past to the Future (GG1041, BSc, Introductory course, evening course, 7.5 credits, HT P2)
Geomicrobiology and minerals (GG7036, MSc, 7.5 credits, VT P1, int.stu.)
Igneous Petrology (GG4142, BSc, distance 7.5 credits, VT/HT, int.stu.)
Isotope Geochemistry (GG7031, MSc, 7.5 credits, HT P1, int.stu.)
Isotope Geology (GG8019, MSc, 7.5 credits, HT P1, int.stu.)

Courses/programmes M–R

Marine Geochemistry (GG7033, MSc, 7.5 credits, HT P2, inst.stu.  )
Marine Geophysical Mapping Methods (GG4071, BSc, 7.5 credits, VT P2, int.stu.)
Marine Geophysics (GG5125, BSc, distance, VT P1, 7.5 credits, int.stu.)
Marine Geophysics (GG4072, BSc, VT P1, 7.5 credits, int.stu.)
Marine Geotechnics (GG4076, MSc, 7.5 credits, VT P1, int.stu.)
Marine Map-making and Geodesy (GG4075, BSc, 7.5 credits, VT)
Marine Petrophysics (GG5126, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, VT/HT, int.stu.)
Master's Programme in Geochemistry (NMGKO, 120 credits, HT, int.stu.) Not offered in Fall 2025
Master's Programme in Geological Sciences (NMGEO, 120 credits, HT, int.stu.)
Metamorphic Petrology (GG4143, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, VT/HT P1, int.stu.)
Mineralogy (GG4146, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, VT/HT P1, int.stu.)
Mineralogy and Petrology (GG4045, BSc, 7.5 credits, VT P1, int.stu.)
Ocean-climate interaction through geologic time  (GG7009, MSc, 7.5 credits, VT P2)
Oceanography for geoscientists  (GG4090, BSc, 7.5 credits, HT P1, int.stu.)
Ore Forming Processes (GG5119, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, HT P1)
Ore Geology (GG8117, MSc, 7.5 credits, HT P2, int.stu.)
Origin and early evolution of life (GG1102, BSc, distance, Introductory course 7.5 credits, HT P1)
Paleoceanography and Marine Geology (GG4216, BSc, 7.5 credits, HT P2, int.stu.)
Paleoclimatology (GG7022, MSc, 7.5 credits, VT P1, int.stu.)
Paleoclimatology and the Ocean System (GG5124, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, VT/HT, int.stu.)
Palaeontology (GG7023, MSc, 7.5 credits, HT P2, int.stu.)
Petrogenesis (GG4150, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, VT/HT, int.stu.)
Petrology (GG4048, BSc, 15 credits, VT P1 a/b)
Philosophy and History of Science (GG3010, BSc, 7.5 credits, VT P1, int.stu.)
Philosophy and History of Science (GG3010, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, VT P1, int.stu.)
Research Traineeship in Geological Sciences I (GG5131, BSc, 7.5 credits, VT P1)
Research Traineeship in Geological Sciences II (GG5132, BSc, 15 credits, VT P1)

Courses/programmes S–V

Sediment Petrology (GG4144, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, VT/HT, int.stu.)
Sedimentary Systems (GG4208, BSc, 7.5 credits, HT P1, int.stu.)
Speciation and Extinctions in Time and Space (GG1013, BSc, Introductory course, evening course, 7.5 credits, HT P1)
Structural Geology (GG5108, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, VT P1, int.stu.)
Structural Geology and Mapping (GG4050, BSc, 7.5 credits, VT P2, int.stu.)
Tectonics (GG4147, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, VT P1, int.stu.)
Earth I – Geology aka Tellus I (GG2008, BSc, distance, 15 credits, VT/ST/HT, int.stu.)
Tellus II – Geology (GG4041, BSc, distance, 7.5 credits, VT/HT, int.stu.)
Tellus III – Geology (GG4241, BSc, 2.5 credits, ST P2, int.stu.)
Terrestrial Geophysics (GG7025, MSc, 7.5 credits, VT P2, int.stu.)
The Geoscientific Method (GG7007, MSc, 7.5 credits, VT P1)
The Sea (GG1005, BSc, Introductory course, 7.5 credits, HT P1, int.stu.)
Traineeship in Geological Sciences (GG8051, MSc, 7.5 credits, VT P1)
Traineeship in Geological Sciences (GG8052, MSc, 15 credits, VT P1)
Volcanoes of the World (GG1010, BSc, Introductory course, 7.5 credits, VT P1)
Wetlands – a Swedish perspective (GG1101, BSc, distance, Introductory course, 7.5 credits, VT P2)

Last updated: April 3, 2025

Source: Department of Geological Sciences

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