Courses at the Department of Earth Science

100-level courses

• GEOV102 / Excursions and Practicals in Geology (10 ECTS)

• GEOV104 / Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics (10 ECTS)

• GEOV109 / Introduction to Geochemistry (10 ECTS)

• GEOV111 / Geophysical Methods (10 ECTS) 

200-level courses

• GEOV218 / Rock Physics (10 ECTS)

• GEOV225 / Field Course in Quarternary Geology and Palaeoclimatology (10 ECTS)

• GEOV231 / Marine Geological Field-and Laboratory Course (10 ECTS)

• GEOV252 / Field Course in Geological Mapping (10 ECTS)

• GEOV261 / Basin analysis and subsurface interpretation (10 ECTS)

• GEOV265 / Global and Applied Geophysics (10 ECTS)

• GEOV298 / Geo Internship (10 ECTS)

300-level courses

• GEOV302 / Data analysis in earth science (10 ECTS)

• GEOV316 / Practical Skills in Remote Sensing and Spatial analysis (10 ECTS)

• GEOV322 / Master Level Field Excursion in Quaternary Geology (5 ECTS)

• GEOV325 / Glaciology (will be 10 ECTS from 2024)

• GEOV329 / Quaternary geochronology (10 ECTS)

• GEOV331 / Palaeoceanography (5 ECTS)

• GEOV342 / The geochemical toolbox (10 ECTS)

• GEOV344 / Geobiology and evolution of life on Earth (10 ECTS, will be taught next time in 2025)

• GEOV345 / Regional geologic excursion to Western Norway (5 ECTS)

• GEOV350 / Geodynamics and Plate Tectonic Processes (10 ECTS)

• GEOV352 / Field course in reservoir geology (5 ECTS)

• GEOV355 / Applied Seismology (10 ECTS)

• GEOV360 / Advanced clastic sedimentology (10 ECTS)

• GEOV375 / Advanced Applied Seismic Analysis (10 ECTS)

Continuing education courses

• GEOV602 / Innføring i Geofag og bærekraft: Overflateprosesser, hav og klima (5 ECTS)

• GEOV603 / Innføring i Geofag og bærekraft: Geofag i praksis (5 ECTS)

100-level courses

• GEOV101 / Introduction to Geology (10 ECTS)

• GEOV107 / Introduction to Sedimentology (10 ECTS)

• GEOV110 / Introduction to Earth surface processes and paleoclimate (10 ECTS)

• GEOV112 / Physics of the Solid Earth (10 ECTS)

• GEOV113 / Seismic Reflection Data: Acquisition and Processing (10 ECTS)

• GEOV114 / Introduction to geobiology (10 ECTS)

• GEOV181 / Introduction to quantitative geoscience (10 ECTS, starts Autumn 2024)

200-level courses

• GEOV205 / Geographical Information Systems: Theory and Practice (10 ECTS)

• GEOV210 / Plate Tectonics (10 ECTS)

• GEOV217 / Geohazards (10 ECTS)

• GEOV222 / Palaeoclimatology (10 ECTS)

• GEOV230 / Glacial geology and geomorphology (10 ECTS)

• GEOV243 / Environmental geochemistry (10 ECTS)

• GEOV245 / Geomicrobiology (10 ECTS)

• GEOV251 / Advanced Structural Geology (10 ECTS)

• GEOV254 / Geodynamics and Basin Modelling (10 ECTS)

• GEOV272 / Seismic Interpretation (10 ECTS)

• GEOV274 / Environmental and Reservoir Geophysics (10 ECTS)

• GEOV276 / Introduction to Theoretical Seismology (10 ECTS)

• GEOV277 / Signal analysis and inversion in the earth sciences (10 ECTS)

300-level courses

• GEOV300 / Scientific writing and communication in Earth Science (5 ECTS)

• GEOV324 / Polar Palaeoclimate (5 ECTS)

• GEOV341 / Thermochronology and Tectonics (5 ECTS)

• GEOV355 / Applied Seismology (10 ECTS)

• GEOV361 / Sequence Stratigraphy and Source-to-Sink (10 ECTS)

• GEOV364 / Advanced basin analysis (10 ECTS)

Sustainability courses

• SDG207 / Energy Transition (10 ECTS)

• SDG213 / Causes and consequences of Climate Change (10 ECTS)

Continuing education courses

• SDG613 / Sustainable development, climate and climate action (10 ECTS)

• GEOV601 / Innføring i geofag og berekraft: Jordas struktur og indre prosesser (5 ECTS)

• GEOV399 / Master's Thesis in Earth Science  (60 ECTS)

• HOSP-GEOV / Science Project in Earth Science (5 or 10 ECTS)

• SDG607 / Energy Transition (10 ECTS)