Programme structure
In the programme option Geohazards and geomechanics, you will take mandatory and recommended course the first semesters. The courses are a total of 60 ECTS credits. You start with the Master's thesis in the second or third semester, depending on your selection of courses.
Course of study
| 4th semester | Master's thesis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd semester | Recommended course | Master's thesis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd semester | Recommended course | Recommended course | Master's thesis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st semester | GEO4181 – Introduction to Natural Hazards + HSE-courses | GEO4120 – Near-Surface Geophysics | GEO4131 – Geomechanics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 ECTS credits | 10 ECTS credits | 10 ECTS credits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mandatory courses
- GEO4181 – Introduction to Natural Hazards
- GEO4120 – Near-Surface Geophysics
- GEO4131 – Geomechanics / Recommended course: - Selection of course depends on whether you have taken GEO3131 - Geomechanics or similar, or not. If you have taken geomechanics, you choose a course from the recommended list below.
Recommended courses
Course selection is done in consultation with the supervisor or coordinator for the programme option:
- GEO4171 – Floods and landslides
- GEO4151 – Earthquake and Volcanic Processes
- GEO4430 – Snow, Snow Hydrology and Avalanches (discontinued)
- GEO4432 – The Surface Energy Balance in Cold Environments
- GEO4515 – Remote Sensing (overlap with GEG2240) / GEO4520 – Advanced remote sensing and topographic analysis
- GEO4460 – Surveying, Photogrammetry and Spatial Analysis (overlap with GEO3460)
Other recommended courses:
- GEO4190 – Hydrogeology
- GEO4340 – Fluvial hydrology
- GEO4320 – Hydrological modelling
- GEO4300 – Geophysical Data Science
- GEO4620 – Seismic waves and seismology
- GEO4630 – Geodynamics
- GEO4850 – Structural Geology and Basin Formation
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