UEA does not count courses like we do at Dickinson. They count UCUs (University Credit Units). One 20 UCU UEA course equals one 1.0 credit Dickinson course. Most semester-long UEA courses are 20 UCU. If the courses are less than 20 UCU (e.g., many introductory UEA geology courses are 10 UCU), you will have to take more than one to equal a Dickinson course (e.g., two 10 UCU courses equals one 1.0 credit Dickinson course). 10 UCU courses typically meet for just ½ of the semester like Dickinson gym blocks. Full Year courses are typically 40 UCU and count as two 1.0 credit Dickinson courses.
UEA is a university, so it is subdivided into schools instead of majors. Geology courses are taught in the school of Environmental Sciences (ENV). The table below is to help you determine course equivalents, but as courses change over time, ultimately it is the geology department chair who officially signs off on Dickinson course equivalencies on the “Student Enrolled at Another Institution Form”. The UEA courses must not duplicate any courses you have already taken at Dickinson, but as you can see below, there are multiple Dickinson equivalents for some UEA courses. The UEA course catalog includes Full Year, Autumn Semester, and Spring Semester courses, so be sure to only consider the courses when you will be at UEA. Courses offered only in the autumn end in odd numbers (e.g., ENV-1A11), whereas course offered only in the spring end in even numbers (e.g., ENV-2A12). Full year courses end with a Y (e.g., ENV-2A3Y). UEA follows the British university tradition and offers a three year undergraduate degree as opposed to the American model of four years. Therefore UEA’s level 1 courses approximate Dickinson’s 100 or 200 courses, level 2 ~200 or 300, level 3 ~300 or 400. Most of you will take courses at level 2, but some students have taken level 1 or 3. Level M is only for graduate students. The level is indicated by the first number (e.g., ENV-1A11 is a level 1 course whereas ENV-2A12 is a level 2 course).
If there is an ENV course you want to take that is not listed below, it is either a new course, or it does not have a geology equivalent. Ask the geology department chair for advice.
DICKINSON COURSE EQUIVALENT |
UEA COURSE |
Planet Earth [OR ONE 0.5 CREDIT 100 LEVEL ELECTIVE EACH] |
INTRODUCTION TO GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES (ENV-1A11) + SOLID EARTH (ENV-1A72) |
Geology of Natural Disasters [OR ONE 0.5 CREDIT 100 LEVEL ELECTIVE EACH] |
INTRODUCTION TO GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES (ENV-1A11) + SOLID EARTH (ENV-1A72) |
Planet Earth [OR ONE 0.5 CREDIT 100 LEVEL ELECTIVE EACH] |
EARTH'S SURFACE PROCESSES (ENV-1A70) + SOLID EARTH (ENV-1A72) |
EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE [OR ONE 0.5 CREDIT 100 LEVEL ELECTIVE EACH] |
EARTH'S SURFACE PROCESSES (ENV-1A70) + SOLID EARTH (ENV-1A72) |
OCEANOGRAPHY [OR ONE 0.5 CREDIT 100 LEVEL ELECTIVE EACH] |
ATMOSPHERE AND OCEANS (ENV-1A74) + SOLID EARTH (ENV-1A72) |
OCEANOGRAPHY [OR ONE 0.5 CREDIT 100 LEVEL ELECTIVE EACH] |
ATMOSPHERE AND OCEANS (ENV-1A74) + ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY (ENV-1A76) |
ONE 0.25 CREDIT UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVE |
FURTHER MAPPING (ENV-1A98) |
ONE 1.0 CREDIT UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVE |
APPLIED GEOPHYSICS (ENV-2A12) OR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS WITH FIELD COURSE (ENVF2A12) |
ONE 1.0 CREDIT UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVE |
PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY (ENV-2A18) OR PALAEOCLIMATLOGY WITH FIELD COURSE (ENVF2A18) |
METEOROLOGY |
METEOROLOGY (ENV-2A23) |
SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY |
SEDIMENTOLOGY (ENV-2A25)
|
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS |
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ENV-2A26) |
GEOMORPHOLOGY OR ONE 1.0 CREDIT UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVE |
SOIL ENVIRONMENTS AND PROCESSES (ENV-2A27) |
Planet Earth |
VOLCANOES AND TECTONICS (ENV-2A31) |
ENERGY RESOURCES OR ONE 1.0 CREDIT UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVE |
FOSSIL FUELS (ENV-2A33) |
ENERGY RESOURCES OR ONE 1.0 CREDIT UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVE |
LOW CARBON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY (ENV-2A36) |
HYDROGEOLOGY + ONE 1.0 CREDIT UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVE |
HYDROLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY (ENV-2A3Y) OR HYDROLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY WITH FIELD
COURSE (ENVF2A3Y) |
CHEMISTRY OF EARTH SYSTEMS + ONE 1.0 CREDIT UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVE |
GEOCHEMICAL CYCLING (ENV-2A4Y) OR GEOCHEMICAL CYCLING WITH FIELD COURSE (ENVF2A4Y) |
TWO 1.0 CREDIT UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVES |
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (ENV-2A6Y) |
ONE 1.0 CREDIT INDEPENDENT STUDY OR INDEPENDENT RESEARCH DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT |
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES PROJECT (ENV-2F22) |
ONE 1.0 CREDIT INDEPENDENT STUDY OR INDEPENDENT RESEARCH DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT |
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES PROJECT (ENV-2F2Y) |
ONE 1.0 CREDIT UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVE |
CLIMATIC CHANGE (ENV-3A06) |
ONE 1.0 CREDIT UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVE |
GEOPHYSICAL MODELLING (ENV-3A11) |
ONE 1.0 CREDIT UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVE |
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMICAL CHANGE (ENV-3A13) |
GEOMORPHOLOGY + ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY OR TWO 1.0 CREDIT UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVES |
NATURAL HAZARDS (ENV-3A1Y) |
ONE 1.0 CREDIT UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVE |
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE (ENV-3A20) |
