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Geology
Bachelor's degree in full-time or combined form. The language of instruction is Czech.
The programme can be studied as a single subject, as a single subject with a specialization (Applied and environmental geology) or in combination with another programme.
What will you learn?
The Bachelor's degree program Geology provides comprehensive higher education. It is intended for those who plan to work in geological exploration and research.
“Understand our planet Earth!”
Its aim is to prepare graduates for further study and to allow them a qualified choice of their further profiling through some of the specializations of the follow-up master's program. Graduates are also prepared for basic work in geological institutions and companies.
The curriculum of the Bachelor’s study programme covers the basics of geological disciplines (Mineralogy, Paleontology, Physical Geology, Applied geophysics, Petrology, Geochemistry, Historical Geology, Quaternary Geology, Regional Geology, Economic Geology, Hydrogeology, Geotechnics and Environmental Geology). Part of the study includes practical geological exercises and field practice.
Practical training
An obligatory part of the study is a block Course of terrain work, field exercises and excursions, as well as practical exercises for compulsory and obligatory optional subjects.
Career opportunities
The graduates can find employment in institutions and companies conducting geological surveys, and also in cultural and educational institutions or universities, environmental organizations, and public administration. They can work in basic and applied research and in all areas where both theoretical and practical knowledge of geology is required.
Admission requirements
Data from the previous admission procedure (1 Nov 2024 – 28 Feb 2025)
a) Learning Potential Test or
b) Interview to prove your learning potencial or
c) Learning Potential Test and Interview to prove your learning potencial
Double-subject Studies
Geology + English Language and Literature: Learning Potential Test + English Language
Geology + Archaeology:Learning Potential Test
Criteria for evaluation
Result of Learning Potential Test or Interview to prove your learning potencial or Special Test
Recommended literature
The knowledge required to pass the Learning Potential Test is not obtained by studying specific information sources. Examples of previous years' tests can be found on http://www.muni.cz/study/admission/tsp
Minimum score and numbers of accepted applicants in past years
Study options
Single-subject studies
Students have a pre-defined list of required courses, which are supplemented with selective and elective courses. The student pays full attention to the single field of study chosen.
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Full-time studies in czech
What will you learn? -
Combined studies in czech
What will you learn?
Single-subject studies with specialization
In the single-subject studies, the student deepens knowledge in the concrete focus of the degree programme and chooses one specialization. The specialization is stated in the university diploma.
Combined studies
In this type of studies, the students focus on the main degree programme (120 credits) supplemented with another, minor, programme (60 credits). The student enrols in the degree programme in which he/she majors. Both the programmes are stated in the university diploma. You will find possible combinations on the websites of individual degree programmes. An exception is programmes preparing students for teaching professions, where both fields of study are equal and the thesis may be written in any of them.
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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Principles of geology (major), full-time studies
+ Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Principles of geology (major), full-time studies
+ English Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts
Courses – curriculum examples
An example of your study plan:
Single-subject studies
Single-subject studies with specialization
Combined studies
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
Follow-up studies
After completing the Bachelor's degree programme in Geology the graduates can continue in the same Master's degree programme or in other geological study programs such as Applied and environmental geology or Geoenvironmental risk and remediations.
Study information
| Provided by | Faculty of Science | |
|---|---|---|
| Type of studies | Bachelor's | |
| Mode | full-time | Yes |
| combined | Yes | |
| distance | No | |
| Study options | single-subject studies | Yes |
| single-subject studies with specialization | Yes | |
| major/minor studies | Yes | |
| Standard length of studies | 3 years | |
| Language of instruction | Czech | |