Geology

Overview

What you will study

Geology has such a vast array of practical applications and its principles set the foundations for so many types of project: everything from mining to farming and construction to environmental management. The Geology course offered by Warnborough College will explore this subject.

Any changes that are made to the geology of a site should be made with knowledge of the potential impact of such changes.

Environmental assessments and geological survey are often appropriate, and even legally required tasks that need to be carried out before a site is used for a purpose different to, or beyond its current purpose.

Aims:

• Explain the nature and scope of geology and concepts that underpin the science of geology.

• Differentiate between rock types.

• Explain the scope, nature and application of structural geology in today’s world.

• Differentiate between different minerals.

• Explain the scope, nature and application of geophysics in today’s world.

• Explain the scope, nature and application of geobiology in today’s world.

• Explain the nature of chemical change that can occur in the geology of a site.

• Explain the nature and significance of groundwater on different sites.

• Explain different practical applications for a knowledge of geology.