This degree offers you the chance to strengthen your skills, knowledge and confidence before you advance to stage one of your honours degree.Build a strong platform for success in your studies: the foundation year is invaluable if you are thinking of a career change or keen to explore a new subject area.Gain the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to complete this academically challenging and stimulating honours degree in four years.Prepare to join a profession where high-calibre graduates are in great demand across the world.Hone your skills through challenging fieldwork: our students have undertaken geological investigations in Snowdonia, Scotland, Tenerife and the Pyrenees.<br><br>Our BSc (Hons) Geology with Foundation Year opens up many career opportunities. Through a dynamic combination of broad-based training and specialist studies, you will have the professional skills, theoretical knowledge and practical expertise to go into a wide range of employment.<br><br>The petroleum and mining industries are major employers of our geology graduates but the geotechnical and environmental sectors are becoming increasingly important too. As a Derby graduate, you'll be well placed to respond to the changes in the geology profession and to enter roles in areas such as resources exploration and exploitation, engineering geology, environmental consultancy and monitoring, pollution control, and waste or water supply management.<br><br>The self-reliance, communication and transferable skills you gain on the course also ensure you're well suited for any type of employment where environmental awareness and broad scientific expertise are valued.