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Courses at the Institute of Geosciences

We are excited to welcome you to the Institute of Geosciences in Bonn! Here you will find all courses from our Institute which are offered to exchange students. All courses which are held in English are listed below. Should you be interested in taking courses which are held in German, these courses are listed at the bottom of the page.

Please note, that exchange students coming to Bonn who are at the Bachelor level are allowed to take Master courses as well as Bachelor courses!

English Courses

Bachelor Courses

• BP 08 - Geologic Mapping

• BP 11 - Hydrogeology

• BW 41 - Methods and Techniques in Hydrogeology and Sedimentology (Sedimentology section in German)

• BW 42 - Geochemistry

• BW 43 - Petrology of Magmatic and Metamorphic Rocks

Master Courses

• M 01 - Geoscientific Resarch

• M 81 - Public Relations

• M 84 - Hydrogeophysics

• M 85 - Geodynamics

• MP 11 - Vertebrate Paleontology II

• MP 13 - Advanced Vertebrate Paleontology (Mammals)

• MP 21 - Micropaleontology in the Field and Laboratory

• MP 40 - Paleobiology of Invertebrates

• MGP 10 - Petrology

• MGP 21 - Vulcanology

Bachelor Courses

• BP 08 - Geologic Mapping

• BW 31 - Sedimentology

• BW 34 - Structural geology I 

• BW 37 - Digital Mapping in the Geosciences

• BW 53 - Geochemistry of the Earth Surfaces

• BW 54 - Structural geology II

• BW 57 - GIS in the Geosciences

• BW 58 - Introduction to MATLAB for Geoscientists

Master Courses

• M 01 - Geoscientific Research

• MG 14 -  Geoscientific Programming

• MG 15 - Groundwater Modeling

• M 80 - Writing & Publishing Scientific Papers

• M 81 - Public Relations

• M 83 - Physics of Porous Media

• M 87 - Tektonophysics

• MP 10 - Vertebrate Paleontology I

• MP 12 - Advanced Vertebrate Paleontology (Dinosaurs)

• MP 20 - Industrial Micropaleontology

• MP 23 - High Resolution Bio- and Sequence Stratigraphy

• MG 22 - Marine Sediments as Environment Archives

• MGP 12 - Isotope Geochemistry

• MGP 20 - Introduction in Planetology and Cosmochemistry

German Courses

Bachelor Courses

• BP 10 - Ingenieurgeologie und Mikropaläontologie

• BP 12 - Große Geowissenschaftliche Geländeübung

• BP 80 - Geodatenanalyse im Gelände

• BW 32 - Technische Mineralogie

• BW 35 - Spezielle Paläontologie

• BW 36 - Einführung in die Meteorologie und Geophysik

• BW 55 - Paläobiologie und Makroevolution

• BW 56 - Geophysikalische Datenauswertung und Geländeübung

• BNW 25 - Physikpraktikum für Geowissenschaftler

• BNW 26 - Vertiefung Mathematik für Geowissenschaftler

• BNW 27 - Anorganisches Chemiepraktikum für Geowissenschaftler

Master Courses

• M 02 - Geowissenschaftliche Geländearbeit

• M 88 -  GIS-Anwendungen in den Geowissenschaften

• MP 30 - Terrestrische Paläoökologie und -klimatologie

• MG 20 - Sedimentgeochemische Arbeitsmethoden

• MG 23 - Aquatische Umweltgeochemie

• MG 34 Sedimentäre Systeme I - marine Sedimente

• MG 42 - Angew. 3D-Modellierung geologischer Strukturen

• MGP 40 - Spezielle Themen in Mineralogie I

At the Institute of Geosciences some courses and seminars are held completely or even entirely in English. Additionally, all staff members and lecturers of the institute can speak English, as well as numerous other languages.

In the Bachelors program for Geoscienes however, most courses are held in German. Due to this, a sufficient knowledge of the German language is advantageous; however, German does not need to be your mother tongue for you to work and study succesfully in our institute!

In the Masters programs for Geology and Geochemistry/Petrology the courses and seminars are held almost exclusively in English. This helps prepare our graduates for the international job market.

For a complete list of the Geosciences courses in Bonn that are offered in English or German, please follow this link.

The International Office of the University of Bonn is also in charge with helping foreign students strengthen their German skills! Find out more here: German as a Foreign Language

German Courses (DaF):

The University of Bonn offers its foreign students, researchers, and staff multiple opportunities to learn German or to receive a language certificate. You can find more information about this under the following link: Learning German.

The University of Bonn additionally offers different German courses for students of all academic levels each semester. Information and registration deadlines pertaining to these courses can be found under the following link: German Courses.

If the above listed options are not available to you and you would like to learn German, we reccomend you apply for the courses from the Volkshochschule Bonn.