An interesting subject that isn't too difficult in terms of content and assessment. While this subject was my first subject from this field (previously only having done biology/chemistry subjects), I found it really fun and not overly hard. 40% of the subject grade is two essays of which you get 8 topics to choose from which helps a lot even if you aren't strong with essays - in the first essay there was a topic I found interesting and I did well for my standards, while in the second essay I wasn't as lucky but since there are 8 topics I chose the one I felt was easiest to research and did alright. The weekly practicals aren't that interesting but there are quizzes around every 3 weeks done within them (but if you can't attend you can arrange to complete them) - the quizzes are multiple choice and are easy to score well on if you have taken notes (since you can use them to answer during the quiz). The exam was not hard to score well in as you get an A4 double sided cheat sheet (which is enough to fit all the content on imo) and have 5 longer questions (10 marks each I think) and 5 short questions (5 marks each).

What the person said before is so true, it is an easy subject (given the amount of past exams and the cheat sheet we could bring into the exam) and I found the topics interesting. I also liked how the essay where done, there where 8 choices and you could choose the most interesting one to you. However, the pracs where a bit random, but they where useful and some topics where a bit boring.

If you've taken The Global Environment, this subject felt like a slightly more in depth version of that. The two lecturers were pretty good. The quizzes held during the pracs were the usual wanky 4 multi choice ones so no stress there. The tutorials themselves were kinda boring though. Essays weren't too hard but I know some people had difficulty. Exam was pretty easy as you got a cheat sheet so you could just write everything on one page. Overall, I wouldn't say this is a piss-easy subject, but it wasn't hard either.

Super interesting lectures - talked about all the different stages and climates of the Earth in various eras, as well as the methods used to discover this information and how we use it in the present day (and to predict the future). Practicals weren't assessed and were very easy; they weren't amazingly enjoyable but they did help with consolidation. The only assessments were two essays and an exam that was several longer-response questions which were pretty straightforward. Overall a very chill and fun subject

Content is so interesting if you're into earth science and climate change. Assessment is rewarding, two ~1000 word essays worth 25% each, got H1s in both and I am NOT a strong essay writer. Exam is worth the other 50% and when I did the subject, the questions were largely similar to previous years exams. Pracs are not compulsory, but I'd recommend you go and get your money's worth.