New MSc Course

[M J Benton <Mike.Benton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We announce a new Masters course in Palaeobiology at the University of
Bristol.  The course will be taught by a mix of staff from the Departments
of Geology (Benton, Briggs, Parkes, Pearson, Unwin) and Biology (Rayner,
Wilkinson), and it offers a unique interdisciplinary mix of quantitative
macroevolution studies, cladistics, experimental taphonomy, and functional
palaeobiology.  The course is designed as a strongly research-oriented
programme, and it will prepare students for PhD work and other
research-oriented careers.

The course is designed for geology and biology majors, and it will bring
students up to speed in background topics they are not familiar with.

The course consists of a range of taught units and a research project, and
it is enrolling now, for a start in October 1996.

To find out more, look at
http://www.gly.bris.ac.uk/www/research/palaeo/palaeo.html

or reply to mike.benton@bris.ac.uk for full details.