Course is interdisciplinary, bringing together geologists, astronomers, physicists, chemists and biologists to study the evolution of the solar system; course comprises 2/3 geology and 1/3 planetary science; provides thorough grounding in geology, a high degree of numeracy and the background knowledge required to understand complementary disciplines such as observational astronomy; planetary courses cover such topics as: solar system expiration; astrobiology; water on Mars; and extra-terrestrial materials and their properties.