On completion of the course a student should be able to:
- Explain the formation of magma by partial melting of mantle and crustal rocks
- Give an account of magmatic differentiation, hybridisation and contamination
- Give an account of the connection between the nature of magmatic activity and the plate-tectonic environment
- Interpret simple geochemical variation diagrams for igneous rock series
- Describe and interpret the textures of igneous and metamorphic rocks
- Give an account of the different metamorphic environments and products