Course Content
Year 1
Core modules in this year include:
- Ecology, Plants and Human Impact – 20 credits
- Global Environmental Challenges – 20 credits
- Introduction to Marine Ecology and Oceanography – 20 credits
- Planet Earth – 20 credits
- Quantitative Methods – 20 credits
- Science for Earth Systems – 20 credits
- SEGG Tutorial Programme – 0 credits
Year 2
Core modules in this year include:
- Environmental Chemistry and Monitoring – 20 credits
- Marine Organisms and Ecosystems – 20 credits
- Oceanography – 20 credits
- Research, Fieldwork and Professional Skills – 40 credits
- SEGG Tutorial Programme – 0 credits
Optional modules in this year include:
- Energy Resources and The Science of Zero Carbon – 20 credits
- Environmental Change – 20 credits
- GIS and Remote Sensing – 20 credits
- Introduction to Teaching – 20 credits
- Modern Foreign Language (Institution-wide Language Programme) – 20 credits
- Overseas Study (SEGG) – 60 credits
- Practical Boating Skills – 20 credits
- Scientific and Technical Diving Techniques A – 20 credits
- Scientific and Technical Diving Techniques B – 20 credits
Optional placement year
- work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years
Year 3
Core modules in this year include:
- Dissertation – 40 credits
- Marine Ecology and Conservation – 20 credits
Optional modules in this year include:
- Analytical Methods For Earth and Environmental Sciences – 20 credits
- Climate Change – 20 credits
- Conservation Biogeography – 20 credits
- Coastal Recreation - Planning and Management – 20 credits
- Environmental Assessment and Management – 20 credits
- Environmental Pollution and Waste Management – 20 credits
- European Study Tour – 20 credits
- Fisheries and Aquaculture – 20 credits
- Tropical Study Tour – 20 credits