Course Content
Year 1
Core modules in this year include:
- Analysis of the Earth and Environment - 20 credits
- Ecology, Plants and Human Impact - 20 credits
- Environmental Processes and Hazards - 20 credits
- Global Environmental Challenges - 20 credits
- How the Earth Works - 20 credits
- Introduction to Marine Ecology and Oceanography - 20 credits
Year 2
Core modules in this year include:
- Environmental Chemistry and Monitoring - 20 credits
- Environmental Fieldwork and Professional Skills - 20 credits
- Marine Organisms and Ecosystems - 20 credits
- Oceanography - 20 credits
- Research Skills - 20 credits
Optional modules in this year include:
- Developing Professional Skills - 20 credits
- 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
- Practical Boating Skills - 20 credits
- Scientific Diving Techniques - 20 credits
Optional placement year
- work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years
Year 3
Core modules in this year include:
- Research Project - 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
- Coastal Recreation - Planning and Management - 20 credits
- Conservation in A Changing World - 20 credits
- Environmental Assessment and Management - 20 credits
- Environmental Pollution and Waste Management - 20 credits
- Fisheries and Aquaculture - 20 credits
