Modules for course CF17 | BSC/MBO
BSC Marine Biology/Oceanography
These are the modules currently offered on this course in the 2021–22 academic year.
You can also view the modules offered in the year 2022–23.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- OSX-1000: Science Skills Tutorial (20)
- ONS-1001: Environmental data & analysis (20)
- BNS-1002: Organismal Diversity (20)
- OSX-1002: Marine Biology Practical 1 (20)
- OSX-1005: Fundamentals of Oceanography (20)
Semester 2
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
- OSX-2000: Communicating Science (20)
- OSX-2002: Marine Physiology & Behaviour (20)
- OSX-2003: Marine Biology Practical II
- OSX-2007: Ship-based field course
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- OSX-2004: Estuary & Shelf Sea Processes (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-2006: Tides, Waves and Marine Energy (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-2011: Ice and Oceans (20) (Semester 1)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
Optional Modules
40 to 60 credits from:
- OSX-3005: Marine Pollution (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-3006: Sediment Dynamics (20) (Semester 2)
- OSX-3007: Coastal Processes Field Study (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-3018: Rivers, Coast and Oceans (20) (Semester 2)
- OSX-3025: Marine Geology & Applications (20) (Semester 1)
40 to 60 credits from:
- OSX-3001: Marine Conservation & Exploit. (20) (Semester 2)
- OSX-3002: Marine Ecosystems & Processes (20) (Semester 2)
- OSX-3019: Fish Biology and Ecology (20) (Semester 2)
- OSX-3020: Sharks and their Relatives (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-3023: Marine Mammal Science (20) (Semester 1)
- Students must ensure that they take 60 credits of optional modules in semester 1 and 40 credits in semester 2.