Modules for course F84P | BSC/PGOP
BSc Physical Geography and Oceanography with Placement Year
This is a provisional list of modules to be offered on this course in the 2022–23 academic year.
The list may not be complete, and the final course content may be different.
You can also view the modules offered in the year 2021–22.
Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- OSX-1000: Science Skills Tutorial (20)
- ONS-1001: Environmental data & analysis (20)
- DXX-1005: Earth Systems and Processes (20)
- OSX-1005: Fundamentals of Oceanography (20)
Semester 2
- OSX-1000: Science Skills Tutorial
- ONS-1001: Environmental data & analysis
- OSX-1003: Earth, Climate & Evolution (20)
- OSX-1005: Fundamentals of Oceanography
Optional Modules
10 to 20 credits from:
- DXX-1006: Intro Fieldwork: Snowdonia (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-1007: Marine Biogeochemistry (10) (Semester 1)
- Students are encouraged to sit in on this module (not for credit).
0 to 10 credits from:
- OSX-1006: Anglesey Geology Field Course (10) (Semester 1 + 2)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
- OSX-2000: Communicating Science (20)
- OSX-2007: Ship-based field course
- DXX-2015: Geog F/work & Research Skills (20)
Optional Modules
20 to 40 credits from:
- DXX-2002: Water, air & soil pollution (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-2004: Estuary & Shelf Sea Processes (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-2006: Climate Chng: Science & Impact (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-2006: Tides, Waves and Marine Energy (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-2008: Geohazards (20) (Semester 1)
0 to 20 credits from:
- OSX-2005: Remote Sensing & Geophysics (20) (Semester 2)
- DXX-2011: Catchment Processes (20) (Semester 2)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 4 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
Optional Modules
80 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)
- OSX-3017: Applied Geophysics (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-3021: Oceans, Atmosphere and Climate (20) (Semester 2)
- OSX-3025: Marine Geology & Applications (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-3115: Advanced GIS & Remote Sensing (10) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3507: Renewable Energy (10) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3707: Catchment Modelling & Analysis (10) (Semester 2)