Modules for course F900 | BSC/ES
BSC Environmental Science
These are the modules currently offered on this course in the 2020–21 academic year.
You can also view the modules offered in the years: 2019–20.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- ONS-1001: Environmental data & analysis (20) or
ONC-1001: Dadansoddi Data Amgylcheddol (20) - DXX-1006: Field Course: Making Snowdonia (20) or
DXC-1006: Gwaith Maes: Creu Eryri (20)
Semester 2
- DXX-1001: Ecosystem Function & Services (20)
- ONS-1001: Environmental data & analysis or
ONC-1001: Dadansoddi Data Amgylcheddol - FXX-1005: Chem. in Biol. and Environ. (10)
10 to 30 credits from:
- FXX-0010: Essential Chemistry (10) (Semester 1)
- DXX-1000: Academic Tutorials&Key Skills (10) (Semester 1) or
DXC-1000: Tiwt Acad.&Sgiliau Allweddol (10) (Semester 1) - DXX-1007: Academic Tutorials&Key Skills (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- Students without A2 Chemistry must take FXX0010 & DXC/X1007
Optional Modules
20 to 40 credits from:
- DNS-1003: Ecology & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
- OSX-1003: Earth, Climate & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
- BNS-1004: Principles of Life 1 (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- DXX-1005: Earth Systems and Processes (20) (Semester 1)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- DXX-2000: GIS & Research Methods (20)
- DXX-2002: Water, air & soil pollution (20)
- FXX-2105: Instr & Anal Meth non Chemists (20)
Semester 2
- DXX-2000: GIS & Research Methods
- DXX-2012: Field Course: ACE (20)
- FXX-2105: Instr & Anal Meth non Chemists
20 credits from:
- DXX-2011: Catchment Processes (20) (Semester 2)
- DXC-2018: Geomorffoleg Afonol (20) (Semester 1)
- Students take either DXC-2018 OR DXX-2011.
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- BNS-2002: Evolution & Genetics (20) (Semester 1) or
BNC-2002: Esblygiad a Geneteg (20) (Semester 1) - OSX-2004: Estuary & Shelf Sea Processes (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-2005: Remote Sensing & Geophysics (20) (Semester 2)
- DXX-2006: Climate Change (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-2008: Geohazards (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-2021: Plant Diversity & Conservation (20) (Semester 2)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- DXX-3020: Environmental Geochemistry (20)
- DXX-3506: C. Issues in Env & related Sci (10) or
DXC-3506: Materion Cyfoes yr Amgylchedd (10) - DXX-3701: Honours project (30) or
DXC-3701: Project Anrhydedd (30)
Semester 2
- DXX-3402: Waste Management & Utilisation (10)
- DXX-3507: Renewable Energy (10)
- DXX-3701: Honours project or
DXC-3701: Project Anrhydedd
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- BNS-3001: Freshwater Ecosystems (10) (Semester 1)
- DXX-3018: Rivers, Coast and Oceans (20) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3212: Forest Ecosystems (10) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3305: Field Course: Tenerife (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- DXX-3615: Environmental Policy (10) (Semester 1)
- DXX-3707: Catchment Modelling & Analysis (10) (Semester 2)