Modules for course C168 | MSCI/MVZ
MSci Marine Vertebrate Zoology
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; 2021–22.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- OSX-1000: Science Skills Tutorial (20) or
OSC-1000: Tiwtorial Sgiliau Gwyddoniaeth (20) - ONS-1001: Environmental data & analysis (20) or
ONC-1001: Dadansoddi Data Amgylcheddol (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
- OSX-2003: Marine Biology Practical II (20)
- OSX-2007: Ship-based field course (20)
- OSX-2009: Marine Ecology (20)
Semester 2
- OSX-2000: Communicating Science (20) or
OSC-2000: Cyfathrebu Gwyddoniaeth (20) - OSX-2002: Marine Physiology & Behaviour (20)
- OSX-2003: Marine Biology Practical II
- OSX-2007: Ship-based field course
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- DXX-2003: Principles of Conservation (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-2004: Estuary & Shelf Sea Processes (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-2006: Tides, Waves and Marine Energy (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-2022: Vertebrate Biology (20) (Semester 1)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- OSX-3010: Marine Mammal Observation (10)
- OSX-3013: Intertidal Field Project (10)
- OSX-3020: Sharks and their Relatives (20)
- OSX-3023: Marine Mammal Science (20)
Semester 2
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- OSX-3001: Marine Conservation & Exploit. (20) (Semester 2)
- OSX-3002: Marine Ecosystems & Processes (20) (Semester 2)
Year 4 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- ONS-4004: Advanced Research Skills (20)
- OSX-4401: Research Preparation (20)
- OSX-4404: Perspectives in Marine Science (20)
- OSX-4405: Research Project Investigation (60)