Modules for course C168 | MSCI/MVZ
MSci Marine Vertebrate Zoology
This is a provisional list of modules to be offered on this course in the 2021–22 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 2020–21; 2022–23.
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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)