Modules for course CF1P | BSC/MBOP
BSc Marine Biology 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
OSX-1002
Marine Biology Practical 1
(20)
(Full Term)
OSX-1005
Fundamentals of Oceanography
(20)
(Full Term)
BNS-1002
Organismal Diversity
(20)
(Semester 1)
OSX-1003
Earth, Climate & Evolution
(20)
(Semester 2)
OSC-1000 or OSX-1000
The student must take 1 modules
from OSC-1000 or OSX-1000.
OSC-1000
Tiwtorial Sgiliau Gwyddoniaeth
Cymraeg
(20)
(Full Term)
OSX-1000
Science Skills Tutorial
(20)
(Full Term)
ONC-1001 or ONS-1001
The student must take 1 modules
from ONC-1001 or ONS-1001.
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 1
Semester 2
Year 4 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.