Modules for course F700 | BSC/OS
BSC Ocean Science
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) - OSX-1005: Fundamentals of Oceanography (20)
- OSX-1007: Marine Biogeochemistry (10)
Semester 2
- OSX-1000: Science Skills Tutorial or
OSC-1000: Tiwtorial Sgiliau Gwyddoniaeth - ONS-1001: Environmental data & analysis or
ONC-1001: Dadansoddi Data Amgylcheddol - OSX-1003: Earth, Climate & Evolution (20)
- OSX-1005: Fundamentals of Oceanography
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- BNS-1002: Organismal Diversity (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-1005: Earth Systems and Processes (20) (Semester 1)
10 credits from:
- FXX-1005: Chem. in Biol. and Environ. (10) (Semester 2)
- OSX-1006: Anglesey Geology Field Course (10) (Semester 1 + 2)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- OSX-2004: Estuary & Shelf Sea Processes (20)
- OSX-2006: Tides, Waves and Marine Energy (20)
- OSX-2007: Ship-based field course (20)
Semester 2
- OSX-2000: Communicating Science (20) or
OSC-2000: Cyfathrebu Gwyddoniaeth (20) - OSX-2005: Remote Sensing & Geophysics (20)
- OSX-2007: Ship-based field course
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- OSX-2009: Marine Ecology (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-2011: Ice and Oceans (20) (Semester 1)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
Optional Modules
100 credits from:
- OSX-3002: Marine Ecosystems & Processes (20) (Semester 2)
- 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-3020: Sharks and their Relatives (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-3025: Marine Geology & Applications (20) (Semester 1)