Modules for course F700 | BSC/OS
BSC Ocean 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
- 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)
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-1007: Marine Biogeochemistry (10)
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)
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)