Modules for course F840 | BSC/PGO
BSc Physical Geography and Oceanography
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) - DXX-1005: Earth Systems and Processes (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-1005: Fundamentals of Oceanography
Optional Modules
10 to 20 credits from:
- DXX-1006: Field Course: Making Snowdonia (20) (Semester 1) or
DXC-1006: Gwaith Maes: Creu Eryri (20) (Semester 1) - OSX-1007: Marine Biogeochemistry (10) (Semester 1)
- Students are encouraged to sit in on this module (not for credit).
0 to 10 credits from:
- OSX-1006: Anglesey Geology Field Course (10) (Semester 1 + 2)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
- OSX-2000: Communicating Science (20) or
OSC-2000: Cyfathrebu Gwyddoniaeth (20) - OSX-2007: Ship-based field course
- DXX-2015: Field Course: Geography (20)
Optional Modules
20 to 40 credits from:
- DXX-2002: Water, air & soil pollution (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-2004: Estuary & Shelf Sea Processes (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-2006: Climate Change (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-2006: Tides, Waves and Marine Energy (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-2008: Geohazards (20) (Semester 1)
0 to 20 credits from:
- OSX-2005: Remote Sensing & Geophysics (20) (Semester 2)
- DXX-2011: Catchment Processes (20) (Semester 2)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
Optional Modules
80 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)
- OSX-3017: Applied Geophysics (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-3021: Oceans, Atmosphere and Climate (20) (Semester 2)
- OSX-3025: Marine Geology & Applications (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-3115: Advanced GIS & Remote Sensing (10) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3507: Renewable Energy (10) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3707: Catchment Modelling & Analysis (10) (Semester 2)