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 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.
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Year 1 Modules
OSX-1005
Fundamentals of Oceanography
(20)
(Full Term)
DXX-1005
Earth Systems and Processes
(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.
OSX-1000
Science Skills Tutorial
(20)
(Full Term)
OSC-1000
Tiwtorial Sgiliau Gwyddoniaeth
Cymraeg
(20)
(Full Term)
ONC-1001 or ONS-1001
The student must take 1 modules
from ONC-1001 or ONS-1001.
ONS-1001
Environmental data & analysis
(20)
(Full Term)
ONC-1001
Dadansoddi Data Amgylcheddol
Cymraeg
(20)
(Full Term)
Optional Modules
The student must take 20 credits
from the modules in Optional Modules.
OSX-1006
Anglesey Geology Field Course
(10)
(Full Term)
OSX-1007
Marine Biogeochemistry
(10)
(Semester 1)
DXC-1006 or DXX-1006 The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in DXC-1006 or DXX-1006.
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: Geog F/work & Research Skills (20) or
DXC-2015: Gwaith Maes: Daeryddiaeth (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 Chng: Science & Impact (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)