Modules for course F850 | M/ENVSCI
Master of Environmental 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 years: 2019–20; 2020–21.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- DXX-1000: Academic Tutorials&Key Skills (10) or
DXC-1000: Tiwt Acad.&Sgiliau Allweddol (10) - ONS-1001: Environmental data & analysis (20) or
ONC-1001: Dadansoddi Data Amgylcheddol (20) - DXX-1006: Field Course: Making Snowdonia (20) or
DXC-1006: Gwaith Maes: Creu Eryri (20)
Semester 2
- DXX-1001: Ecosystem Function & Services (20)
- ONS-1001: Environmental data & analysis or
ONC-1001: Dadansoddi Data Amgylcheddol - FXX-1005: Chem. in Biol. and Environ. (10)
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- DNS-1003: Ecology & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
- OSX-1003: Earth, Climate & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
- BNS-1004: Principles of Life 1 (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- DXX-1005: Earth Systems and Processes (20) (Semester 1)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- DXX-2000: GIS & Research Methods (20)
- DXX-2002: Water, air & soil pollution (20)
- FXX-2105: Instr & Anal Meth non Chemists (20)
Semester 2
- DXX-2000: GIS & Research Methods
- DXX-2012: Field Course: ACE (20)
- FXX-2105: Instr & Anal Meth non Chemists
20 credits from:
- DXX-2011: Catchment Processes (20) (Semester 2)
- DXC-2018: Geomorffoleg Afonol (20) (Semester 1)
- Students take either DXC-2018 OR DXX-2011.
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- BNS-2002: Evolution & Genetics (20) (Semester 1) or
BNC-2002: Esblygiad a Geneteg (20) (Semester 1) - OSX-2004: Estuary & Shelf Sea Processes (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-2005: Remote Sensing & Geophysics (20) (Semester 2)
- DXX-2006: Climate Change (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-2008: Geohazards (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-2021: Plant Diversity & Conservation (20) (Semester 2)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- DXX-3020: Environmental Geochemistry (20)
- DXX-3508: Environmental Issues (20) or
DXC-3508: Materion Amgylcheddol (20)
Semester 2
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- BNS-3001: Freshwater Ecosystems (10) (Semester 1)
- DXX-3018: Rivers, Coast and Oceans (20) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3115: Advanced GIS & Remote Sensing (10) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3212: Forest Ecosystems (10) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3305: Field Course: Tenerife (20) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3615: Environmental Policy (10) (Semester 1)
- DXX-3707: Catchment Modelling & Analysis (10) (Semester 2)
Year 4 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- DXX-4101: M.Env. Science Dissertation (60) Core
- DXX-4102: Professional Placement (20)
- DXX-4524: Strategic Environmental Manag (20)