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 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
Compulsory Modules
credits from:
- Year 1
- DXX-1001: Ecosystem Function & Services (20) (Semester 2)
- FXX-1005: Chem. in Biol. and Environ. (10) (Semester 2)
Optional Modules
0 to 30 credits from:
- FXX-0010: Essential Chemistry (10) (Semester 1)
- DXX-1007: Academic Tutorials&Key Skills (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
0 to 10 credits from:
- DXC-1000: Tiwt Acad.&Sgiliau Allweddol (10) (Semester 1)
- DXX-1000: Academic Tutorials&Key Skills (10) (Semester 1)
20 to 0 credits from:
- DXC-1006: Gwaith Maes Rhagweiniol: Eryri (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-1006: Intro Fieldwork: Snowdonia (20) (Semester 1)
20 to 0 credits from:
- ONC-1001: Dadansoddi Data Amgylcheddol (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- ONS-1001: Environmental data & analysis (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
0 to 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: Enviro Conflict (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)
- OSX-2004: Estuary & Shelf Sea Processes (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-2005: Remote Sensing & Geophysics (20) (Semester 2)
- DXX-2006: Climate Chng: Science & Impact (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-2008: Geohazards (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-2021: Plant Diversity & Conservation (20) (Semester 2)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
10 to 20 credits from:
- DXX-3506: C. Issues in Env & related Sci (10) (Semester 1)
- DXX-3508: Environmental Issues (20) (Semester 1)
- You must take DXX/DXC-3506 if choosing DXX/DXC-3702 from Optional Modules below. If you do not choose DXX/DXC-3702, then you will choose DXX/DXC-3508
Optional Modules
60 to 70 credits from:
- BNS-3001: Freshwater Ecosystems (10) (Semester 1)
- DXX-3006: Global Food Security (10) (Semester 2)
- 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 1)
- DXX-3615: Environmental Policy (10) (Semester 1)
- DXX-3702: Management plan (30) (Semester 1)
- DXX-3707: Catchment Modelling & Analysis (10) (Semester 2)
- If you choose DXX/DXC-3702 you must take DXX/DXC-3506.
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)