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.
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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: Intro Fieldwork: Snowdonia (20) or
DXC-1006: Gwaith Maes Rhagweiniol: 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: 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) 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 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) or
DXC-3506: Materion Cyfoes yr Amgylchedd (10) (Semester 1) - DXX-3508: Environmental Issues (20) (Semester 1) or
DXC-3508: Materion Amgylcheddol (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) or
DXC-3702: Cynllun Rheoli (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)