Modules for course F901 | BSC/ES4
BSc Environmental Science (4 yr with placement)
These are the modules currently offered on this course in the 2020–21 academic year.
You can also view the modules offered in the years: 2019–20; 2021–22.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- 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)
10 to 30 credits from:
- FXX-0010: Essential Chemistry (10) (Semester 1)
- DXX-1000: Academic Tutorials&Key Skills (10) (Semester 1) or
DXC-1000: Tiwt Acad.&Sgiliau Allweddol (10) (Semester 1) - DXX-1007: Academic Tutorials&Key Skills (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- Students without A2 Chemistry must take FXX0010 & DXC/X1007
Optional Modules
20 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: 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-3506: C. Issues in Env & related Sci (10) or
DXC-3506: Materion Cyfoes yr Amgylchedd (10) - DXX-3701: Honours project (30) or
DXC-3701: Project Anrhydedd (30)
Semester 2
- DXX-3402: Waste Management & Utilisation (10)
- DXX-3507: Renewable Energy (10)
- DXX-3701: Honours project or
DXC-3701: Project Anrhydedd
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- BNS-3001: Freshwater Ecosystems (10) (Semester 1)
- DXX-3018: Rivers, Coast and Oceans (20) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3212: Forest Ecosystems (10) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3305: Field Course: Tenerife (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- DXX-3615: Environmental Policy (10) (Semester 1)
- DXX-3707: Catchment Modelling & Analysis (10) (Semester 2)