BSc (Hons) Ocean Sciences
Course Overview
This master's degree in Ocean and Climate Science provides a rigorous, multidisciplinary foundation for understanding the ocean's central role in the Earth's climate system. The program offers three specialized pathways in oceanography, physics, or chemistry, blending theoretical knowledge with extensive practical experience. You will develop high-level research skills through hands-on laboratory work, fieldwork at sea, and independent study projects supervised by leading international scientists.
Key Program Highlights
- Choose from three distinct academic pathways: Oceanography, Physics, or Chemistry.
- Gain extensive practical experience through hands-on laboratory work and dedicated fieldwork at sea.
- Learn from and conduct research with international experts from the National Oceanography Centre.
- Accredited by IMarEST, enhancing professional recognition and career prospects.
- Optional Year in China at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) for a unique international experience.
Course Overview
This master's degree in Ocean and Climate Science provides a rigorous, multidisciplinary foundation for understanding the ocean's central role in the Earth's climate system. The program offers three specialized pathways in oceanography, physics, or chemistry, blending theoretical knowledge with extensive practical experience. You will develop high-level research skills through hands-on laboratory work, fieldwork at sea, and independent study projects supervised by leading international scientists.
Key Program Highlights
- Choose from three distinct academic pathways: Oceanography, Physics, or Chemistry.
- Gain extensive practical experience through hands-on laboratory work and dedicated fieldwork at sea.
- Learn from and conduct research with international experts from the National Oceanography Centre.
- Accredited by IMarEST, enhancing professional recognition and career prospects.
- Optional Year in China at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) for a unique international experience.
Requirements
Modules
- Study Skills (Marine Science)
- Climate, Atmosphere and Oceans
- Marine Ecosystems: Diversity, Processes and Threats
- Quantitative Skills for Ecology and Marine Biology
- Theory and Laboratory Experiments in Earth Surfaces Processes
- Ecology and Conservation
- Sedimentary Rocks and Fossils
- Life in the Seas and Oceans
- Essential Maths
- Introduction to Climate Change and Mitigation
- Living with Environmental Change
- Key Skills for Environmental Data Analysis
- Marine Ecophysiology, Ecology and Exploitation
- Marine Pollution
- Sampling the Ocean
- Research and Career Skills
- Oceanography, Plankton and Climate
- Catchment Hydrology
- Climatology
- Geomorphology: Ice, Sea and Air
- Changing Environments
- Ocean Carbon and Climate
- Contemporary Issues in Ocean and Climate Sciences
- Ocean Dynamics
- Sea Practical
- Independent Research Project
- Coastal Environments: Spatial and Temporal Change
- Carbon, Nutrients and Climate Change Mitigation
- Modelling Environmental Systems
