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Marine Science

Marine Geoscience

Requirements

  1. Minimum number of credit points - 68
  2. Maximum number of credit points at 100 level - 30
  3. Minimum number of credit points at 200 level or above designated in the Schedule of Undergraduate Units as science units - 34
  4. Minimum number of credit points at 300 level or above designated in the Schedule of Undergraduate Units as science units - 18, which must include the following approved coherent study:
    • MAR303
    • GEOS313
    • and 12 credit points from any 300-level science units

Note: Students are advised to check that they will have the 100- and 200-level units required as prerequisites. They are also strongly encouraged to seek academic advice at least annually.

Recommended Units

C = compulsory unit

100 Level

  • BIOL114 Evolution and Biodiversity (3cp, C)
  • GEOS112 The Planet Earth (3cp)
  • GEOS115 Earth Dynamics, Materials and the Environment (4cp)
  • GEOS116 Marine Geoscience (2cp) C
  • GEOS117 Biophysical Environments (3cp)C)
  • MATH13* (3cp)
  • CBMS101 Introductory Chemistry A (3cp) or
  • Plus 3cp from ISYS114, COMP115
  • Any other 100-level unit with the prefix MATH13*, PHYS, STAT

200 Level

  • MAR201 Introduction to Marine Science (3cp, C)
  • GEOS216 The Atmospheric Environment (4cp)
  • GEOS260 Marine Depositional Environments (4cp)
  • Plus at least 10cp from BIOL227 Ecology (3cp), CBMS208 Chemical Analysis I (3cp) , GEOS224 Introduction to field mapping (2cp), GEOS230 Field & Laboratory Studies in Geoscience, GEOS235 Palaeontology (3cp), GEOS264 Geographical Information Sciences (3cp), GEOS266 Earth Surface Processes (4cp), GEOS 268 Introduction to Geophysics (4cp), PHYS220 Scientific Modelling (3cp)
  • Any 200-level unit with the prefix MATH, PHYS, CBMS

300 Level

  • MAR303 Marine Science Project (3cp, C)
  • GEOS313 Atmospheric Atmospheric and Oceanographic Science (4cp)
  • Plus at least 12cp from GEOS301 Global Climates (4cp), GEOS312 Invertebrate Palaeontology (4cp), GEOS371 Geographical Information Systems:Technical Issues (4cp), GEOS397 Applied Palaeontology and Biogenic Sediments (4cp), GEOS451 Coral Reef Dynamics (3cp)
  • Any other 300-level unit with the prefix MATH, BIOL, CBMS, GEOS