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MSc in Marine Environment and Resources: University of Southampton

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Degree 
MSc
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MSc in Marine Environment and Resources: University of Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Subject
Geology Earth science and Geography
Course Language(s) 
English
Course Beginning 
October
Duration 
18 months full-time
App Deadline 
31-Jul
Scholarship and Grants 

http://www.soton.ac.uk/soes/pgstudy/mscm...

Telephone 
+44 (0)23 8059 6028 or 6043
Fax 
+44 (0)23 8059 3059
E-mail 

msc...@noc.soton.ac.uk

Website 
http://www.soton.ac.uk/soes/pgstudy/mscm...



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Course Description

This three- to four-semester taught programme is a multiple European postgraduate degree, with the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) and the University of Bordeaux-1 (with the AZTI Foundation and the Oceanographic Foundation of Guipúzcoa, Bilbao, Spain).

You will spend at least one semester each in Southampton, Bilbao and Bordeaux, and study in English. This experience of mobility, along with the emphasis on environment and resources within the programme, will empower you in the pan-European job and research market.

Programme Structure

  • Semester 1 (delivered by the University of Southampton or the University of Bordeaux-1)

  • All students must complete five introductory modules:
  • Contemporary Topics
  • Introduction to Biological Oceanography
  • Introduction to Physical Oceanography
  • Introduction to Chemical Oceanography
  • Introduction to Marine Geology

In addition, one optional module is selected:

  • Applied & Marine Geophysics
  • Large Scale Ocean Processes
  • Biogeochemical Cycles in the Earth System
  • Introductory Remote Sensing of the Oceans
  • Geodynamics & Solid Earth Geophysics
  • International Maritime and Environmental Law

  • Semester 2 (delivered by the University of the Basque Country)

  • Semester 3 (delivered by the University of Southampton or the University of Bordeaux-1)

Modules offered at Southampton

Four optional modules from

  • Biological and chemical aspects of environmental pollution
  • Deep-sea ecology
  • Freshwater ecosystems
  • Hydrology and water resources
  • Maritime and coastal engineering
  • Zooplankton ecology and processes
  • Any option not taken in the first semester

Specialisation in

  • Biodiversity and preservation of the marine environment and its resources
  • Design of sampling schemes and data analysis in research projects
  • Ecotoxicology; Integrated assessment of the quality of the marine environment
  • Sustainable management of marine living resources; Sustainable management of marine non-living resources

Entry requirements

  • Upper second-class honours degree or equivalent
  • 210 ECTS

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