BSc (Hons) Marine Ecology and Conservation

Course details Core units Marine Conservation - This unit aims to enable you to critically evaluate approaches to the conservation and management of marine biodiversity including fisheries and protected areas. You will also examine legal processes and mechanisms that are applied to the conservation of marine and coastal environments. Independent Research Project - Your project provides you with an opportunity to gain experience of research in a topic of your choice relevant to your degree and to demonstrate your ability to report that research. Such experience is considered essential for those students interested in pursuing academic and/or professional research at a higher level of responsibility and achievement. Marine Mammal Ecology and Behaviour - This unit, taught at Kingston Maurward College, develops a key understanding of Marine Mammals and their interactions with their environment and other marine organisms. You will take an applied approach to aspects of behavioural ecology, aspects of animal behaviour such communication and conservation ecology in relation to Marine Mammals. You may also get the opportunity to observe boat surveys and observe marine mammals in-situ as part of the module. Marine Field Study Techniques - You will carry out extensive field work studies of marine physical and coastal geomorphological environments, from your base at Kingston Maurward College. You will use range of equipment, enabling you to critically analyse data using geodatabases and create maps using GIS software. You will also create a detailed field book and write up a case study on an aspect of marine studies. Option units: choose 1 Environmental Law and Management - You will need a critical understanding of the body of law that is concerned with threats to environmental quality and ecosystems. Together, we will examine how environmental law seeks to regulate damage to the environment, focusing on particular areas such as climate change, air pollution control, conservation of natural environment, water, waste and environmental management systems. The focus is primarily on the system of environmental laws and regulations in the UK, but will also consider how this has been impacted by European and international environmental law. The broader themes and ideas underpinning the unit will be explored by reference to examples taken from both the UK and other jurisdictions. Freshwater Resource Management - Providing you with a framework to actively make managerial decisions, this unit enables problems to be identified, analysed and solutions to be proposed including the promotion of sustainable communities and public participation in the planning process and environmental assessment. You will cover a range of aspects of freshwater resource management including sustainable development, conservation and key issues from a planning policy and decision making perspective. Programme specification Programme specifications provide definitive records of the University's taught degrees in line with Quality Assurance Agency requirements. Every taught course leading to a BU Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used. Download the programme specification for BSc (Hons) Marine Ecology and Conservation (Top-Up). Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please contact us for assistance.