Name: MSc Oceanography
Brand: University of Southampton

Description

Type

Postgraduate
Location

Southampton

Start date

September

Introducing your course
This is the course page for our unique, multidisciplinary MSc Oceanography degree at Southampton. Find out about our marine science research and what studying at a renowned research institution involves.
In this course page we explain a range of key information about the course. This includes typical entry requirements, modules you can take and how assessment works. We also suggest career opportunities open to you as a University of Southampton graduate of MSc Oceanography.
If you still have queries, please get in touch and we’ll be happy to answer any questions you have. See our contact us page for our telephone, email and address information.

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Southampton (Hampshire)

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University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Subjects

Credit
Data analysis
Surveying
Ecology
Geophysics
Oceanography
Global
Climate

Course programme

Year 1

Your choice of modules is determined by your current background and future interests. All MSc Oceanography students take four compulsory introductory modules in Semester 1 to gain a foundation in multidisciplinary marine science, and two option modules from the list below. Semester 1 also currently includes Masters Boat Week, when students undertake boat-based practical work in local waters.

In Semester 2, students select three option modules from the list below, currently delivered as short-intensive courses, which include further laboratory and boat-based practical work where relevant. Over both Semesters, all students also complete a Key Skills module that develops competencies required for a successful career in marine science, including fieldwork techniques, technical writing and science communication, IT and data analysis, and career development.

In total, the taught modules of the MSc degree over both Semesters carry a 60 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credit-point value, equivalent to two-thirds of the overall degree. From the end of May until late September, all students work full-time on their individual MSc Research Project (SOES6039), which carries a 30 ECTS credit-point value, equivalent to one-third of the overall degree.

To illustrate the specialisations possible through the option modules of the degree, we have developed pathways of suggested module choices, as follows:

Please note the availability of modules is subject to timetabling contraints

Marine Biology and Ecology pathway

Semester 1: Deep-sea ecology; Zooplankton Ecology and Processes Semester 2: Ecological Modelling; Global Ocean Carbon Cycle, Ocean Acidification and Climate; Seafloor Exploration and Surveying 2

Physical Oceanography and Climate Dynamics pathway

Semester 1: Large-scale Ocean Processes; or Computational Data Analysis for Geophysicists and Ocean Scientists Semester 2: Climate Dynamics; Global Climate Cycles; Modelling Coastal Processes

Marine Biogeochemistry pathway

Semester 1: Biogeochemical Cycles in the Earth System; plus any other option module depending on previous background or future interest (e.g. microfossils; sediment dynamics) Semester 2: Environmental Radioactivity and Radiochemistry; Global Ocean Carbon Cycle, ocean Acidification and Climate; plus any other option module depending on previous background or future interest (e.g. ecological modelling; global climate cycles)

Marine Geology and Geophysics pathway

Semester 1: Any two from Applied and Marine Geophysics; Microfossils, Environment and Time; Computational Data Analysis for Geophysicists and Ocean Scientists; Geodynamics and Solid Earth Geophysics Semester 2: Seafloor Exploration and Surveying 2; plus any two other option modules depending on previous background or future interest (e.g. environmental radioactivity; global climate cycles)

Students do not have to follow the suggestions for a particular pathway, however, and can mix options from different areas, where the timetable allows, to pursue broader interests, combining biology and biogeochemistry modules, or geophysics and climate dynamics modules, is possible. The pathways are only illustrations of frequently chosen areas of specialisation that are possible within the MSc Oceanography degree programme.

Semester OneCompulsory

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