Bachelor of Marine Science
Faculty:
Faculty of Science
Department:
Department of Biological Sciences
Award:
Bachelor of Marine Science (BMarSc)
Study Mode:
Full-time, Part-time
Attendance Mode:
Internal
Candidature Length:
Full-time: 3 years
Study Period Offerings:
Session 1 (March), Session 2 (August)
General requirements:
| Minimum number of credit points for the degree | 69 |
| Minimum number of credit points at 200 level or above | 39 |
| Minimum number of credit points at 300 level or above | 18 |
| Minimum number of credit points designated as Science | 42 |
| Completion of a designated People unit | |
| Completion of a designated Planet unit | |
| Completion of other specific minimum requirements as set out below |
Note:
Students must complete one designated People unit and one designated Planet unit. One of those units must be taken outside the Department administering the program of study which the student is admitted to, and the other unit must be taken outside the Faculty administering the program of study which the student is admitted to. Units which are already a required unit of the student's program of study will not satisfy the People unit requirement or Planet unit requirement.
In order to graduate students must ensure that they have satisfied all of the general requirements of the award: see the general requirements listed above.
Marine Biology
MARS05
Specific minimum requirements:
Credit points
100 level
Required
3cp from
Marine Biology and Ecosystems (3)
Environmental Management for a Changing World (3)
Earth Dynamics (3)
Physics for Life Sciences (3)
3
BIOL units at 100 level
200 level
Required
6cp from
Genetics (3)
Animal Structure and Function (3)
Plant Structure and Function (3)
Organismal Biology (3)
Comparitive Physiology (3)
Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biology (3)
History of Life (3)
Evolution (3)
6
Palaeontology: The History of Life (3)
300 level
Required
3cp from
3cp from units designated as Science
Liquid Fuels and Energy Security (3)
C
Marine Science Project (3)
C
BIOL units at 300 level
3
Marine Science Capstone (3)
C
Balance of credit points required:
21
Electives
TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM
69
Note:
Units marked with a C are Capstone units.
Marine Geoscience
MARS06
Specific minimum requirements:
Credit points
100 level
Required
one of
Biophysical Environments (3)
Earth Dynamics (3)
3
Biophysical Environments (3)
200 level
Required
either
or
or
The Atmospheric Environment (3)
3
The Atmospheric Environment (3)
Required
6cp from
History of Life (3)
Palaeontology: The History of Life (3)
Introduction to Geographic Information Science (3)
Climate Change (3)
Earth Surface Processes (3)
Climate Change (3)
Introduction to Geographic Information Science (3)
Earth Surface Processes (3)
Introduction to Geophysics (3)
Field and Laboratory Studies in Geoscience (3)
6
Introduction to Field Geology (3)
300 level
Required
3cp from
BIOL units
Marine Science Project (3)
C
Marine Ecology (3)
C
Liquid Fuels and Energy Security (3)
C
3
Marine Science Capstone (3)
C
Required
either
or
or
Climate Change, Coasts and Oceans (3)
3
Climate Change, Coasts and Oceans (3)
Balance of credit points required:
15
Electives
TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM
69
Note:
Units marked with a C are Capstone units.