MARINE BIOLOGY SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS
BIOSCIENCES 6 TEACHING QUALITY (Times & Sunday Times University Guide 2020) TH
IN THE UK
Marine Biology at Swansea is a highly practical course. We are ideally located for marine biology field and boat work – the nearby Gower Peninsula provides a variety of study habitats, from exposed rock shores and steep cliffs enclosing small sheltered bays to sand dunes, salt marsh, open pelagic, deep water and estuarine mudflats.
Foundation Year available Global Opportunities available International Students
You will receive training in a range of survey and sampling techniques, and will gain experience in identifying a wide variety of seabed-dwelling invertebrates and fish. Local and international field courses allow you to work in varied habitats. Recent projects have involved sea turtle migration, whale behaviour and oil pollution. You may have
AREAS STUDIED TYPICALLY INCLUDE: Year 1 • Animal diversity • Cellular and microbial biology • Ecology and animal behaviour • Form and function • Molecular and evolutionary biology Year 2 • Ichthyology • Marine biology field course (Pembrokeshire) • Marine ecosystems • Marine invertebrates • M arine plankton and oceanography Year 3
foundation programme available Welsh Scholarships/Bursaries available Full details available on the Course Reference Grid (page 134)
TYPICAL OFFER: ABB-BBB (to include Biology or Human Biology)
Detailed entry requirements and course features available on the Course Reference Grid (page 134)
the opportunity to join an international field course in Puerto Rico or Malaysia.
Our excellent teaching facilities include the Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research, zoology museum, custom-designed 18-metre catamaran-class survey vessel, and a unique visualisation suite that displays multi-dimensional animal tracking data.
BSc Single Honours ▲ Marine Biology ♦ Marine Biology (with Year in Industry/Abroad) ♦ Biology (with Foundation Year) leading to BSc Marine Biology
• Diseases of aquatic animals • Ecology of marine animals • Fisheries and aquaculture • Oceans and climate • Polar biology
Biology – see page 57 Zoology – see page 132
▲ 3 YEAR ♦ 4 YEAR For individual UCAS course codes please visit the course web page
FUTURE CAREERS: • Conservationist • Environmental Consultant • Marine Researcher • Postgraduate Research • Teaching
ACCREDITATIONS INCLUDE:
For more detailed course content, including a full module list, visit: swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses
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