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Natural Sciences
Environmental Sciences
BSc Marine Science
4 years
€3000 pa
Programme profile
The degree in Marine Science is a four-year degree leading to a BSc (Hons). At the end of the degree, students will have improved their knowledge about the marine environment and will have developed thinking, practical and personal skills. The course will enable students to find work in the commercial or State regulatory sectors as well as enabling them to undergo further academic training in a wide variety of scientific disciplines.
At present, NUI Galway is the only Irish university offering this degree programme and it now has the highest concentration of marine scientists of any institution in Ireland. Research ranges from fundamental understanding of the marine ecosystem to very applied activities involving close co-operation with industry and state agencies..
Programme content
Year One: Biology; Introduction to Earth and Ocean Sciences; Chemistry / Physics; Plus either Mathematics or Applied Mathematics
Year Two: Introduction to Earth and Ocean Sciences: Applied Statistics: Plus two of the following: Botany, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Microbiology, Applied Mathematical Science, Zoology
Year Three: Introduction to Marine Ecology; Marine Geoscience; Plus one of the following: Botany, Microbiology, Zoology, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Applied Mathematical Science
Year Four: Advanced Topics in Marine Science; Plus one of the following: Marine Microbial Processes, Marine Zoology, Marine Plant Science, Chemical Oceanography, Physical Oceanography
Entry Requirements
Students must present six subjects of which two must be at grade C or above at Advanced GCE (A-Level. The other subjects must be at least at grade C or above on GCSE or Advanced Subsidiary GCE (AS) papers. The six subjects must include: English, Mathematics, a Laboratory Science subject and a language other than English.
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