BSc Hons in Marine Biology and Coastal Zone Management (Lancaster University)
Qualification Obtained
BSc (Hons) in Marine Biology and Coastal Zone Management
About this Course:
This Degree in Marine Biology and Coastal Zone Management offers students the opportunity to develop skills in marine sciences and environmental management. The environment around us has been shaped by the interaction of people with nature for a considerable period of time, and there can be little doubt that environmental issues are now generally recognised as being of crucial importance. Coastal and Marine areas require special attention due to the demand put on resources from a wide range of human activities and environmental processes.
The Degree focuses on the development of skills appropriate to employment at professional level in the assessment, analysis and evaluation of coastal and marine conservation problems. The course is designed to provide students with practical expertise in coastal conservation. It involves a multi-disciplinary approach to the conservation and management of valued marine and coastal environments. It will develop the students in a range of analytical and scientific skills, practical techniques and sound business principles, together with a detailed knowledge and understanding of coastal management issues. Throughout the design of the course, we have involved industry and other organisations, in order to provide students with the sound practical basis that they will need for a career in this area. Examples of this include working with North West and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee to develop cockle monitoring techniques in Morecambe Bay as part of Unit 5 and 11, Wyre Borough Council for work with students on practical conservation work in unit 10, the Morecambe Bay Partnership, for work on coastal management in Unit 1 and 7. These practitioners have helped us in a number of ways, for example by providing us with access to a range of management information, talking and guiding students in both practical and theoretical work and providing students with case study materials. The course has grown out of a successful HND and we have considerable emphasis on work based learning.
Progression:
These have been excellent for many of our students. We have Graduates working in the fields of coral reef conservation, fish farming, shell fish monitoring, environmental planning, pollution monitoring, countryside ranger, local council recycling, educational diving and surveying, Teaching (both primary and secondary) to lecturing to Degree level. Our students do well in the employment field due to the practical nature of the course
Special Features:
In several of the units students may have the opportunity to undertake learning in the conservation workplace environment. However Unit 1/3 provides the means to assess this more formally, over a longer period of placement and experience. As part of this students are required to produce a portfolio of work undertaken at an appropriate local provider. The work undertaken could include any form of environmental management and should mirror the roles (wherever possible) of industry practitioners. The second form of assessment for the WBL involves the report produced during a residential fieldwork week. In the past students have been to Knoydart on the West Coast of Scotland, where they work with staff from WA Marine Consulting plc. During this week students are shown a series of survey and data collection techniques, used by industry, to undertake environmental impact assessments. Students use work based survey techniques for example JNCC these are the kind used most commonly by practitioners in industry.
The lead onto the BSc top-up programme is from the Foundation Degree.
The Foundation Degree has been designed to allow students to develop the skills needed for the Honours top-up year. Subjects studied at Level I are matured into Level H themes. For example the work undertaken in Unit 2/7 on Coastal Management leads into Unit 3/16, the Management of Coastlines for Sustainable Tourism. Learning objectives that start with fairly broad aims become more specific at Level H. In this example it is not just the collection of data, or the understanding of a concept that is required, but using both together and moving towards a 'given purpose'. Sustainable development is not just understood, but at level H it is required to give detailed solutions and refer back to appropriate theoretical issues.
Other examples of this sequential development may be found in the biological units, for examples Unit 2/9 Fish Biology, learning objective 4 'students must have a detailed understanding of the physiological adaptations of fish to the marine environment', leads on to work in the final year. Unit 3/15 Marine and Fisheries Science, learning objective 3 states that 'students will be expected to demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate the mechanisms employed by diadromous fish species with regard to osmoregulation associated with migration'. Hence Level I work is built upon.
How to Apply
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More information about entry requirements and the application process is available within our Higher Education section
Course Occurrences:
| Course Code | Start Date | End Date | Location | Tuition Fees | Attendance Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI1HE63 | 10th Sep 2012 | 13th Jun 2014 | University Centre | £665 | HE Part Time |
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