Marine Environmental Protection MSc at Bangor University

The MSc Marine Environmental Protection is a one-year full-time course of nine months of teaching and a three-month research project, assessed by continuous assessment. It gives a scientific basis for developing policy and decisions on marine resource exploitation and protection, with training in measuring marine resources and the effects of conflicting uses.

Duration: 1 year full-time  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules are Marine Ecology Skills, Marine Fisheries, Coastal Habitat Ecology and Survey, Marine Environmental Impacts and their Assessment, Marine Conservation and Coastal Zone Management, Research Project Design and Planning, and a Research Project and Dissertation of 20,000 words. Learning includes lectures, seminars, practicals in the laboratory, on the shore or at sea, and personal research.

Career pathways

Most graduates take up employment in marine environmental protection in the UK and abroad, in public bodies, aquatic consultancies, voluntary organisations and research.

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