MSc in Marine Science, Policy and Law

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University of Southampton, Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

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• Objectives
  This taught postgraduate Masters degree programme provides specialised training in the skills required for the development of a career in international science-based policy in areas related to the protection and management of the marine environment. Graduates will be enabled to acquire a broad knowledge of the multi-disciplinary science that underpins environmental policy making and an introduction to international law particularly focussing on policy related issues. Key skills in evidence based policy making will be developed through workshops underpinned by development of advanced level understanding of policy in specialist case studies. Two pathways will be offered at the outset; International Boundaries & Resources and Climate Change & Environmental Protection. The project work will involve a placement in a relevant area of policy making and a dissertation prepared under the supervision of a member of University staff.
• Entry requirements
  A good Honours degree (2.1 or equivalent preferred) in any discipline or a relevant career background which demonstrates the candidate's capacity to assimilate knowledge, to apply critical analysis to environmental issues and which provides evidence of numeracy skills and the ability to analyse scientific data.
• Academic title
  MSc in Marine Science, Policy and Law
• Course description
  MSc in Marine Science, Policy and Law Course Content
  
  Semester 1
  
  -Compulsory Modules
  -Contemporary Topics
  -Introduction to Marine Geology
  -International Maritime and Environmental Law
  
  One module from the following:
  
  -Introduction to Biological Oceanography
  -Introduction to Phyiscal Oceanography
  -Introduction to Chemical Oceanography
  
  One module from the following:
  
  -Coastal Sediment Dynamics
  -Applied & Marine Geophysics
  -Large Scale Ocean Processes
  -Biogeochemical Cycles in the Earth System
  -Deep Sea Ecology
  -Zooplankton Ecology & Processes
  -Introduction to Remote Sensing
  
  Semester 2
  
  -Compulsory Module
  -UN Convention of the Law of the Seas
  -Two modules from the following:
  -Applied Sediment Dynamics OR
  -High Resolution Marine Geophysics
  -Radar Remote Sensing of the Oceans OR
  -Global Climate Dynamics
  -Climate Dynamics
  -Applied Biogeochemistry & Pollution
  
  The research project will be undertaken in collaboration with stakeholders and will involve a placement relevant to the chosen pathway.

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