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Year 3

Junior Sophisters

The Environmental Science Moderatorship course consists of 60 European Credit Transfer Systems (Credits) per year. Junior Sophisters take a total of 50 mandatory Credits, and are required to take one Broad Curriculum Module (5 Credits), and two optional modules (10 Credits). Some modules are examined entirely by in-course assessment; most are assessed by a combination of in-course assessment and examination.

MANDATORY MODULES:
Modules Credits
ES3055 Introduction to Environmental Sciences 5
BO3105 Fundamentals of Ecology 5
ES3040 Environmental and Analytical Chemistry 5
BO3106 Statistics and Experimental Design 5
GG3033 Geographical Information Systems 5
GG3020 Coastal Processess & Management I 5
GL3333 Stable Isotopes & Groundwater Quality 5
ZO3083 Freshwater Biology 5
ZO3081/2 Electives In Ecology* 5
ZO3302 Bioindicators and Pollution  
ZO3307 Terrestrial Ecology Field Trip  
ZO3306 Wildlife Biology  
BC Broad Curriculum** 5
TOTAL CREDITS 50
OPTIONAL MODULES:
(students choose two of the optional modules below)
Modules Credits
BO3121 Spring Field Trip 5
BO3111 Angiosperm Diversity and Systematics 5
BO3120 Environmental Dynamics 5
GG3021 Coastal Processess & Management II 5
TOTAL CREDITS 10

*Students choose two of the Electives in Ecology

**Students have a choice of 5 Credits from the Broad Curriculum syllabus


Last updated 12 July 2011 by nisheois@tcd.ie.