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Course overview The seas and oceans represent the largest part of the biosphere, yet there is still much to discover about the biology of marine organisms and of marine environments . The biology of marine animals , plants and ecosystems are all very different from those of their more familiar terrestrial counterparts. Rather than being 'low' at the poles and 'high' in the tropics, marine diversity is focused around localised 'hot-spots' of temperate (including UK ) rocky shores, tropical coral reefs, nutrient-rich cold currents, ancient cold ocean basins and deep sea volcanic vents. Few of us are unaware of the threats to wildlife and the urgent need for the conservation of species and their habitats. While most of us have not been to the wildest places on earth, in the modern world we learn about remote places and we care about the future of these places and the creatures that live there. There is also a great deal of commitment in the UK to secure the future of British wildlife and habitat . Wildlife Biolog y studies the management of populations of wild animals, essential for conservation . Wildlife Biology will equip you with the field methods needed to study wildlife and provide an understanding of population ecology and wildlife management while Marine Biology provides a complementary 'marine dimension' including a specialist final-year (self-funded) residential ' Practical Marine Biology ' module at a UK marine biology station and a final-year dedicated ' Behaviour of Marine Animals ' module. Module guide Year one core modules Biomeasurement Core Biology Introduction to Marine Biology British Wildlife and Conservation Ecology Year two core modules Preparation for Research Biological Oceanography Practical Biology Practical Biodiversity Vertebrate Biology Year three core modules Undergraduate Project Coastal Marine Biology Practical Marine Biology Population Ecology and Wildlife Management Wildlife Management & Conservation Year one optional modules Animal Behaviour in Context Animal Form & Function Introduction to Animal Behaviour & Welfare Plant Life Year two optional modules Animal Ecophysiology Applied Ethology & Animal Welfare BioGIS Communities & Ecosystems Concepts in Animal Behaviour Invertebrate Biology Tropical Ecology & Management Vertebrate Biology Year three optional modules Advanced Topics in Behavioural Ecology Behaviour of Marine Animals Behavioural Ecology Biogeography Biological Conservation Mammalogy Assessment This course uses a wide range of methods of assessment including essays, practical reports, computer-based assessments, presentations, debates, steeplechase tests, reviews of scientific papers and examinations. The weighting of different assessment methods varies between modules and levels of study.