MARINE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr S Stead

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 1 or 2.

Notes

The course is suitable for students studying either natural or social science based degrees with an interest in marine environmental science and management.

Overview

The sea is a valuable resource for food, minerals, chemicals and potential energy while coastal areas support many important uses, including acquaculture, agriculture, fisheries, housing, recreation, tourism and transport. This course examines the management of valuable natural resources in coastal and marine environments. Over exploitation and pollution has resulted in a growing number of problems: over-fishing, habitat destruction, species, extinction, pollution, illegal trafficking, overcrowded shipping lanes, piracy, terrorism and the break-up of coastal communities. These problems and the challenges they present to marine resource managers will be addressed.
Series of lectures and field visits one afternoon per week.
Continuous assessment (100%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Ms A-M Slater

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 1 or 2.

Overview

This course develops on from the introduction to Law for Land Economy course. It provides an introduction to all areas of law relevant to the marine environment and acts as a foundation course for other detailed and specialist courses in years 2, 3 and 4.
3 lectures and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
1 two-hour examination (50%) and continuous assessment (50%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Mr J Robertson

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 1 or 2.

Notes

The course is suitable for students studying either natural or social science based degrees with an interest in marine environmental science and management.

Overview

This course provides a general introduction to marine and coastal environmental management. Topics studied include global environmental issues, fisheries management, marine and coastal environments, the oil and gas industries and coastal zone management. A number of field visits provide an opportunity for students to receive up-to-date information on research and development on areas related to this course.
1 three-hour lecture/field trip visit per week.
Continuous assessment (100%).

Credit Points

10

Course Coordinator

Dr S Stead

Pre-requisites

None

Notes

This course is only available to students registered for the BSc Marine Resource Management programme.

Overview

This course will provide the student with the skills needed for effective study throughout their marine resource management degree programme, as well as those essential skills required by an undergraduate. In addition, it seeks to provide students with an overview of issues and contemporary debates in marine and coastal studies.
6 two-hour lectures and 2 three-hour practical classes.
Continuous assessment (100%): one report (50%) and two oral presentations (2 x 25%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Mr A Martin

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 2 or above.

Notes

This course is only available to students registered for the BSc Marine Resource Management Programme.

Overview

Leisure is defined in terms of time, activity and a “holistic” approach. Links between leisure and tourism are established, with the economic and social impacts being studied. Industrial tourism is addressed, and case studies relating to the marine environment are given.
The opposing forces of leisure development and sustainable tourism are studied in the context of the marine environment.
These problems and the challenges they present will be addressed.
Series of lectures, seminars and a field visit. These will be in a 3 hour block.
Continuous assessment (100%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Mr G Kidd

Pre-requisites

Available only to BSc Marine Resource Management students in Programme Year 2 or above.

Overview

The course aims to provide an understanding of the scale and range of civil and offshore engineering works, including the techniques used in offshore estuaries and onshore situations.
2 one-hour lectures and one practical class per week and 1 one-hour tutorial per three weeks.
Continuous assessment (100%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Mr J Robertson

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 2 or above.

Notes

This course includes a compulsory 1 week residential field course for students registered for the BSc Marine Resource Management Programme.

Overview

The course combines a series of lectures, study visits with practical classes and introduces contemporary topics related to Marine Environmental Management. Topics considered include EIAs, Benthic Ecology, Coastal Ecology and Conservation, Marine Environmental Sampling Techniques and International Marine Park Management..
1 three-hour lecture/field visit per week.
Continuous assessment (100%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr S Stead

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 3 or above.

Overview

The course will provide students with experience of project planning and the opportunity to apply and integrate skills learned in other related courses to a case study based on a current marine environmental issue.
Personal and group research supported by formal introduction to project planning methods.
Series of lectures, seminars and field visits. Length and type of teaching contact hours will vary from week to week and with project from year to year.
Continuous assessment (100%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

To be confirmed

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 3 or above.

Overview

This course is taught through a series of seminars and directed reading. It aims to familiarise students with the resource base conflicts arising around coastal areas and to introduce the mechanisms (legal, policy and economic) available to resolve them. Topics considered include the role of the European Union; bathing water quality; the management of ports; the role of various regulatory bodies; approaches to coastal zone management in the USA and Australia, and design in the coastal zone.
1 two-hour seminar per week.
1 two-hour examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Ms C Jackson

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 3 or above who have passed LE 1508.

Overview

This course provides students with an introduction to the concept of value, the measurement of value and methods of valuation. Principles of valuation are explained using examples from both land and coastal economy. Topics covered can include; the coastal property market; determinants of rental, capital and site value: cost of capital, equated yields and growth: extensions and renewal of leases: development and valuation of harbours, marinas and coastal areas including consideration of specific marine constraints and benefits.
3 one-hour lectures and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
1 two-hour examination (80%) and continuous assessment (20%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Mr P Evans

Pre-requisites

Available only to BSc Marine Resource Management students in Programme Year 3 or above.

Overview

Brief history of navigation and hydrography and the current significance; review of applications; the elements of hydrography; method of fixing position afloat; unelevated position fixing; processing of hydrographic data.
3 one-hour lectures per week.
Continuous Assessment (100%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Ms L Philip

Pre-requisites

LE 3520 available only to candidates for Honours in BSc Marine Resource Management.

Overview

Personal research supported by formal introduction to research methods (in associated course) and by regular supervision.
Submission of dissertation (including original work) on topic approved by Head of Department of Land Economy.