Educational guide 2023_24
Facultade de Ciencias do Mar
Grado en Ciencias del Mar
 Training and Learning Results


Choose A Code Training and Learning Results
  A1 Students have demonstrated knowledge and understanding in a field of study that builds upon their general secondary education, and is typically at a level that, whilst supported by advanced textbooks, includes some aspects that will be informed by knowledge of the forefront of their field of study
  A2 Students can apply their knowledge and understanding in a manner that indicates a professional approach to their work or vocation, and have competences typically demonstrated through devising and sustaining arguments and solving problems within their field of study
  A3 Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their field of study) to inform judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues
  A4 Students can communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences
  A5 Students have developed those learning skills that are necessary for them to continue to undertake further study with a high degree of autonomy
Choose B Code Knowledge
  B1 Know and use vocabulary, concepts, principles and theories related to oceanography and apply everything learned in a professional and/or research environment.
  B2 Plan and execute surveys in the field and laboratory work, applying basic tools and techniques for sampling, data acquisition and analysis in the water column, sea bottom and marine substratum.
  B3 Recognize and implement good practices in measurement and experimentation, and work responsibly and safely both in field surveys and in the laboratory.
  B4 Manage, process and interpret the data and information obtained both in the field and in the laboratory.
  B5 Develop, implement and write basic or applied projects in oceanography from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Choose C Code Skill
  C1 know at a general level the fundamental principles of sciences: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geology.
  C2 Acquire basic knowledge of mathematics (differential and integral calculation) and statistics.
  C3 Describe how works the global ocean circulation, its forcings and its climate implications.
  C4 Know, analyze and interpret the physical properties of the ocean according to current theories, as well as to know the most relevant sampling tools and techniques.
  C5 Formulate the mass, energy and moment conservation equations for geophysical fluids and solve them in basic oceanic processes.
  C6 Acquire the fundamentals and terminology of chemical processes.
  C7 Apply to the marine and coastal environment the principles and methods used in Chemistry.
  C8 Know the main pollutants, their causes and effects in the marine and coastal environment.
  C9 Acquire basic knowledge about the structural and functional organization and the evolution of marine organisms.
  C10 Know the biological diversity and functioning of marine ecosystems.
  C11 Apply the knowledge and techniques acquired to the characterization and sustainable use of living resources and marine ecosystems.
  C12 Acquire knowledge about processes and products related to internal and external geological cycles.
  C13 Acquire the basic sedimentological, geochemical and geophysical techniques and methodologies used in identification, use and sustainability of the natural resources of coastal and marine environmets.
  C14 Know basic concepts and events of global change obtained from geological records.
Choose D Code Competences
  D1 Develop the search, analysis and synthesis of information skills oriented to the identification and resolution of problems.
  D2 Acquire the ability to learn autonomously, continuously and collaboratively, organizing and planning tasks over time.
  D3 Understanding the meaning and application of the gender perspective in different fields of knowledge and in professional practice with the aim of achieving a more just and equal society.
  D4 Ability to communicate orally and in writing in Galician language.
  D5 Sustainability and environmental commitment. Equitable, responsible and efficient use of resources.
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