Advanced Scuba Skills for Scientific Diving (3 ECTS)

Semesters: 1st and 2nd

Code: 18361013

Scientific Diving for Marine Ecology (3 ECTS)

Semesters: 1st and 2nd

Code: 18361014

There are several diving curricular units available @ UALG. For master’s students, we teach two curricular units:

  • Advanced Scuba Skills for Scientific Diving - This course is equivalent to a GUE Fundamentals course, so if you already have this certification, you may skip this discipline. For students without any SCUBA diving course, we provide a first module, which consists of an SSI Open Water Diver or GUE Rec1.
  • Scientific Diving for Marine Ecology - This unit can only be taught after the successful completion of the first curricular unit (or a GUE Fundamentals course).
  • Please beware that you must first confirm class availability by e-mail to ccmardiveclass@ualg.pt, before making any enrollment in a given curricular unit at the academic services."
For more info on these units, please refer to this web page, or contact them via email at ccmardiveclass@ualg.pt.

Workload

Each diving course has a workload of 10 h of lectures + 20 h of practical classes + 54 h of independent work.

Registration

To apply to any of these courses, you must be physically fit and talk to Diogo Paulo or João Encarnação by sending an email to ccmardiveclass@ualg.pt. Alternatively, you can come by the CCMAR Diving Centre facilities in Bld. 7 in the west corridor, near the northwestern entrance. However, as Diogo or João are usually away teaching, so be advised to send an email to them first to schedule a meeting.

Evaluation

Each course will be evaluated by a written exam (20% of the final grade), a report on the practical component of the diving unit (20% of the final grade) and diving performance (60% of the final grade).

Diving performance will be scored as follows:

  • 1 - Unsafe Diver (fail)
  • 2 - Cannot complete task (must repeat)
  • 3 - Task completed (approved)
  • 4 - Excellent performance (approved)

These diving classes require an additional payment to carry out the actual diving classes that are needed to obtain an European certification. Please contact ccmardiveclass@ualg.pt for further information.

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