BSc Environmental Earth Science (with integrated year in industry)
Entry requirements
A level: BBB-CCC to include a science subject IB: 30-26 with 5 points in a science subject at Higher Level
About this course
BSc in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Core topics include Laboratory Techniques, Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Environmental Analysis. The course includes an integrated year in industry with dedicated work placement modules. Facilities are recognised by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and the programme culminates in a final-year dissertation.
Modules
- Earth Surface Environments
- Fieldwork Skills
- How to Build a Planet
- Life on Earth
- Researching the World: data collection and analysis
- Rocks and Minerals
- Environmental Geochemistry
- Geoscience Laboratory Techniques
- Geoscience for a Sustainable World
- Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
- Visualisation and Analysis of Geographical Data
- Glacial and Fluvial Processes
- How to Build a Sustainable Society
- Quaternary Environmental Change
- Work Placement
- Work Placement
- Advanced Fieldwork Skills
- Biogeochemistry and Health
- Dissertation: Geography, Environmental Science, and Environmental Earth Science
- Applied Environmental Management
- Debates in Climate Science
- Environmental Regulation and Consultancy
- Glaciers and Ice Sheets
- Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space
- Past environments, future challenges