MSci Environmental Science
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB Including 1 Required Science. IB: 6,6,5 32 points overall. Including 1 Required Science. BTEC: We welcome students studying BTEC qualifications as an alternative to A levels, and accept BTEC Diploma and Extended Diploma. Please contact us for further guidance.
About this course
Master in Science in Environmental Science MSci, an environmental science degree focusing on the scientific study of Earth systems and environmental change. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Project Management, and Environmental Analysis. The four-year programme includes a dedicated final year for specialisation in targeted areas of interest. The first year covers core foundations through modules such as Applied GIS and Data Science, Connected Earth: Environmental Systems and Change, Ecological Concepts and Plant Sciences, and Environmental Geochemistry. The second year expands into practical and theoretical topics including Field Research Skills for Physical Geography and Environmental Sciences, Critical Issues for 21st Century Ecosystems, Digital data capture and analysis, and Environmental Pollution and Management. Year three introduces advanced study with options such as Research Paper, Advanced Fieldwork Research, Climate change in the Earth System, and Conservation Practice: Genes to Ecosystems.
Modules
- LC Applied GIS and Data Science
- LC Connected Earth: Environmental Systems and Change
- LC Discover Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES): Academic and Professional Futures
- LC Ecological Concepts and Plant Sciences
- LC Environmental Geochemistry
- LC Research Methods in Environmental Science
- Advanced Research Methods and Project Planning
- Field Research Skills for Physical Geography and Environmental Sciences
- Critical Issues for 21st Century Ecosystems
- Digital data capture and analysis
- Earth Resources, Environmental Impacts and Sustainability
- Ecological Systems
- Environmental Pollution and Management
- Geological Natural Hazards
- Hydroclimatology: Climate and Water
- Hydrology and River Management
- Palaeoecology
- Plant Sciences: from cells to the environment
- Research Paper
- Advanced Fieldwork Research
- Catchment Processes, Environmental Change and Restoration
- Climate change in the Earth System
- Conservation Practice: Genes to Ecosystems
- Conservation: theory into practice
- Environmental Research in High Latitudes
- Palaeoclimates
- Pollution Impact and Environmental Management
- Professional Placement
- Resource Governance
- Responses to Global Environmental Change
- Solving Groundwater Problems
- Tectonics and Volcanology