BSc Sustainability and Environmental Management
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (specific subject requirements) BTEC: DDM in National Extended Diploma. We can also accept a combination of National Extended Certificates and A-levels. The BTEC, with or without combination A-levels, must cover modules aligned with the subjects named in the A-level section. Please contact the School's Undergraduate Admissions Team for more information. IB: 6,5,5 at higher level including two relevant subjects.
About this course
BSc in Sustainability and Environmental Management, a geography degree focused on environmental science, corporate responsibility, and sustainable development. Core topics include Research Methods, Project Management, and Social & Cultural Analysis. The course is professionally accredited by The Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment and incorporates practical fieldwork and an independent final-year research project. The first year establishes core foundations through Sustainable Development, Politics and Policy, Skills for Environmental Social Science, Introduction to Business, Environment and Corporate Responsibility, and Environmental Science for Sustainability. The second year expands into applied techniques with Research in the Environmental Social Sciences, People, Sustainability and the Environment, Climate change: mitigation and adaptation, and Tools and Techniques for Sustainable Business. The final year focuses on advanced practice and independent inquiry via modules such as Change for Sustainable Development, Environmental Research Project, Environmental Law, and Advanced Topics in Conservation Science.
Modules
- Sustainable Development, Politics and Policy
- Skills for Environmental Social Science
- Introduction to Business, Environment and Corporate Responsibility
- Environmental Science for Sustainability
- Introduction to Sustainability Economics
- Natural Hazards
- Ecology
- Atmosphere
- Resources
- Foundation Chemistry
- Water
- Foundation Mathematics 1
- Challenges in Transport and Mobility
- Research in the Environmental Social Sciences
- People, Sustainability and the Environment
- Climate change: mitigation and adaptation
- Personal Development for Careers in the Environmental Sector
- Tools and Techniques for Sustainable Business
- Economics and Sustainability
- Sociology and Climate Crisis
- Ecosystems: Process, Pattern and Change
- Managing Biodiversity
- GIS for Geoscientists
- Transport, Energy and the Environment
- Contaminated Environments
- Change for Sustainable Development
- Environmental Research Project
- School and Educational Placements
- Environmental Law
- Advanced Topics in Conservation Science
- Strategic Energy Issues
- Environmental Risk: Science, Management and Communication
- Social Analysis and Social Psychology for Transport
- Atmospheric Pollution: Causes, Impacts and Regulation
- Terrestrial Biosphere in the Earth System
- Healthy Cities: Transport and Health
- Practice the skills you have learnt in class in real-life situations.
- Gain first-hand experience of collecting and analysing data.
- Build valuable individual research skills – vital for your final year research project.
- Develop professional skills sought after by employers like project planning, communication and teamwork.
- Get to know your lecturers and fellow students even better.