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BSc Environmental Management and Sustainability

University of Reading

Institution
University of Reading
Level
undergraduate
Subject
BSc Environmental Management and Sustainability
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
F750
Typical offer
A-level BBB, IB 30

Entry requirements

A level: BBB, including an accepted subject. Accepted subjects: Biology, Business, Chemistry, Economics, Environmental Science/Studies, Geography, Geology, Law, Maths, Physics, Politics, Psychology, Sociology. IB: 30 points overall, including higher level study in an accepted subject.

About this course

BSc in Food Science and Innovation / Food Science and Nutrition and Geography. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Project Management, Accounting, Environmental Analysis, and Ethics & Professional Practice. The course is accredited by the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP), entitling students to free membership and a pathway to Practitioner status. A compulsory independent research project is completed in the final year, and two residential field courses in coastal and urban environments are included.

Modules

  • Global Sustainability: Challenges and Prospects
  • Ecology and Environmental Management
  • International Development: Global and Local Issues
  • Key Skills for Environmental Management and Sustainability
  • The Fundamentals of Management and Marketing
  • Fundamentals of Ecology
  • Approaches to Human Geography
  • Restless Planet
  • Landscapes and Resources
  • Data Skills
  • Environmental Management and Sustainability in Practice
  • Tools for Environmental Management and Sustainability
  • Earth Processes and Hazards
  • Farmland and Woodland: Ecology and Management
  • Environment and Development
  • Energy Resources
  • Applied Marketing and Management
  • Water in the Earth System
  • Climate and Environmental Change
  • Conservation Science in Practice
  • Social Responsibility in Action
  • Living Together: Social and Cultural Geographies
  • Marine Biology and Conservation
  • Independent Research Project
  • Transitions to Sustainability
  • Climate Change and the Geographies of Responsibility
  • Climate Smart Agriculture
  • Digital for Development: Transformation or Tyranny?
  • Ecosystem Services and Nature-based Solutions
  • Power and Development
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Consumption, Politics and Space
  • Ecology of Urban Areas
  • Water Resources
  • Soil Ecology, Environment and Sustainability