BSc Environmental Science
Entry requirements
A level: ABB including one acceptable science subject IB: Pass, with minimum 32 points overall with 16 points at Higher Level to include one acceptable science subject at Higher Level scoring a minimum of 5.
About this course
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, an environmental science degree centred on physical, ecological, and societal approaches to environmental issues. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Ethics & Professional Practice. Students choose from five specialist pathways including Sustainability Business and the Environment, Biodiversity and Conservation, Environmental Change, and Water and the Environment, and complete an individual research project in the final year. The first year establishes fundamental knowledge through compulsory modules such as Ecology and Conservation, Environmental Field Techniques and Applications, Geographies of Risk, and Quantitative Methods. The second year builds competence with modules like Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Global Sustainability Challenges, Introduction to Environmental Pollution, and Researching the Environment. Optional modules in the second and third years allow study in areas such as animal behaviour, freshwater ecosystems, and environmental geology. The third year incorporates advanced study alongside compulsory work including Nature Based Solutions and the Individual Project.
Modules
- Dynamic Landscapes
- Ecology and Conservation
- Environmental Field Techniques and Applications
- Environmental Science: Concepts and Communication
- Exploring Urban and Natural Environments
- Geographies of Risk
- Quantitative Methods
- The Earth System
- Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
- Global Sustainability Challenges
- Introduction to Environmental Pollution
- Researching the Environment
- Advanced Geographical Information Systems
- Animal Behaviour
- Are you ready for the 100-year life? How should people, business & governments adapt?
- Freshwater Ecosystems
- Geohazards
- Global Climate Change: Science, Impacts and Policy
- Introduction to Energy in The Environment
- Marine Benthic Ecology
- Marine Vertebrates
- Monitoring Coastal and Estuarine Environments
- Phytoplankton and Primary Production
- Plant Development and Function
- Population Change in Low and Middle Income Countries
- Population and Community Ecology
- Remote Sensing for Earth Observation
- Zooplankton Ecology and Processes
- Individual Project
- Nature Based Solutions
- Advanced Geographical Information Systems
- Applied Plant Biology
- Arolla Fieldcourse: Geographical Research in Alpine Environments
- Behavioural Ecology
- Biodiversity and Conservation
- Biogeochemical Cycles in the Earth System
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business
- Data Collection and Research Methods for Sustainability and Environmental Science
- Deep Sea Ecology
- Desert Landscapes: Modelling and Measuring Aeolian Systems
- Earth Resources for the Green Transition
- Ecotoxicology
- Environment and Health
- Environmental Sensing for Real World Geomorphological Challenges
- Environmental and Engineering Geology
- Evolution and Genetics
- Geographies of Nature: food, animals and other nonhuman life
- Glaciers in a Changing Climate
- Global Challenges in Biology
- Human and Social Adaptation to Climate and Weather Hazards
- Marine Fisheries Ecology
- Migration and Development
- Palaeoclimate Change
- Professional Practice in Environmental Science
- River Basin Management and Restoration
- Seafloor Exploration and Surveying
- Sustainable Resource Management
- Water, People and Environment: Cambodia Field Course