BSc Environmental Earth Sciences
Entry requirements
A level: AAB, including two of the following subjects: Biology Chemistry Environmental Science Geography Geology Mathematics Physics. IB: 36 (HL 6,6,5), including HL6 in two of the following subjects: Biology Chemistry Environmental systems societies (ES&S) Geography Mathematics Physics.
About this course
BSc (Honours) in Environmental Earth Sciences, a geography and earth and environmental sciences degree examining the interactions between oceans, atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, and Fieldwork. The course includes a final-year research dissertation and holds accreditation from the Institution of Environmental Sciences. The first year covers foundations through Earth's Resource Challenges and Understanding Planet Earth. The second year focuses on low-temperature processes, Earth's behaviour, and interactions with the atmosphere and biosphere through Dynamic Earth: Earth Surface Processes and Dynamic Earth: The Earth System. Unspecified years provide further study across modules such as Geochemistry, GIS and Spatial Analysis for Earth Scientists, Global Climate Change, and Pollution and Aqueous Chemistry. Optional and advanced study paths allow students to focus on areas like coding, modelling, geophysics, and specialized climate science topics. The course concludes with an individual research dissertation enabling detailed investigation into a chosen topic.
Modules
- Advanced Field Skills in Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Coding and Modelling in Earth Sciences
- Data Analysis in Earth Sciences
- Geochemistry
- GIS and Spatial Analysis for Earth Scientists
- Terrestrial Processes
- Global Climate Change
- Processes and Products in Sedimentary Systems
- Environmental Excursion
- Research Review
- Research Dissertation : an individual research project on an area of Earth Sciences which will allow you to pursue a topic of personal interest in depth. You will present your project both orally and in dissertation form
- Global Resource Challenge
- Pollution and Aqueous Chemistry
- Special Topics in Climate Science
- Environmental Drivers of Marine Habitats
- Subsurface Modelling and Geophysics for Earth Scientists
- Communication and Teaching in Science
- Earth's Resource Challenges
- Understanding Planet Earth
- Dynamic Earth: Earth Surface Processes
- Dynamic Earth: The Earth System