MEnv Environmental Sciences (Environmental Geochemistry) with Placement

This Environmental Geochemistry degree, with a year's work placement, will prepare you for a career tackling the critical problems facing global society.

Course overview

The first three Stages of this degree follow the same programme as our Environmental Sciences BSc Honours degree.

Between Stages 2 and 3 you take a year-long work placement in a relevant environmental sector, gaining valuable work experience. In Stage 4 you apply your knowledge to important societal problems such as:

• petroleum exploration and production
• unconventional geoenergy
• carbon and nutrient cycling
• the Earth’s changing climate

Specialist topics include:

• groundwater contamination and remediation
• microbiology and microbial transformation of pollutants
• sources and control of pollutants

Your degree is shaped by the cutting-edge research of our expert staff, so you know your degree is focused on up-to-date and socially important theories and discoveries in the area.

Teaching methods

In stages 1 and 2, just over half of your teaching time will be spent in classroom-based lectures or seminars. The remainder will be made up of field classes, computer classes, and practical lab work.

In stages 4 and 5, greater emphasis is placed on project work, culminating in a final-year project based on a topic of your choice.

Your future

Our environmental science graduates undertake roles such as environmental consultancy and environmental engineering, and find employment with:

• conservation bodies such as Natural England
• the Environment Agency
• water companies
• local government environmental health departments
• other environmental protection agencies

The earth and environmental science sectors have grown rapidly over the past decade and as a result, there's a high demand for graduates in this field. There are new career opportunities in both the public and private sector.