BSc Environmental Science
Course Overview
This course provides a scientific foundation to understand the critical relationship between humanity and the natural world, equipping you with the practical skills to tackle pressing environmental challenges and drive sustainable solutions. You will gain hands-on experience through field work and develop expertise across a range of disciplines, from biology to geography.
Key Program Highlights
- Address pressing global issues like climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution
- Gain hands-on experience with industry-standard environmental surveying and monitoring techniques
- Enjoy a flexible curriculum with the freedom to specialize in your specific area of interest
- Participate in engaging field trips, site visits, and practical work in local environments
- Develop a strong theoretical background combined with highly applicable career skills
Course Overview
This course provides a scientific foundation to understand the critical relationship between humanity and the natural world, equipping you with the practical skills to tackle pressing environmental challenges and drive sustainable solutions. You will gain hands-on experience through field work and develop expertise across a range of disciplines, from biology to geography.
Key Program Highlights
- Address pressing global issues like climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution
- Gain hands-on experience with industry-standard environmental surveying and monitoring techniques
- Enjoy a flexible curriculum with the freedom to specialize in your specific area of interest
- Participate in engaging field trips, site visits, and practical work in local environments
- Develop a strong theoretical background combined with highly applicable career skills
Requirements
Modules
- Academic Skills
- Building a Habitable Planet
- Earth, Atmosphere and Oceans
- Environmental Science and Society
- Geographical Information Systems for Environmental Monitoring
- Principles of Ecology
- Climate Change Science
- Ecological Surveying
- Ecosystem Processes
- Environmental Geochemistry
- Research and Professional Skills
- Soils
- Biological Photography and Imaging I
- Computer Modelling in Science: Introduction
- Economic Analysis for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
- Environmental Plant Physiology
- Forest Ecology and Management
- Insect Biology
- Managing Tourism and the Environment: Conflict or Consensus?
- Practical Policy Making
- The Green Planet
- The Urban Environment
- Tourism Futures: The Challenge of Sustainability
- Research project in Environmental Science
- Applied Bioethics 1: Animals, Biotechnology and Society
- Arctic Ecology Field Course
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Computer Modelling in Science: Applications
- Engineering Sustainability
- Environmental Biotechnology
- Environmental Pollutants: Fate, Impact and Remediation
- Palaeobiology
- Plant Ecophysiology
- Environmental Pollution Field Course
- Sustainable Soil Management
- Tropical Ecology and Conservation
