BSc (Hons) Ecology and Conservation
Course Overview
Our BSc (Hons) Ecology and Conservation degree provides exceptional practical training and hands-on experience to prepare you for a wide range of careers in the environmental sector. The course is centered around immersive fieldwork, utilizing our unique campus location and global partnerships to offer a truly world-class education. You will develop the skills to design, conduct, and analyze your own scientific research in a variety of breathtaking ecosystems.
Key Program Highlights
- Extensive fieldwork in diverse Scottish habitats, from the Highlands to the Forth Estuary
- Choice of international field trips to study ecology in Portugal or arid environments in Spain
- Unique virtual field trip to Lope National Park, Gabon, exploring real-time conservation challenges
- Hands-on project design and data analysis at the CERES Field Centre in Portugal
- Practical training focused directly on preparing for a successful career in conservation
Course Overview
Our BSc (Hons) Ecology and Conservation degree provides exceptional practical training and hands-on experience to prepare you for a wide range of careers in the environmental sector. The course is centered around immersive fieldwork, utilizing our unique campus location and global partnerships to offer a truly world-class education. You will develop the skills to design, conduct, and analyze your own scientific research in a variety of breathtaking ecosystems.
Key Program Highlights
- Extensive fieldwork in diverse Scottish habitats, from the Highlands to the Forth Estuary
- Choice of international field trips to study ecology in Portugal or arid environments in Spain
- Unique virtual field trip to Lope National Park, Gabon, exploring real-time conservation challenges
- Hands-on project design and data analysis at the CERES Field Centre in Portugal
- Practical training focused directly on preparing for a successful career in conservation
Requirements
Modules
- Ecology: An Introduction
- Fundamentals for scientific inquiry
- Our Blue Planet
- Building Planet Earth
- People and the Environment
- Introduction to Physiology
- Cells, the building blocks of life
- Our Thirsty Planet: Man and the Aquatic Environment
- Landscape Evolution
- Global Environmental Issues
- Evolution and Genetics
- Lab Essentials for Physical and Life Sciences
- Practical Field Biology
- Biodiversity
- Statistical Techniques
- The Biosphere
- Environmental Resilience
- Environmental Policy and Management
- Microbiology
- Animal Physiology
- Living Soils
- Habitat Management and Restoration
- Sustainable Water Management
- Glaciers and Landscape
- Geographical Information Systems
- Statistics Using R
- Plant Ecology
- Biodiversity Conservation and Management
- Changing Oceans
- Behavioural Ecology
- Infectious Disease
- Methods and Applications in Environmental Sciences
- Sustainable Landscapes
- Earth Observation
- International Field Course
- Environmental Hazards
- Energy and Society
- Biological and Environmental Sciences Honours Project Start
- Population and Community Ecology
- Biology Field Course
- Phylogenetics, Bioinformatics and Omics
- Evolutionary Consequences of Sexual Reproduction
- Molecular Techniques
- Conservation Placement
- Biological and Environmental Sciences Honours Project
- Biology Field Course
- Biodiversity Conservation and Management
- Infectious Disease
- Earth Observation
- Environmental Hazards
- Energy and Society
