Environmental Studies BSc(Hons)

Why choose this course?

The course explores our environment and current environmental issues. It will enhance your understanding of the social and scientific context of the environment and its relevance to all aspects of our lives, including business, industry and political decision-making.

See the course combinations section for more information about the different joint honours options.

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What will you study?

You will gain essential environmental knowledge and skills in the first year. In the second year you can choose from major, half or minor field programmes in environmental studies, linked with an appropriate balancing programme from your other field of study.

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.

Year 1

• Understanding the Environment
• Investigating the Earth and Environment
• Earth Environments
• Digital Earth

• Digital Earth

  Digital Earth introduces the underlying geographical skills of data collection, manipulation, analysis and presentation and the use of computers for dealing with digital spatial data. It focuses on the concepts and value of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in geosciences and the importance of digital spatial data in the modern geo-infrastructure.

  
   
• Four modules from your second field

Year 2

• Collection and Analysis of Environmental Data
• Project Design and Management
• Option modules

Year 3

• Research Project
• Option modules