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BSc Environmental Science
(Single Honours) BSc Environmental Science
((Combined Honours) BSc Environmental Science
(Major/Minor)
Our single honours degree programme
in Environmental Science provides you
with an in-depth, scientific approach
to the study of local to global-scale
environmental problems, including
climate change, water pollution, food
security, soil management, energy
resources, pollution and conservation.
The course is interdisciplinary and
draws on the expertise of scientists
within the disciplines of life sciences,
chemical sciences, soil science
and geosciences to emphasise the
role and importance of scientific
understanding and practical skills
in the analysis and management of
environmental problems. We place
strong emphasis on the development
of field and laboratory skills throughout
the degree programme, with hands-on
experience gained in using industry-
standard equipment. The course is
firmly anchored in the natural sciences,
but also includes optional modules
from the social sciences. No previous
knowledge of environmental science
is required and we also consider
applications from students who have
not taken a science subject at A-level.
This course is available as a 3-year
single honours degree, a 4-year ‘with
work-placement year’, or a 4-year ‘with
International Year’ degree programme. Our combined honours degree
programme in Environmental Science
provides students with the opportunity
to broaden their interests by combining
their studies with a second subject
such as Biology, Physical Geography,
Geography or Chemistry, or indeed one
of the many other subject combinations
available. The course focuses on the
application of environmental science
techniques and knowledge to address
environmental issues such as climate
change, water pollution, biodiversity
loss and food security. We place
strong emphasis on developing the
practical laboratory and field-based
skills which enables students to
develop a wide range of both subject-
specific and transferrable skills to
take into future employment. This
programme is available as a 3-year
combined honours programme, a
4-year combined honours ‘with work-
placement year’, or a 4-year ‘with
International Year’ degree programme. If you follow a combined honours route,
combining your Environmental Science
with another subject, you have the
option of dropping that other subject
in your third year, to focus entirely on
your Environmental Science subject.
This would be called a major route
in Environmental Science, and your
other subject would be your minor
route. For some of our combined
honours combinations you also have
the option of doing it the other way
around: focusing on your other subject
and moving away from Environmental
Science in your third year, so that
Environmental Science would then
be your minor subject. Of course we
hope that you will go the other way,
loving the Environmental Science right
through your degree, but the choice is
always yours!
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