Environmental Science BSc Honours
UCAS Code: F850
(3 or 4 Years)
Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.
Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.
Stage 1
Compulsory modules
- ACE1008 Environment and Land Resources
- ACE1010 Environment and Land Use Field Course
- ACE1014 British Agriculture
- ACE1035 Environmental Science Issues
- ACE1049 Developing Skills to Make Sense of Global Challenges: Food Security
- ACE1101 The Global Environmental System
- ACE1102 Earth Surface Materials
- BIO1003 Plant Biology 1
- BIO1006 Ecology 1
- CEG1702 Geographic Informative Systems
- MAS1401 Statistical Methods
Stage 2
Compulsory modules
- ACE2014 Environmental Practice
- ACE2015 Environmental Science Field Class 2
- ACE2016 Soils in Terrestrial Ecosystems
- ACE2052 Geological Resources
- BIO2002 Biodiversity and Conservation 1
- GEO2107 Climate and Environmental Change: Present, Future and Past
You choose one career development module from the following:
- ACE2051 Career Development in the Environmental Sector
- NCL2100 Exploring Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employability
Optional modules
You take 20 credits from the following:
- ACE1003 Economics for Business and Marketing
- ACE2003 Landscape, Culture and Heritage
- ACE2029 Agriculture and the Environment
- BIO2009 Ecology 2
- BIO2018 Pollution of Air, Water and Soil 1
- LAW2053 Law and Land Use
Work placement (optional)
You may choose to spend a year, between Stages 2 and 3, undertaking a work placement in the environmental sector, gaining valuable work experience. Permission to undertake a placement is subject to the approval of the Degree Programme Director.
Stage 3
Compulsory modules
- ACE3015 Research Methods in Environmental Pollution
- ACE3042 Sustainability in Theory and Practice
- ACE3070 Ecosystems: Characteristics, Functions and Environmental Change
- ACE3080 Environmental Impact Assessment
- ACE3081 Ecology and Environment Research
- ACE3082 Project Planning and Management
Optional modules
You take 30 credits from the following list:
- ACE3013 Rural Environmental Policy Evaluation
- ACE3016 Countryside Management
- ACE3017 Rural Planning, Politics and Society
- ACE3035 Sustainable Land Management
- ACE3067 Climate Change and Land Use
- BIO3002 Ecology 3
- BIO3003 Ecological Modelling
- BIO3012 Biodiversity and Conservation 2
- BIO3031 Pollution of Air, Water and Soil 2
- LAW3015 Environmental Law
