Newcastle University

Environmental Sciences (Ecosystem Management) MEnv Honours
UCAS Code: F8C1 (4 Years)

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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
• ACE1035 Environmental Science Issues
• ACE1049 Global Challenges, Controversies and Citizenship
• ACE1101 The Global Environmental System
• ACE1102 Earth Surface Materials
• BIO1003 Plant Biology 1
• BIO1006 Ecology 1
• CEG1702 An Introduction to GIS
• MAS1401 Statistical Methods
• MST1004 Introduction to Marine Environmental Technologies

Stage 2

Compulsory modules

• ACE2014 Environmental Practice
• ACE2015 Environmental Science Field Class 2
• ACE2016 Soils and the Terrestrial Environment
• ACE2032 Climatic and Environmental Change
• ACE2052 Geological Resources
• BIO2002 Biodiversity and Conservation
• LAW2053 Law and Land Use
• ACE2051 Career Development in the Environmental Sector OR NCL2100 Exploring Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employability through addressing Societal Challenges

Optional modules

• ACE1003 Economics for Business and Marketing
• ACE2003 Landscape, Culture and Heritage
• ACE2029 Agriculture and the Environment
• BIO2009 Ecology of Population and Communities
• BIO2018 Pollution of Air, Water and Soil 1
• MST2004 Marine Pollution

Work placement (optional)

You may spend the year between Stages 2 and 3 on a work placement with an approved organisation. Permission to undertake a placement is subject to the approval of the Degree Programme Director.

Stage 3

Compulsory modules

• ACE3042 Sustainability in Theory and Practice
• ACE3070 Global Ecosystems and Environmental Services
• ACE3080 Environmental Impact Assessment
• ACE3081 Ecology and Environment Research
• ACE3902 Project Development and Management
• GEO3064 Research Methods in Environmental Pollution

Optional modules

• ACE3013 Rural Environmental Policy Evaluation
• ACE3016 Countryside Management
• ACE3017 Rural Planning, Politics and Society
• ACE3019 Trees: Woodland Management and Ecosystem Services
• ACE3035 Sustainable Land Management
• ACE3067 Climate Change and Land Use
• BIO3002  Animal Population Dynamics
• BIO3003 Ecological Modelling
• BIO3012 Conservation Biology Issues
• BIO3031 Pollution of Air, Water and Soil II
• LAW3015 Environmental Law
• MST3021 North Sea Marine Science

Stage 4

Compulsory modules

• ACE8022 Quantitative techniques, experimental design and data analysis
• ACE8191 Ecosystem Management Research Project
• ACE8028 Environmental Assessment
• ACE8030 Environment and Habitat Assessment Field class
• ACE8041 Ecosystem Management
• ACE8042 Biodiversity Conservation: Policy and Practice
• ACE8045 Ecological Survey Techniques