Environmental Science

<div id="tab2" class="tab grid_8 alpha hide-on-small" style="display: block;"> <div class="courseLinks hide-on-medium-down"> <img src="/media/liverpoolhope/styleassets/cssimages/media,975,en.gif" alt="print Icon" style="width : 24px; height : 24px; "> <span><a href="javascript:window.print()">print this page</a></span> <span class="st_sharethis_custom" st_processed="yes"><a href="#">share this course</a></span> </div> <h2>Curriculum</h2> <p><strong>Level C (Year One)</strong></p> <p>• Physical Geography (e.g. geological, geomorphological and biogeographical systems)</p> <p>• Concepts of Environmental Stewardship (e.g. sustainability, conservation)</p> <p>• Environmental Issues and Concerns (e.g. energy, climate change, pollution)</p> <p>• Introduction to Ecosystems and Ecology (e.g. diversity of life, energy flow and resource acquisition)</p> <p>• Biology (e.g. comparative anatomy and physiology, human evolution and genetics, biology in society)</p> <p>• Human Geographies (e.g. social, urban and cultural geographical themes/topics)</p> <p>• Field-based Investigations</p> <p>• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)</p> <p><strong>Level I (Year Two)</strong></p> <p>• Earth Surface Processes (geomorphological and biogeographical processes)</p> <p>• Environmental Resources (concept, nature and management of environmental resources)</p> <p>• Ecosystems in a Changing World</p> <p>• Evolution, Adaptation and Behaviour</p> <p>• Introductory Bioinformatics and Biostatistical Analysis using RStudio</p> <p>• Population Ecology and Habitat Management</p> <p>• Research Skills</p> <p>• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)</p> <p><strong>Level H (Year Three)</strong></p> <p>• Sustainable Futures (sustainability, sustainable development, environmental ethics, sustainable cities, ecosystem services/biodiversity, climate change)</p> <p>• Earth’s Changing Environments (glacial or coastal environments processes, sediments and landforms and landscapes)</p> <p>• Current Research in the Physical Environment</p> <p>• International Fieldwork</p> <p>• Applied Ecology</p> <p>• Biological Conservation and Habitat Management</p> <p>• Environmental Philosophy</p> <p>• Applied Bioinformatics</p> <p>• Environmental change and management</p> <p>• Honours Project (dissertation)</p> <p>Recent Honours Project titles include: ‘Abiotic and biotic interactions: a small-scale characterisation of free-standing urban walls’; ‘The effects of human intervention and recreational impacts on the vegetation of coastal sand dunes’; ‘A grave future: weathering effects on marble gravestones’; and ‘Sustainable living, climate change and their influence on consumer air travel’.</p> <p>Assessment methods typically include: essays, reports, laboratory reports, verbal presentations (sometimes as part of a group), examinations (which may involve seen questions), fieldwork reports, posters, and portfolios.</p> <p>Fieldwork is a key component of this degree and takes the form of either short day trips or longer residential fieldwork - locations typically include Malta, the Netherlands, Snowdonia National Park, the Peak District National Park and local destinations such as the North Wirral and the Sefton coast.</p> <h2>You may also be interested in...</h2> <p><a href="/undergraduate/undergraduatecourses/biology/">Biology</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.hope.ac.uk/undergraduate/undergraduatecourses/biologicalsciences/">Biological Sciences</a></p> <p><a href="/undergraduate/undergraduatecourses/geography/">Geography</a></p> <p><a href="/undergraduate/undergraduatecourses/humanbiology/">Human Biology</a></p> </div>