Environmental Sciences (Ecosystem Management) with Placement MEnvSci Honours (FC81)

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.

Programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

• ACE1008 Environment and Land Resources
• ACE1040 Academic and Professional Skills
• ACE1041 Investigating Agri-food Systems from Farm to Folk
• ACE1045 Investigating Rural Landscapes
• ACE1046 Plants, Environment, Agriculture
• CEG1601 Basic Natural Science Skills in the Context of Earth Science Issues
• CEG1602 Earth Surface Materials
• CEG1702 Geographic Information Systems

• ACE2061 Environmental Management Skills
• ACE2062 Soils - Mapping and Managing Properties and Processes
• ACE2066 Academic and Professional Skills 2
• CEG2609 Research Methods in Environmental Pollution

You select 40 credits from the following list:

• ACE1037 Global Economics
• ACE2003 Landscape, Culture and Heritage
• BIO2018 Pollution of Air, Water and Soil 1
• BIO2028 Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation
• CEG2606 Geological Resources
• LAW2053 Law and Land Use
• NCL2007 Career Development for Second Year Students
• NCL2100 Developing Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employability

To progress to Stage 3 of this degree programme, you are required to obtain an average over all modules taken at Stage 2 of at least 55, with no more than 20 credits lower than 50.

You may choose to spend a year (within the UK or abroad), 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.

You will take the following:

• ICM0055 Intercalating Module for AFRD

• ACE2061 Environmental Management Skills
• ACE2062 Soils - Mapping and Managing Properties and Processes
• ACE3081 Ecology and Environment Research
• ACE3207 Sustainable Development and Environmental Valuation

You select 50 credits from the following list:

• ACE3016 Countryside Management
• ACE3017 Rural Planning, Politics and Society
• ACE3035 Sustainable Land Use and Management
• BIO3003 Ecological Modelling
• BIO3031 Pollution of Air, Water and Soil 2
• BIO3039 Biodiversity Science and Management
• NCL3007 Career Development for Final Year Students

To progress to Stage 4 of this degree programme, you are required to obtain an average over all modules taken at Stage 3 of at least 55, with no more than 20 credits lower than 50.

• ACE8024 Forest Ecology and Management
• ACE8028 Land Resources - Assessment and Management
• ACE8030 Environment and Habitat Assessment Field Class
• ACE8041 Ecosystem Management
• ACE8045 Ecological Survey Techniques
• ACE8099 MEnv Research Project
• ACE8122 Postgraduate Skills 2: Data Analysis

The environmental sector has grown rapidly over the last decade. Increasing environmental legislation means there are many new employment areas in industry and the public sector.

Our graduates have gone on to work for a wide range of organisations including the European Parliament, Meteorological Office and Oxfam.

Our Countryside Management and Rural Studies graduates most commonly end up in land-based and environmental careers, such as:

• chartered surveying
• as a rights of way officer
• as part of a local conservation team working for local authorities, charities and pressure groups

Additionally, government organisations and private firms provide openings for agricultural or environmental advisers.

Our environmental science graduates undertake roles such as environmental consultancy and environmental engineering, and find employment with:

• conservation bodies such as Natural England
• the Environment Agency
• water companies
• local government environmental health departments
• other environmental protection agencies

Our graduates have also successfully pursued careers in teaching, and non-environmental careers such as accountancy, banking, retail and personnel management, the armed forces, the police force, the Inland Revenue and other Civil Service departments, journalism and publishing.

The scope and flexibility of our degrees means there are also opportunities for postgraduate training at Newcastle University and other research institutes.

Find out more about the career options for Environmental and Rural Studies from Prospects: The UK's Official Careers Website.