Environmental Studies GCE A Level

Environmental Studies GCE A Level

Qualification: 2 year course

Course type: Level 3 (advanced)

Entry requirements:
You will need to achieve a grade C in Double Science GCSE (or separate Sciences) or C in Environmental Science GCSE or equivalent BTEC First.

Head of Department: KGV Science Staff

Course assessment:
The AS course is composed of two units:

• Unit 1: The Living Environment
• Unit 2: The Physical Environment

The A2 course is also composed of two units:

• Unit 3: Energy Resources and Environmental Pollution
• Unit 4: Biological Resources and Sustainability

What can this course offer me?
This course brings a scientific approach to the study of the environment, helping you to learn more about the management of the Earth's environmental resources.
This course brings a scientific approach to the study of the environment and about the management of environmental resources on Earth.

What will I learn?
Environmental issues are hot topics in the media - climate change, energy use and waste disposal. These are very real issues which touch our everyday lives. But peoples' opinions and even the scientific evidence seem to be divided. Are the environmental problems real? What is the scientific evidence? Can they be solved? Environmental Studies will give you the opportunity to gain a deep insight into the environment and the scientific processes that control and affect it.

What Makes a good Environmental Studies student?

• Are you interested in the environmental issues such wildlife conservation, pollution, global climate change and sustainability which affect our planet right now?
• Do you want to learn more about the scientific explanations for the changes to our environment?
• Are you keen to understand some

Which other courses link well with this subject?
Future Opportunities
As part of a group of Science or Arts A Level courses, Environmental Studies provides an ideal base for employment, a range of vocational qualifications and a very wide variety of Higher Education courses, including degrees in areas related to the environment, Geography, Geology, Science, climate, planning and teaching.

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