BSc (Hons) Environmental Management and Sustainability

Year 1

The first year will establish solid foundations across a range of scientific, legal, social and economic areas in order to explore environmental
challenges and propose solutions. Field and laboratory work are key, and our residential field course promotes team building and allows you to gain practical experience.

Core modules

• ENVM1001 Environment and Society

• ENVS1001 Carbon in Environmental Systems

• ENVS1002 The Physical Environment

• ENVS1003 The Biosphere

• ENVS1008 Environmental Management and Protection

Optional modules

• CHM1014PP Solving Chemical Problems

• ECN1001PP Introduction to Business and Financial Economics

• GEES1001PP Natural Hazards

• GEES1003PP Sustainable Futures

• OS106PP Our Ocean Planet

• SPNX100PP Spanish 1

Year 2

Year 2 covers the themes of economics and resources, global sustainable development and environmental law and policy. Your research skills will be developed through a residential field course in Malaysia, Malta or Cornwall.
You'll also have the opportunity to study options from Geography, Environmental Science, Business and Education.

In Year 2 you have the option of studying overseas on one of our many university exchange programmes.

Optional modules

• APIE215 Placement Preparation for Environmental Science

• EDST513 Sustainability and Environmental Education

• ENVM2001 Environmental Data Management

• ENVM2002 Environmental Management and Sustainability in Practice

• ENVS2002 Environmental Expedition

• ENVS2003 Environmental Management and Sustainability

• ENVS2004 Environmental Issues and Communication

• ENVS2006 Natural Ecosystems and Their Conservation

• GGH2203 Nature and Society

• GGP2201 Catchment and River Environments

• OS205 Managing Human Impacts in the Marine Environment

• STO206 Shaping the Future: creating sustainable organisations

Year 3

Placement year (optional)

An optional placement year is available, providing an opportunity to gain work experience through our extensive network contacts with our alumni employers and research links with institutes, companies and government organisations.

Optional modules

• APIE317 Work Placement in Environmental Science

Final year

You will apply system thinking to sustainability and environmental management, and learn the principles and practice of environmental management and its role in promoting sustainability. You will examine the complex issues behind a single UN Sustainable Development Goal and select an environmental issue as an individual research project; where possible projects are carried out with partner organisations and research groups.

Optional modules

• EDST604 Global Education: Teaching and Learning for an Interconnected World

• ENVM3001 Systems Thinking and Change Leadership in Sustainability

• ENVM3002 Systems Thinking in Sustainability: Independent Investigation

• ENVM3003 Professional Practice in Sustainability

• ENVS3004 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Environmental Science

• ENVS3005 Global Environmental Perspectives

• ENVS3011 Climate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation

• GGH3203 Global Environmental Politics

• GGP3200 Restoring Freshwater Environments

• GGP3204 Biological Conservation

• OS307 Marine Converation Policy and Planning

Every undergraduate taught course has a detailed programme specification document describing the course aims, the course structure, the teaching and learning methods, the learning outcomes and the rules of assessment.