Environment And Sustainability (Bsc): 4-Year, Part-Time
Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
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Duration
4 Years
Birkbeck's BSc Environment and Sustainability gives you a deep understanding of what drives environmental change and how to manage natural systems under unprecedented pressure. Learning from internationally-recognised researchers, you will discover the core scientific principles you need to understand key environmental challenges, including climate change, pollution and waste management, biodiversity loss and biosecurity.
You will become familiar with fundamental dimensions of environment and sustainability, including adaptation, mitigation and corporate responsibility. You will learn to collect, analyse and interpret environmental data to improve management practices.
Core modules will give you a grounding in the ecological and social dimensions of environment and sustainability. You can tailor your degree by choosing option modules on themes like the global food crisis, nature conservation, hydrology, storms, flooding and sea-level rise, cities and urban inequalities, and geographic information science (GIS).
You will benefit from our mix of classroom and field-based teaching, including a number of fieldwork opportunities that bring together students to build networks and develop important skills in data collection and analysis. You will develop the social and technical skills you need for both academic research and the modern workplace.
This course is also available for full-time evening study over three years.
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About this course
Graduates can pursue careers in corporate environmental roles, countryside management, conservation, tourism or planning. This degree may also be useful in becoming an environmental manager, nature conservation officer, town planner or landscape architect.
We offer a comprehensive Careers Service to help you advance your career, while our in-house, professional recruitment consultancy, Birkbeck Talent, works with London’s top employers to help you gain work experience that fits in with your evening studies.
We welcome applications from applicants without traditional entry qualifications. We assess by interview and application your suitability for degree level study, taking into account the knowledge and skills that you have gained since leaving formal education.
Awarding Body
University of London
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Subjects
- Conservation
- GIS
- Climate
- Systems
- Project
- Global
- Climate Change
- Hydrology
- Information Systems
- Part Time
- Environmental Science
Course programme
You need a total of 360 credits to complete your undergraduate degree. We will carefully guide you through a wide range of subjects that are of relevance for environmental management.
In Year 1, you take three compulsory modules that reflect the foundations of both the physical environment and how humans interact and shape it.
In Year 2, you take three compulsory modules. This is complemented by learning modern techniques such as geographic information science.
In Year 3, you take one compulsory module and choose two option modules, which are relevant for managing the physical and human environment, including gaining IEMA Graduate membership. You will also learn important data gathering methods.
In Year 4, you undertake a substantial piece of written work: either a 30-credit literature review, or a 60-credit research project. You can also specialise further by choosing from a range of advanced option modules to make up your full 90 credits.
YEAR 1 COMPULSORY MODULES
- Humans and the Environment
- Introducing Natural Environments
- Introduction to Environmental Science
- Environmental Processes
- Introduction to Spatial Thinking
- Managing Environments
- Methods, Analysis and Techniques
- Literature Review
- Research Project
- INDICATIVE OPTION MODULES
- Advanced Applications of GIS
- Global Nature Conservation Level 6
- Landscape Change: Past and Future (1)
- Living with Climate Change
- Principles of Geographic Information Systems Level 5
- Principles of Geographic Information Systems Level 6
- Storms, Seas and Rivers: hydrology in the field (Level 5)
Additional information
Part-time international students: £10710 pa
Environment And Sustainability (Bsc): 4-Year, Part-Time