Environmental Conservation (with placement year) BSc (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Bangor
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Bangor (Wales)
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Duration
4 Years
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Start date
September
As environmental concerns become ever more pressing, there is an increasing need to understand how we can effectively conserve wildlife and manage our countryside. This course course gives a theoretical grounding in how populations and ecosystems work and a practical understanding of the issues surrounding environmental conservation. We teach the skills needed by conservation professionals for monitoring habitats and species and we demonstrate the importance of social and economic factors in achieving successful conservation.
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About this course
The course aims to enable understudies to: Understanding of the concept of ecosystems and their dynamic nature.
Understanding of soils and soil development.
Understanding of the process involved in ecosystems carbon fluxes, such as photosynthesis, food webs and decomposition.
Appreciation of the ecosystem function of a number of key ecosystems.
Graduates from this programme have gone on to become conservation or environmental managers in the UK and overseas as well as carrying out further study and research or teacher training. It is possible to take the course as either a three year degree or over four years with a sandwich year working with a relevant conservation organisation in the UK or overseas.
The School range is 320 260 points on the UCAS Tariff.
BTEC National Diploma in a relevant subject area.
Science or Environmental Access course.
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Subjects
- Management
- IT
- Environmental Conservation
- IT Management
- Conservation
- Skills and Training
- Ecology and Evolution
- Principles of Conservation
- Plant Diversity and Conservation
- Environmental Management and Conservation
- Environmental Conflict
Course programme
Environmental Conservation (with placement year) BSc (Hons)