Environmental Conservation (with placement year) BSc (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Bangor

£ 13,300 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bangor (Wales)

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • 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.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bangor (Gwynedd)
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LL57 2DG

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

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

On this course you will study 120 credits in each year, through a range of lectures, tutorials, seminars and fieldwork. Our courses are modular. Although some modules are, by necessity, compulsory, others are optional, allowing you to expand your studies into new areas or develop specialisms that are of particular interest to you. Year 1 Compulsory modules may include: Ecosystem Function and Services Environmental Management and Conservation Ecology and Evolution Introductory Research Skills Academic Tutorials Field Course: Making Snowdonia Year 2 Compulsory modules may include: Principles of Conservation Research Methods & GIS Field Course: Environmental Conflict Conservation Practice Plant Diversity and Conservation Final Year Students take compulsory modules in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Environmental Policy as well as selecting from a range of others. They also work with a supervisor to design and carry out a piece of original research. The management plan – where students develop a plan for an area of Snowdonia National Park – is a unique feature of the Bangor degree and gives valuable professional training. The optional field trip to Tenerife covers wider issues of practical conservation. Other optional modules include Environmental Evidence, Forest Ecosystems, Upland Management and Marine Conservation.

Environmental Conservation (with placement year) BSc (Hons)

£ 13,300 VAT inc.