Environmental Science and Society

Indicative content includes:

• Ecology and biodiversity
• Thermodynamics of ecosystems and human systems
• Pollution science
• The science of climate change
• The science of ozone depletion
• Environmental risk assessment
• Scientific uncertainty and the development processes for environmental policy.

The teaching and learning strategy is designed to encourage active, problem-based learning. The module will encourage students to explore and critically evaluate theoretical perspectives, and consider their application to case studies.

The learning and teaching methods include:

• Lectures and class discussions (25 hours)
• In-class assessed group work (7 hours)
• Independent study (118 hours).

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate the ability to conduct research in the scientific literature and thus build upon concepts introduced in the module’s lectures.

The summative assessment for this module consists of:

• Ten-page group work report completed during module week (20% of module marks)
• 3000 word individual post-module coursework consisting of short-answer questions (80% of module marks).

Students will receive qualitative feedback (and marks) on the group work report prior to the submission of the individual post-module coursework.