Environmental Science MSci

Course

In Exeter

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Description

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    Course

  • Location

    Exeter

The University of Exeter featured in the UK’s top 10 in the past 3 years (The Times Good University Guide) and ranks in the top one per cent of universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education international rankings. We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research intensive universities; the UK’s equivalent to the Ivy League.

The quality of education and experience received at the University of Exeter means we have never been out of the top 10 for overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey.

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Exeter (Devon)
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Prince Of Wales Road, EX4 4SB

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  • Environmental Science

Course programme

Programme structure

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

The following tables describe the programme and constituent modules. Constituent modules may be updated, deleted or replaced as a consequence of the annual programme review of this programme.

You may take optional modules as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module.

This programme is designed to be interdisciplinary and therefore you may not take elective modules from outside of the programme in any stage.

Please note that field course destinations are subject to change.

If you have mobility or health disabilities that prevent you from undertaking intensive fieldwork, reasonable adjustments and/or alternative assessment can be considered. This could include replacing a fieldwork module with an alternative in agreement with the Director of Education.

Year 1

90 credits of compulsory modules, 30 credits of optional modules

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits GEO1405BEarth System Science 15 GEO1406BAnalysis of Environmental Data 15 GEO1408BGlobal Issues in Environmental Science 15 GEO1411Introduction to Environmental Science 15 GEO1504BTutorials 15 GEO1506BWest Penwith Fieldclass 15 Optional modules CodeModuleCredits GEO1407BInvestigating Social and Spatial Environments 15 GEO1409BEnvironment and Society 15 GEO1410Introduction to Human Sciences 15 Year 2

75 credits of compulsory modules, 45 credits of optional modules

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits GEO2438Key Skills for Environmental Scientists 30 GEO2440Geographical Information Science and Systems 15 GEO2441Remote Sensing for Environmental Management 15 LAW2016CEnvironmental Regulation and Redress 15 Optional modules CodeModuleCredits BIO2407Population and Community Ecology 15 BIO2425Introduction to Ecological Consultancy 15 BIO2441Applied Insect Ecology 15 CSC2011MLiving with Environmental Change 15 ECM2901Mathematics of the Environment II 15 GEO2428BAtmosphere and Ocean Systems 15 GEO2430BNature and Culture 15 GEO2431Natural Hazards and Risk 15 GEO2435Evolution of Human Societies 15 GEO2442The Politics of Climate Change and Energy 15 GEO2444Landscape Evolution 15 GEO2445Rural Social Issues 15 GEO2446Time and Place 15 LES2001Grand Challenges Cornwall 15 LES2002Workplace Learning 15 Year 3

75 credits of compulsory modules, 45 credits of optional modules

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits GEO3513Dissertation in Environmental Science 40 GEO3443USA Field Course 30 LAW3016CLegal Response to Environmental Destruction 15 LES3001Preparing to Graduate 5 Optional modules CodeModuleCredits BIO3131Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15 CSC4011MLiving with Environmental Change 15 CSC4013MFrontiers in Global Health 15 ECM3905Mathematics Biology and Ecology 15 GEO3409BEnergy Policies for a Low Carbon Economy 15 GEO3415BIssues in Climate Change 15 GEO3435BEnvironment and Empire 15 GEO3437BClimate Change and Society 15 GEO3446Sustainability 15 GEO3447Waste and Society 15 GEO3448Quaternary Environmental Change 15 GEO3449Volcanic Processes and Environments 15 Year 4

120 credits of compulsory modules

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits GEOM128BResearch Toolkit 15 GEOM052Academic Research Project 45 GEOM053Cornwall as a Natural Laboratory 30 GEOM054California Field Course (MSci) 30

The academic content is very comprehensive, including geographical and environmental subjects, combined with elements of biology and ecology as well as law and policy, fully delivering on the overall aim of training environmental practitioners. Modules incorporate a wide range of transferable skills, from conceptual and structural skills to technical and practical skills, which are all crucial to personal development and general employability. The programme is comprehensive, rigorous and very well designed in its structure and modules.

Dr Andreas Baas, Senior Lecturer, External Assessor for the Environmental Science degrees at the University of Exeter.

Environmental Science MSci

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