Environmental Science : MSci Hons : F850

Lancaster University

Master

In Lancaster

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Lancaster

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Discover the global challenges facing our environment through a series of fascinating topics that are brought to life out in the field and in dedicated state-of-the-art laboratories.

This flexible programme draws from a wide range of scientific disciplines to build a degree that matches your interests and career aspirations. Covering both natural and man-made environments, we will explore the main factors and processes that control today’s environment; how the environment has evolved to its current state; and how environmental conditions may change in the future.

Throughout your degree, you will be taught by internationally-renowned academics, and will have access to our state-of-the-art laboratories, which offer excellent facilities for practical work.

Your first year will address many of the fundamental themes of environmental science, from understanding hydrology and flood risk to learning about the atmosphere, weather and climate.

Second year modules build on themes introduced in Year 1, whilst allowing you to apply your knowledge in a residential fieldwork module at Carrock Fells in the scenic Lake District. This week-long module allows you to engage with the environment first-hand in an informal and practical setting. Additionally, we offer a range of other exciting fieldwork opportunities: you can choose to examine glaciers and landscapes in Iceland; undertake geomorphology work in northern Spain; or study water and environmental management in Croatia. We also provide geology field modules in the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales.

Specialisation begins in the second year with the aim to prepare you for your third year dissertation. In your second year you will be given flexibility to shape your own path and focus on a specific topic area, be it geological hazards, soil science, environmental radioactivity or glacial systems.

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Lancaster (Lancashire)
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Lancaster University, LA1 4YW

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About this course

In addition to your subject knowledge, you will gain communication and information technology skills and will become familiar with data handling and environmental sampling and analysis. Throughout your degree, considerable weight is placed upon these transferable skills by potential employers.

Our programmes maintain an excellent record for graduate prospects spanning a wide range of roles including Environmental Consultant, Weather Forecaster at the Met Office, and Specialist Environmental Advisor. Alternatively, many of our graduates continue their studies to postgraduate level. Our goal is to empower all our graduates with the skills, confidence and experience they need to achieve a successful career doing what they wish. You will be offered a wide range of support, helping you realise your career ambitions and providing you with the skills to reach your full potential.

We offer a variety of extra-curricular activities and volunteering opportunities that enable you to explore your interests and enhance your CV. Our weekly careers bulletin and careers blogs are written by student volunteers, and inform you of all careers events. The Students’ Union-run Green Lancaster programme offers placements with external organisations, allowing students to gain volunteering experience at weekends by working in the local community, taking part in a wide range of activities and developing their practical skills.

A Level AAB

Required Subjects A level grade B in one science from the following; Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Environmental Science, Geography, Geology, Human Biology, Mathematics, Physics or Psychology.

GCSE Mathematics grade B or 5, English Language grade C or 4

IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component.

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Subjects

  • Risk
  • Geology
  • Biology
  • Ecology
  • Hydrology
  • Art
  • Systems
  • IT risk
  • Climate
  • Environmental Science
  • Conservation

Course programme

Many of Lancaster's degree programmes are flexible, offering students the opportunity to cover a wide selection of subject areas to complement their main specialism. You will be able to study a range of modules, some examples of which are listed below.

Year 1

Core

    • Atmosphere, Weather & Climate
    • Biogeochemical Cycles
    • Environmental Processes and Systems
    • Geology
    • Global Environmental Challenges
    • Hydrology: Water in the Environment
    • Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
    • Natural Hazards
    • Numerical Skills I
    • Numerical Skills II
    • The Earth's Interior

Optional

    • Biodiversity and Conservation
    • Geographical Skills in a Changing World
    • Global Change Biology
Year 2

Core

    • Aquatic Biogeochemistry
    • Atmospheric Science
    • Beyond LEC? Steps to Career Success
    • Catchment Hydrology
    • Environmental Data Visualisation and Analysis
    • Environmental Field Course
    • Experimental Design and Analysis

Optional

    • Energy, Economy and Environment
    • Geoscience in Practice
    • Introduction to Eco-Innovation
    • Investigating Mediterranean Environments
    • Populations to Ecosystems
    • Principles of Biodiversity Conservation
    • Soil Science
Year 3

Core

    • Dissertation
    • Dissertation with External Partner

Optional

    • Alpine Environmental Processes Field Course
    • Climate and Society
    • Coastal Processes
    • Coral Reef Ecology
    • Environmental Remote Sensing and Image Processing
    • Geological Hazards
    • Glacial Systems
    • Global Change and the Earth System
    • Global Change Biology: Challenges and Solutions
    • Hydrogeology
    • Hydrological Processes Field Course (Slapton)
    • Introduction to Geophysical Techniques
    • Issues in Conservation Biology
    • The Causes and Consequences of Environmental Radioactivity
    • The Dynamic Earth
    • Water Resources Management
    • Water, Society and the Istrian Landscape
Year 4

Core

    • Dissertation

Optional

    • Behaviour of Pollutants in the Environment
    • Catchment Protection (field course)
    • Chemical Risk Assessment
    • Conservation Biology
    • Contaminated Land and Remediation
    • Data Analysis and Interpretation
    • Data Analysis and Programming Skills
    • Environmental Aspects of Renewable Energy
    • Environmental Auditing
    • Environmental Governance and Management
    • Environmental Toxicology
    • Flood Forecasting and Flood Risk Management
    • Food Security, Agriculture and Climate Change
    • Geoinformatics
    • Geological Hazards
    • Global Change and the Earth System
    • Groundwater Resources and Protection
    • Habitat Management
    • Lake Ecology
    • Modelling Environmental Processes
    • Physical Volcanology
    • Pollution Microbiology
    • Sustainable Soil Management
    • Volcanic Process Field Course
    • Wildlife Population Ecology

Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years.

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.

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