Environmental Science with Professional Placement Abroad (Australasia) BSc (Hons)

First year

Compulsory modules

• From Molecules to Materials: Deconstructing the Environment
• Ecological Concepts and Plant Sciences
• Global Environmental Issues
• Environmental Science Research Frontiers
• Research Methods in Environmental Science
• Widening Horizons Module

Compulsory modules

• Advanced Research Methods in Environmental Science
• Geomatics
• Environmental Science Field Course

Optional modules - Example optional modules may include:

• Environmental Pollution
• Hydroclimatology: Climate and Water
• Ecological Systems
• Environments of the Past
• Resources and the Environment
• Critical Issues for 21st Century Ecosystems
• Plant Sciences: From Cells to Environment

You will spend eight months, from October to May between Year 2 and the final year, undertaking a placement with one of a variety of organisations in New Zealand.

They include:

• The National Institute of Water and Atmosphere
• A local regional council
• The Department of Conservation

Some placements may also be available in Australia.

Joining a project group in an area of interest, you will be trained in a range of field and laboratory techniques. You will also be responsible for your own project within this group, which you will write up as a professional placement report for academic credit.

Compulsory modules

• Environmental Science Research

Optional modules - Example optional modules may include:

• Advanced Fieldwork Research
• Environmental Management: Theory, Policy and Practice
• Environment and Landscape Change
• Landscape and Urban Ecology
• Adaptation to Changing Environments
• Geological Natural Hazards
• Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems
• Biodiversity and Conservation Management
• Professional Placement for Environmental Scientists
• Conservation Practice: Genes to Ecosystems
• Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere
• Climate Change in the Earth System
• Pollution Impacts and Waste Management

Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules after that date; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.