Environmental Sciences (Agricultural and Environmental Science) with Placement MEnvSci Honours (FD84)

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

• ACE1008 Environment and Land Resources
• ACE1040 Academic and Professional Skills
• ACE1041 Investigating Agri-food Systems from Farm to Folk
• ACE1045 Investigating Rural Landscapes
• ACE1046 Plants, Environment, Agriculture
• CEG1601 Basic Natural Science Skills in the Context of Earth Science Issues
• CEG1602 Earth Surface Materials
• CEG1702 Geographic Information Systems

• ACE2061 Environmental Management Skills
• ACE2062 Soils - Mapping and Managing Properties and Processes
• ACE2066 Academic and Professional Skills 2
• CEG2609 Research Methods in Environmental Pollution

You take 40 credits from the following:

• ACE1037 Global Economics
• ACE2003 Landscape, Culture and Heritage
• BIO2018 Pollution of Air, Water and Soil 1
• BIO2028 Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation
• CEG2606 Geological Resources
• LAW2053 Law and Land Use
• NCL2007 Career Development for Second Year Students
• NCL2100 Developing Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employability

You may choose to spend a year (within the UK or abroad), between Stages 2 and 3, undertaking a work placement in the environmental sector, gaining valuable work experience. Permission to undertake a placement is subject to the approval of the Degree Programme Director.

You will take the following:

• ICM0055 Intercalating Module for AFRD

• ACE2061 Environmental Management Skills
• ACE2062 Soils - Mapping and Managing Properties and Processes
• ACE3081 Ecology and Environment Research
• ACE3207 Sustainable Development and Environmental Valuation

You take 50 credits from the following:

• ACE3016 Countryside Management
• ACE3017 Rural Planning, Politics and Society
• ACE3035 Sustainable Land Use and Management
• BIO3003 Ecological Modelling
• BIO3031 Pollution of Air, Water and Soil 2
• BIO3039 Biodiversity Science and Management
• NCL3007 Career Development for Final Year Students

• ACE8028 Land Resources - Assessment and Management
• ACE8049 Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
• ACE8067 Ecological and Sustainable Field Crop Production Systems
• ACE8099 MEnv Research Project
• ACE8101 Food Security: Sustainable Food Production
• ACE8122 Postgraduate Skills 2: Data Analysis

You will take 10 credits from the following modules:

• ACE8108 Innovations in Agriculture Technology and Engineering to Support Sustainable Production
• BIO8014 GIS and Remote Sensing