A Level Environmental Studies AS/A2

A Level

Distance

£ 295 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    A Level

  • Methodology

    Distance Learning

  • Duration

    18 Months

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Learn about global resource supply and sustainability

Would you like to learn more about environmental sustainability? This A Level Environmental Studies Course is ideal for anyone wishing to gain knowledge and understanding of this subject or for anyone who wishes to study at a higher level at University. You will also find this course very valuable if you are looking for further training whilst employed.

This course is designed to develop students' knowledge of how different events and cycles interrelate within the environment. The topics presented draw on experiences of human impact on events and cycles affecting the environment. Students also gain an understanding of strategies that can be used to minimise the problems caused.

This course explores problems that may occur in the future due to human misuse of resources and also discusses possible solutions. You will be adding to previous knowledge of the sciences, so it is highly recommended that you have previously taken science courses and that you are interested in this topic.

For those who have somewhat of a scientific background and are very interested in learning more about current topics in environmental studies and how we can identify problems and implement solutions, this is the course for you.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Distance Learning

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

You do not need any prior coursework knowledge or experience to take this course. This course is openly available to anyone who wishes to take part in a highly rewarding home study course, although you would be expected to have a reasonable standard of literacy. You have the freedom to start the course at any time and continue your studies at your own pace for a period of up to 18 months from initial registration with the full support of your Tutor.

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Subjects

  • Works
  • Environmental Quality
  • Biodiversity
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Population Growth
  • Energy resources
  • Scientific Phenomena
  • Atmospheric gases
  • Minerals
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Energy Supply

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Distance Learning Provider

A Distance Learning Course is the ideal way to gain a qualification without having the worry of trying to fit your studies around your everyday life. You can complete your studies in your own time and we are on hand seven days a week to help you plan your future.

Course programme

Modules

Unit 1 The Living Environment

An introduction to the biodiversity of life on Planet Earth.

Unit 2 The Physical Environment

Physical resources such as atmospheric gases, water and mineral nutrients are essential for life on Earth.

Humans exploit and manage physical resources to provide higher material living standards.

The use of many of these resources is unsustainable.

Unit 3 Energy Resources and Environmental Pollution

Future problems of energy supply and how these may be resolved are investigated through the study of the energy resources which are available for use.

Unit 4 Biological Resources and Sustainability

The factors controlling human population growth are considered in relation to the demands placed upon the planets resources and life-support systems.

How Science Works

An understanding of How Science Works is a requirement. How Science Works is an underpinning set of concepts and is the means whereby students come to understand how scientists investigate scientific phenomena in their attempts to explain the world about us. Moreover, How Science Works recognises the contribution scientists have made to their own disciplines and to the wider world.

Recommended reading

AQA A Level Environmental Studies Student Book, Richard Genn, 2008,
Nelson Thornes ISBN-10: 1408513900 ISBN-13: 978-1408513903

Environmental Science: A Global Concern (Ninth Edition), William P.
Cunningham, Mary Ann Cunningham and Barbara Woodworth Saigo, 2007,
McGraw Hill Higher Education Publisher: ISBN-10: 0071105964
ISBN13: 978-0071105965

The course contains a number of assignments which your tutor will mark and give you valuable feedback on. We call these Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs). You need only send the TMAs to your tutor for comment, not the self-assessment exercises which are also part of the course to help you gauge your progress.

Exams are taken at an AQA centre and we can provide an extensive list of centres for you.

Additional information

Please note that the total cost of this course is usually £420.00. If you enrol online today and pay in full, we will apply a discount to the checkout meaning you will only pay £320.00.

A Level Environmental Studies AS/A2

£ 295 + VAT