Sustainable Development BSc (Hons)

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Bachelor's degree

In St Andrews

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    St andrews (Scotland)

  • Duration

    4 Years

Sustainable Development is widely regarded as the most promising framework for addressing environmental and developmental challenges in the 21st century. These challenges include the provision of clean water and adequate sanitation, energy generation and supply, human health, food production and distribution, and the continuing threat to biodiversity.

The BSc (Hons) in Sustainable Development encourages students to rise to the challenges of the environment and society, and focuses on the study of principles and practices of sustainability in an interdisciplinary environment.

Sustainable Development is studied up to Honours level in both the Faculty of Science (BSc) and the Faculty of Arts (MA). Students who have a background in the Sciences or who wish to study Sustainable Development alongside Science subjects at St Andrews should apply for the BSc. For those interested in studying Sustainable Development alongside Arts subjects, the MA in Sustainable Development may be of interest instead.

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Location

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St Andrews (Fife)
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University Of St Andrews, KY16 9AJ

Start date

On request

About this course

The knowledge you gain will prepare you for your final two years, during which you will have the opportunity to choose from a range of modules from different Schools. These modules allow you to pursue your specific interests and explore the practice of sustainability through specific field visits. Subjects in these modules include (but are not limited to):
climate change
environmental management
sustainable technologies
sustainable economies
social justice.

During your final year, you will also carry out a dissertation module which focuses on a topic of your choice, with structured support from an academic in an appropriate school.

At a time when sustainable development is rising higher up the national and international agenda, and as businesses and organisations accept the need to adopt more sustainable practices, graduates with a degree in Sustainable Development are in strong demand.

Sustainable Development students are able to critically interrogate the principles, practice and plurality of sustainable development and to contribute to the evolution of innovative, interdisciplinary thinking and action in this area.

Career pathways for graduates include:
central and local government
conservation
consultancy
impact assessment
management
non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
strategic planning
teaching.

AAAB, including at least two Highers from the following subjects:
Biology or Human Biology
Chemistry
Computing Science or equivalent
Geography
Geology
Mathematics
Physics
Psychology.

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Subjects

  • Sustainable Development
  • Social Justice
  • Human well-being
  • Inter-generational
  • Environmental
  • Frameworks
  • Environmental management
  • Economies
  • Biology
  • Chemistry

Course programme

Modules

In the first two years of your degree (known as sub-honours) you will take the four required modules in Sustainable Development alongside modules in at least one other subject.

Typically, you will take one Sustainable Development module per semester during your first two years, and four sustainability modules per semester during your third and fourth year (known as Honours).

First Year

Students will take the following compulsory first-year modules:
  • What is Sustainable Development?: provides an introductory overview to Sustainable Development, such as social justice, human well-being, inter-generational equity and environmental stewardship.
  • Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities: offers detailed investigation of a selection of core issues in sustainable development - and how these issues are addressed by key players.
Second Year

Students will take the following compulsory second-year modules:
  • Sustainable Development: Frameworks for Implementation: explores conceptual frameworks that might be utilised (individually or together) to encourage and facilitate Sustainable Development.
  • Sustainable Development: Tools for Action: builds upon core themes from Frameworks for Implementation and looks at how different agents, such as governments, corporations, and individuals enact change.
Honours

If you decide to take Sustainable Development in your third and fourth years, you choose from a wide variety of advanced options, including modules from separate Schools within the University.

Here is a sample of Honours modules which have been offered in previous years:
  • Frontiers in Sustainability Research: do good lives cost the earth?
  • Governance for Sustainability
  • Introduction to Environmental Economics
  • Transitioning to Sustainability.
You have the opportunity to undertake extensive training in research through a residential field course where you will learn how to conduct research, explore research methods and gain statistical and quantitative skills.

In fourth year, students will complete a dissertation module which combines expertise from partner disciplines with an understanding of sustainable development in researching a topic of your choice.

Additional information

Overseas Fee  £22,350

Sustainable Development BSc (Hons)

£ 9,250 VAT inc.