ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS
IN THE UK OVERALL SATISFACTION (National Student Survey 2021) 8 TH PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Now is the time to act boldly to forge effective local and global responses to the planetry crisis and societal emergency. Our climate and environments are changing at unprecendented and alarming rates with huge and often devastating consequences. You will explore the profound interconnection of environmental and social science, learn to use your laboratory and fieldwork training, and academic knowledge to deliver the next generation of adaptations, mitigations and solutions.
Foundation Year available – see pages 58-63 for full details Global Opportunities available † International Students foundation programme available Welsh Scholarships/Bursaries available
This degree programme will equip you with those vital personal and professional skills, and the necessary interdisciplinary expertise, to make a difference in the world. You will be able to study a range of topics related to the climate emergency including: • Climate change and climate reconstruction • Earth observation and remote sensing • Environmental modelling • Geographic Information Systems The teaching programme places a strong emphasis on active and practical learning, problem solving and authentic assessment in field and laboratory settings. Students graduating from this programme will have the knowledge and skills suitable for a wide range of careers including environmental and ecological consultancy, government bodies, insurance and risk management, non-governmental organisations, business, urban planning, transport agencies and renewable energy sectors.
TYPICAL MODULES INCLUDE: Year 1 • Botany and Ecology • Dynamic Earth Systems • Life in the Oceans • Sustainability and the Climate Emergency Year 2 • Plant Ecology • Residential Field Course • Sustainable Cities • The Earth from Space Year 3 • Biodiversity • Climate of the Last 1,000 Years • Polar Biology • Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation
TYPICAL OFFER: ABB-BBB (to include one of the following: Geography, Biology, Environmental Science or Geology)
Detailed entry requirements and course features available on the Course Reference Grid (page 160) †
FUTURE CAREERS: • Environmental and Ecological Consultancy • Government Bodies • Insurance and Risk Management • Non-governmental Organisations • Business, Urban Planning, Transport Agencies • Renewable Energy Sectors ▲ 3 YEAR ♦ 4 YEAR For individual UCAS course codes please visit the course web page BSc Single Honours ▲ Environmental Science and the Climate Emergency ♦ Geography (with Foundation Year) leading to BSc Environmental Science and the Climate Emergency
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