Environmental Sciences BSc (Hons)

• A-levels: BBB. Must include a relevant science.
• BTEC: DDM.
• International Baccalaureate: 30 points, specified subjects.
• Access to HE Diploma: pass with 60 credits overall. Level 3 units in geography or environmental studies and science required. At least 45 credits at level 3, with 18 credits at merit or above.
• GCSE (minimum grade C): at least three subjects including English language and mathematics or a science.
• Foundation degree/HND/HNC: may enable you to start the course in year 2.

English Language Requirement:

• IELTS 6.0 overall, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements

Year 1

• Data Presentation and Analysis for Geoscientists
• Ecological Processes
• Fundamentals of Physical Geography
• Global Environmental Issues and Management
• Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
• Introduction to Environmental Hazards
• Introduction to Fieldwork
• Skills for Independent Learning

Options

• Ancient Societies
• Archaeological Practice
• Citizenship for the Environment
• Ecological Processes 
• Elements of Chemistry
• Evolutionary Biology
• French, German or Spanish language modules
• Fundamentals of Geology
• Habitat Ecology
• Human Physiology
• Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
• Interpreting Geological Maps
• Mathematical Skills for Scientists
• Mineralogy and Petrology
• Physiological Ecology
• The Global Earth System
• The Ocean Planet: an introduction
• Water in the Environment

Year 2

• Advanced Data Analysis
• Geography fieldwork, Sicily (or South Africa as a specialist option)
• Skills for Research and Careers

Options

Environmental management and sustainability 

• Alternative and Renewable Energy
• Contemporary Rural Geography
• Environmental and Spatial Planning
• Environmental Conservation and Management
• Geographies of Everyday Life
• Geoinformatic Systems
• Introduction to Remote Sensing
• Sustainable Development

Environmental hazards

• Climate Change
• Coastal and Aeolian Landscapes
• Environmental Hazards
• Ice Age Earth
• Water in the Landscape

Ecology and conservation

• Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology
• Ecological Techniques
• Evolution and Diversity
• Introduction to Marine Biology and Ecology

Environmental pollution

• Environmental Pollution and Control
• Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry
• Soil and Water Analysis

Other options

• Applied Palaeontology
• Archaeological Practice 2: excavation and post-excavation
• Community Engagement: theory into practice
• Earth Resources
• French, German or Spanish language modules
• Fundamentals of Environmental Microbiology
• Geoarchaeology
• Independent study module
• Introduction to Environmental Geochemistry
• Sedimentology
• Societies of Early Europe

Year 3

• Ecology or independent dissertation

Options:

Environmental management and sustainability

• Air Quality Management
• Applied Remote Sensing
• Environmental Assessment
• Geographies of Sport and Leisure
• Geoinformatic Systems
• Independent study module
• Medical Geography
• Political Ecology
• Waste Management
• Wetland Environments

Environmental hazards

• Coastal Environments
• Environmental Change in Low Latitudes
• Freshwater Processes and Ecosystems
• Geohazards

Ecology and conservation

• Applied Ecology
• Biogeography
• Biology Field Skills
• Geoinformatic Systems
• Molecular Ecology
• Plant and Animal Interactions
• Wetland Environments

Environmental pollution

• Advanced Analytical Methodology
• Air Quality Management
• Case Studies in Environmental Pollution
• Independent study module
• Water and Health

Other options

• Archaeological Heritage
• Cold Environments: Process and Landsystems
• Community Engagement: theory into practice
• Evolution and the Fossil Record
• French, German or Spanish language modules
• Humans and the Environment
• Hydrogeology
• Independent study module
• Oceanography
• Planetary Geology
• Recording and Interpreting Archaeological Finds