"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children" - Chief Seattle
We all depend on business and industry to support the way we live... energy, water and food come to us via the corporate sector. Most of the things we use every day depend on natural resources; smartphones or computers; cars, buses or bicycles; the food we eat; the clothes we wear. Can businesses be environmentally accountable? Can humankind achieve sustainable development which can secure resources for future generations?
Students taking this pathway learn how scientific principles, theories and methods can be applied to resolve environmental problems in sustainable ways.
The pathway focuses, in particular, on the applications of environmental science theory and its translation into different management approaches. This pathway has a strong vocational element that draws on the biological sciences, geography, geology, oceanography, engineering and law. Students develop specialist skills in a whole range of areas such as sustainability, resource management, conservation, land use and planning, environmental management and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
Core Programme Modules (on all pathways)
Environmental Science: Concepts and Communication
Environmental Science: Research and Applications (field/practical module)
Environmental Field Techniques and Applications (residential field course)
Compulsory pathway modules
Core Programme Modules (on all pathways)
Environmental Impact Assessment
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Environmental Scientists
Environment and Sustainability
Pathway compulsory module
Geohazards and earth resources
Optional modules
Global climate change: science, impacts and policy
Introduction to energy in the environment
Pure and applied population ecology
Population and Reproductive Health
Population in developing societies
Quaternary environmental change
Remote sensing for earth observation
Business skills for employability
Management of risk and uncertainty
Core Programme Modules (on all pathways)
Environmental Law and Management
Environmental Field Studies (MEnvSci Only)
Advanced Quantitative Methods (MEnvSci only)
Compulsory pathway module
Sustainable resource management
Optional modules
Environmental and Engineering Geology
Teaching and Communication and the UG Ambassador Scheme
Complex socio-ecological systems
Water & Wastewater Engineering 1
The Sustainability Professional
Adapting to Climate Change and Weather Hazards
Air Quality and Environmental Pollution
Core Programme Modules (on all pathways)
Work Based Learning (work placement)
Pathway core module
Environmental Management Systems
Optional modules
Transport, Energy and the Environment
Energy resources and engineering
Environmental radioactivity and radiochemistry
Coastal and maritime engineering and energy
Water and wastewater engineering 2