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BSc (Hons) Environment and Sustainability

Keele University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Keeles Environment and Sustainability program is a leader in its field in the UK, offering an exciting way to look at a subject of major relevance to todays society and to put it into different global contexts. Graduates in Environment and Sustainability might go on to further study, or enter careers in a wide range of disciplines and organizations €“ perhaps in business or industry where sustainability concerns are becoming ever more part of the core business, or with a non-governmental organization; charity; local, regional or central government; environmental consultancy; or an environmental regulatory body. All organizations, from private businesses to local governments, increasingly need to engage with environmental and sustainability issues; hence this is one of the fastest-growing areas of employment with a wide range of employment opportunities. Previous students have progressed to careers in environmental and sustainability consultancy and regulation, conservation, science writing, national government policy, environmental charities, teaching, transport planning, environmental education, and environmental health. This course also provides excellent training for postgraduate study and research.

General Eligibility

A LEVEL REQUIREMENTS

  • BBC

If you don't think you'll meet the entry requirements specified, you may be able to gain entry to this course via a Foundation Year.

GCSE REQUIREMENTS

  • Mathematics and Science at C (or 4)

  • English Language/Literature at C (or 4) 

BTEC

  • DMM

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

COMPULSORY MODULES

  • Why Politics Matters

  • Studying the Environment

  • Academic, Professional and Fieldwork Skills

  • Greening Business: Employability and Sustainability

  • Climate Change: The Scientific and Societal Context

OPTIONAL MODULES

  • Introductory Environmental Chemistry

  • Fundamentals of Physical Geography

  • Introductory Geology for the Environmental Sciences

  • Nature, Conservation & Society

  • Science & Society

  • People and the Environment

  • Ecology and Plant Biology

2 Year 2

COMPULSORY MODULES

  • Human Impact on the Environment, scientific perspectives

  • Environmental Impact Assessment: Practical Geographical and Environmental Skills

  • Employability Training: Engaging with the Workplace

  • Geographical and Environmental Field Skills

  • Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility

OPTIONAL MODULES

  • Cartography and Geographic Information Science

  • Earth's Changing Landscapes

  • Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Wicked Problems

  • Sustainable Chemistry

  • Environmental Analytical Methods

  • Geoscience and Society

  • Research and Analytical Skills

  • Biodiversity Crisis

  • Why Policy Changes

3 Year 3

COMPULSORY MODULES

  • Clean Technology

  • Dissertation

  • Sustainability Consultancy

OPTIONAL MODULES

  • Glaciers and Glacial Geomorphology

  • Natural Hazards

  • Global Environmental Change

  • Applied GIS

  • Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment

  • Economic Development and Environmental Transformation

  • Animals and Society

  • Conservation Biology

  • Insect Ecology and Pest Management

  • Work Placement Year

  • Coastal Environments

  • The Science of Soil

  • Animal Welfare

  • Plant Science and Sustainability

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69

IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each individual component or equivalent.

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