
Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
Course Overview - Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
As an Environmental Scientist, you will investigate the most pressing global and environmental challenges of our time. You will study a diverse range of topics, delivered by staff from Geography, Geoscience and Biological Sciences. Key topics include climate change, conservation, ecology, sustainable development and natural resources. You will gain key skills for monitoring environmental processes and for managing the critical environmental challenges faced by society.
This degree provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the Earth, its living systems, and the...
As an Environmental Scientist, you will investigate the most pressing global and environmental challenges of our time. You will study a diverse range of topics, delivered by staff from Geography, Geoscience and Biological Sciences. Key topics include climate change, conservation, ecology, sustainable development and natural resources. You will gain key skills for monitoring environmental processes and for managing the critical environmental challenges faced by society.<br/><br/>This degree provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the Earth, its living systems, and the complexity of environmental-societal interactions. Environmental scientists will develop a robust understanding of the science underpinning the environmental and ecological challenges of the twenty-first century, such as climate change, pollution, conservation and natural resource management.<br/><br/>Drawing on material from Physical and Human Geography, Geosciences and Biological Sciences, students construct a degree with their own specialisms and foci, within an overall Environmental Science umbrella. This knowledge is supported by the development of core competencies in a range of laboratory, field and IT methods. Throughout, this course contains options for UK and international residential fieldwork. This new degree is designed to provide students with the critical skills to tackle the full scope the environmental challenges we face and contains extensive optionality.<br/><br/>If you like the sound of this degree, but would prefer to include human geography as core content, you could also consider the Geography BSc. degree.
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
Unknown
Start Date
21/09/2026
Campus
Main Site
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Course Code
F750
Institution Code
L34
Points of Entry
Year 1, Year 2
Entry Requirements
Scottish Higher
A,A,B,B,B
Access to HE Diploma
D:30
Pass Access to H.E. Diploma with a minimum of 45 credits at level 3, 30 of which must be at Distinction.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
30
Must include a minimum of grade 4 in SL Maths or 3 at HL if 4/C not held at GCSE. Must include a minimum of grade 4 in English A or 5 in English B if minimum of grade 4/C not held in English Language at GCSE.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DDM
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H2,H2,H2,H2,H3
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE Maths and English Language grade C/4 or above required.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Accepted in combination with other qualifications.
AS
2 AS Levels accepted in place of 1 A-Level. Must be taken alongside 2 A-Levels.
Scottish Advanced Higher
A,B,B
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
D3,M2,M2
Extended Project
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Accepted in combination with other qualifications.
A level
A,B,B
T Level
D
In either Design, Surveying and Planning for Construction or Science (with an Occupational Specialism in Laboratory technician).
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)
ABB from two A-Levels and the Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate
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