Environmental Studies
Joint Honours
The subject
This course helps you understand the relationships between society and the environment, enabling you to become more specialised as you progress.
First Year modules include:
- sustainable futures
- biodiversity
- habitats and ecosystems
- investigative skills
In the Second Year, depending on whether you are taking the Major, Minor or Joint route, you will study:
- global change and development
- rural change in the UK
- research design and the Olympics
- geographical and environmental process in Europe (including a field course, currently in the Swiss Alps)
After your Second Year, you can take an optional year's work placement or study abroad, gaining an extra qualification.
In your Final Year, depending on your study route, you will study:
- environmental policy and management
- countryside and recreation management
- a research project
Careers
Graduates work within:
- local government
- town and country planning
- recreational and habitat management
- environmental resources management
- sports management
- IT and consultancy
Combined with
One other subject can be combined with Environmental Studies in a Joint Honours degree:
- Business
UCAS code: F9N1 - Digital Media Technology
UCAS code: F9H6 - English Language and Communication
UCAS code: F9Q1 - Financial Mathematics
UCAS code: F9G9 - Health Studies
UCAS code: F9B9 - Human Biology
UCAS code: F9B1 - Human Geography
UCAS code: F9L7 - Law
UCAS code: F9M1 - Mathematics
UCAS code: F9G1 - Philosophy
UCAS code: F9V5 - Sports Studies
UCAS code: F9C6 - Tourism
UCAS code: F9N8