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Environment and Sustainability

BSc(Hons)
UCAS code: F750

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Explore current questions about how we might sustain our global environment.
Opportunities for placements in key working environments.
Emphasis on practical and fieldwork skills development - costs of core fieldwork are included in your fees.

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The crisis in our environment and the quest to secure sustainable futures are now global concerns of major importance. This new award aims to develop your understanding of the intricate relationships between environment and sustainability whilst also providing you with the opportunity to develop in-depth appreciation of particular environmental problems and their potential solutions. By dealing with issues that directly affect the way that we live, the course will appeal to students with a range of interests in environment and sustainability and who aspire to work in environmental management.

This course is one of a range of options in this stimulating and topical field.

What you do

Level 1 introduces you to a range of environmental issues and the processes that shape natural and non-natural environments. You also acquire an essential grounding in a range of investigative and analytical skills that relate to environmental investigation and monitoring, using both field-based and laboratory-based techniques.

At Levels 2 and especially Level 3, you may study modules that develop specialist knowledge of areas such as environmental policy, climate change, earth hazards, environmental conservation, wildlife management, environmental monitoring and environmental education.

Work placement opportunities provide further scope to develop essential knowledge and key skills in a working environment.

Where next

The degree has been developed with an emphasis upon the employability of students and aims to enable graduates to enter a range of professions relating to environment and sustainability. Government agencies, local authorities, education providers or specialist sectors of the environment industry such as water management or conservation are all areas of potential employment.

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Qualification:	BSc(Hons)
Faculty/School:	Faculty of Sciences
Location:	Stoke Campus
Course Start:	September
Course Length:	Normally three years full-time; up to eight years part-time.
Entry Requirements:	All applicants are individually assessed on their qualifications, skills and experience. However, a typical three A-level or BTEC National Diploma offer will be 260 UCAS tariff points (please note that this is a change to the Entry Requirements published in the Staffordshire University Undergraduate Prospectus 2011).
Application:	Via UCAS
UCAS Code:	F750
Fees and Bursaries:	See undergraduate fees and bursaries