An integrate approach to physical and environmental
geography is essential for addressing the potentially catastrophic
environmental challenges facing the world today. The EG
programme will develop an understanding of fundamental environmental
issues in geography focussing on the physical environment and its
impact on humans, as well as human impacts on the environment and
their management across a range of spatial and temporal scales.
Our
modular degree course in EG covers physical and environmental
geography, environmental management, ecology and soil science, as
well as providing opportunities to study human impacts on the
environment through natural resource management, environmental law
and policy and economics. Entry requirements - a typical offer is BBB at A level or equivalent qualifications.
Preferred subjects include
Geography, Geology, Environmental Science, Biology, Chemistry,
Mathematics, Business Studies and Economics.
The
course will equip you with the geographical knowledge, skills and
techniques to help develop practical sustainable solutions to
environmental problems.
Educational
aims of the courses
The courses aim
to:
Ø
Encourage students to develop an interdisciplinary approach to the
environment
The courses lay a
broad foundation in the environmental, ecological and (for EEE
students) economic sciences in year 1, recognising that students
will come from a range of backgrounds. These foundations are built
on in years 2 and 3 with more advanced material to demonstrate how
the different disciplines may be successfully integrated to guide
environmental management and policy decisions.
Ø
Train students in the skills required for environmental management
All
academic staff members are research active and their research skills
inform much of our subject-based teaching, showing how theory and
concepts can be applied practically. Students receive training in
both quantitative and qualitative approaches to problem-solving in
the environmental sector, including relevant IT skills.
Ø
Prepare students for employment and further study
Students need to
be equipped with the knowledge base, flexibility and confidence to
tackle problems that they will face in their careers. The courses
encourage students to develop both independent and team-working
skills for problem solving, time management and self-organization,
as well as the written communication and presentational skills
required by those professionally engaged in the environmental sector
and the wider workplace. It also provides an excellent foundation
for those wishing to move on to postgraduate research.
The BSc EG
course structure
offers the
following modules*:-
|
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
|
Current Issues in Environmental Geography (C) |
Residential Field Course in Environmental Geography (C) |
Research Project in Environmental Geography (C) |
|
The
Earth: An Introduction to the Science of the Environment (C) |
Human Impacts on the Environment (C) |
Quaternary Science: Biogeography & Environmental Change
(C) |
|
Ecological Principles for the Environment (C) |
Environmental Management Techniques (C) |
Hydrology and Landform (C) |
|
Environmental Geography Field Project (C) |
Geographical Information Systems (C) |
Forest Management (O) |
|
Tools
& Techniques for Studying the Environment (C) |
Soils in Environmental Geography (C) |
Current Issues in Atmospheric Science (O) |
|
Introduction to Environmental Economics (C) |
Natural Resources: Economics & Management:
1 (O) |
Natural Resources: Economics & Management: 2 (O) |
|
|
Environmental Economics: 1 (O) |
Environmental Economics: 2 (O) |
|
|
Environmental Systems Monitoring & Management (O) |
Agriculture and the Environment (O) |
|
|
Environmental Management Project (O) |
Coastal Zone Management (O) |
|
|
Applied Ecology & Environmental Management (O) |
Wildlife Conservation & Management (O) |
|
|
Environmental Law & Policy (O) |
Environment & Health (O) |
|
|
|
Pollution Control & Waste
Management (O) |
|
C =
compulsory, O = optional
* Modules
offered may be subject to change |
