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BSc Environment, Economics and Ecology

Overview

UCAS code: YORK F7M0 BSc/EEE
Final award: BSc (Hons)
Length of programme: 3 years (full time)

Population growth, poverty, globalisation and economic development place ever increasing demands on Earth's environmental systems and natural resources. The EEE course emphasises the ecological principles and human interactions which underlie environmental management to construct a strong, interdisciplinary knowledge base from which practical skills and applications are developed. This course will appeal to students looking for an interdisciplinary understanding of environmental policy who want to acquire practical, applied skills for environment-related employment.

A typical offer is ABB at A level or equivalent. Normally you should have at least one subject from among Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geography, and Physics. Economics can also be useful. Our modular degree programme in EEE will expand your knowledge, skills and horizons, making you better equipped to make a difference environmentally, now and in the future.

Aims

Population growth, poverty and globalisation stress the Earth's environmental systems and resources. This programme will give you the knowledge and skills to understand:

  • Carbon trading and the Kyoto protocol
  • Why environmental agreements so often fail
  • Sustainable management of fisheries, forests, water, minerals and oil
  • Regulation of land, water and air pollution
  • 'Green' accounting, environmental assessment and corporate responsibility

With an overall focus on the human elements in environmental and ecological systems, this course will ensure you are equipped to help make a difference environmentally, now and in the future. This three year course does not just train you in the environmental, biological and economic sciences, it trains you in the integration of the concepts and methods of these three disciplines. In this, it is unique.

Modules

Key:
C = Compulsory, O = Optional, B = taught by Biology department.

NB: Modules offered may be subject to change

A total of 120 credits must be selected each year

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Current Topics in EEEM (C) 20 credits Field Course (C) 20 credits EEEM Research Project (C) 40 credits
Ecological Principles for the Environment (C) 20 credits Economics of Resources & Environmental Policy (C) 20 credits
Economics for the Environment (C) 20 credits Environmental Policy (C) 30 credits Environmental Policy & Valuation (O) 10 credits
Tools & Techniques for Studying the Environment (C) 20 credits Micro- and macro-econ. for the Environment (C) 10 credits Current Issues in Atmospheric Science (O) 10 credits
Environment Field Project 20 credits Climate Change (O) 10 credits Environment & Health (O) 10 credits
Introductory Economics (C) 20 credits Geographical Information Systems (O) 10 credits Forest & Agriculture Management (O) 20 credits
  Food, Space, Culture & Society (O) 10 credits Environmental Systems Project (O) 10 credits
  Applied Ecology & Environmental Management (O) 10 credits Coastal Zone Management (O) 10 credits
  Environmental Monitoring ad Assessment (O) 10 credits Wildlife Conservation & Management (O) 10 credits
  Environmental Biology (O) 10 credits Social-Ecological Dynamics & Sustainable Societies (O) 20 credits
  Energy and Environment (O) 20 credits Global Change Ecology (O) (B) 10 credits
  Population & Behavioural Ecology (O) (B) 20 credits
  Ecosystems & the Environmemtn (O) (B) 10 credits
 
   
   

Admissions

Applicants are offered conditional or unconditional offers on the basis of their predicted or actual qualifications, respectively.

There are no formal interviews. We meet students at University Open Days and applicants to whom we have offered places are encouraged to attend one of the departmental open days held during the Spring term.

Mature students are particularly encouraged to apply and we welcome enquiries and prearranged visits from such applicants.

Enquiries for Environment, Economics and Ecology should be made to:

Melf-Hinrich Ehlers 
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Environment Department
University of York
Heslington
York YO10 5DD
United Kingdom