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Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change

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Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Other options

6 years | Part-time | 2024

Subject

Environmental sciences

The course will teach you how to effectively manage wildlife and habitats as well as appreciate the role of governance and social benefits in decision making. We give you the opportunity to study the environment from this multi-disciplined perspective so that you can become a true ambassador for environmental conservation in the future.

Modules

Year One - Level 4 (HNC, HND & BSc)

• Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (20 credits; compulsory)
• Climate Change and Visual Activism (20 credits; compulsory)
• Contemporary Challenges: Making a Difference (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Field and Laboratory Skills (20 credits; compulsory)
• Learning in the Digital Era (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Physical Landscape and the Geosphere (20 credits; compulsory).

Year Two - Level 5 (HND & BSc)

• Changemakers: Building your Personal Brand for Sustainable Employment (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Changemakers: Creativity and Value Creation (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Coastal, Marine and Wildlife Conservation (20 credits; compulsory)
• Environmental Legislation and Circular Economy (20 credits; compulsory)
• Low Carbon Technologies (20 credits; compulsory)
• Water Resources and Environmental Monitoring (20 credits; compulsory).

Year Three - Level 6 (BSc)

• Environmental Assessment, Management and Auditing (20 credits; compulsory)
• Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing Technologies (20 credits; compulsory)
• Habitat Management and Building Resilience (20 credits; compulsory)
• Independent Project (40 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Sustainable Urban Communities (20 credits; compulsory).

Assessment methods

Assessment varies across modules using a variety of methods from field and lab reports to presentations, essays and exams to give you the opportunity to do well and to demonstrate your developing knowledge.

We pride ourselves on giving excellent feedback at all stages of the course to help you to progress.

We use feedback to develop your course knowledge and, importantly, to help you to develop your wider skills in report writing, and communicating science so that you can demonstrate your ability to work effectively in the environment sector at the end of your course.

Tuition fees

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Channel Islands
£9,000
per year
England
£9,000
per year
EU
£9,000
per year
International
£13,500
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,000
per year
Scotland
£9,000
per year
Wales
£9,000
per year

The Uni


Course location:

SA1 Waterfront Campus, Swansea

Department:

Architecture, Construction and the Environment

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