Our BSc Environmental Science degree is built around a distinctive competency-based approach, designed to ensure you’ll graduate with both the scientific knowledge and the practical skills employers value. Throughout your degree, you’ll learn from experts who are recognised internationally for their research and are committed to supporting your academic and professional development. You’ll explore key areas including ecosystem dynamics, oceanography, climate change, environmental law and sustainability, while developing expertise in data analysis, digital and geospatial technologies, field and laboratory methods, communication and problem-solving. These skills are embedded and assessed throughout the degree, allowing you to clearly track your professional development. From Stage 2, you can tailor your studies through pathways in Environment and Ecosystems or Environment and Society, aligning your degree with your interests and allowing you to specialise. An international field trip and a final-year independent research dissertation provide hands-on experience and specialist expertise, preparing you to succeed in environmental careers in a rapidly changing world.
A Level: ABB | ABB including one science subject from: Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Geology, Environmental Science and Physics. For Biology, Chemistry and Physics A Levels, we require a pass in the practical element. GCSE Mathematics grade B or 6 required if not offered at a higher level. | Scottish Higher: AABBB | AABBB including one science subject from: Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Environmental Science and Physics. Mathematics required at National 5, minimum grade B (or Standard Grade or Intermediate 2 equivalent) if not offered at Higher Grade. Combinations of Highers and Advanced Highers accepted. Scottish qualifications can be taken in more than one sitting. | Access to HE Diploma: 30 UCAS points | Access to HE Diploma: 15 UCAS points | Access to HE Diploma | 45 level 3 credits with 30 credits at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit. To include 30 level 3 credits in relevant science subjects. A unit in mathematical studies or quantitative methods is essential. | Extended Project | We welcome applications from students offering an Extended Project and value the skills of research and independent learning that it is designed to develop. If you offer an Extended Project, it will be taken into account as part of your application profile, but we will not usually include it in offer conditions for this degree programme. | International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme: 32 UCAS points | 32 points including one science subject at Higher Level grade 5 from: Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Environmental Science and Physics. If not studying full IB Diploma - Grades 6, 5, 5 at Higher Level including one science subject at Grade 5 and completion of a national high school diploma. Standard Level Mathematics required at grade 4 or above if not offered at Higher Level. | Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016): DDD | DDD overall in a science-related subject to include physical or biological sciences and mathematics units. GCSE Mathematics grade B or 6 required. | Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017): H1H2H2H3H3 | H1H2H2H3H3 at Higher Level including one science subject from: Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Environmental Science and Physics. If not offered at Higher Level then Maths at Ordinary Level 2 will be required. | Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal: D3M2M2 | D3, M2, M2 in Principal Subjects including one science subject from: Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Environmental Science and Physics. GCSE Mathematics grade B or 6 required if not offered at a higher level.
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