Environmental Science BSc (Hons) (Full-time, Part-time)

Course overview

Why study Environmental Science at BU?

• Contribute to cutting-edge environmental science research by getting involved in academic staff research activities
• Gain relevant employment skills within a wide range of local and international work placement opportunities
• Environmental scientists will be in demand due to the severe challenges that we face with population growth and global warming.

What will I study?

Environmental Science integrates the natural sciences and considers how a wide range of factors may impact on the environment. It attempts to understand how both anthropogenic and natural forces result in the processes of environmental change such as global warming, ecosystem pollution and habitat loss.

The study of Environmental Science also includes an appreciation of how technology and regulatory processes can be applied to prevent environmental degradation and an awareness of practical remediation methods. Professionals working in the field of Environmental Science need to be able to combine an understanding of science with a knowledge of the legislative frameworks and the regulatory authorities for environmental protection.

This course will provide you with a strong, broad foundation in Environmental Science and includes both a theoretical and applied perspective. You will be trained in a substantial range of transferable skills in laboratory work, computing, data analysis, report writing and project management.

This course is particularly designed to appeal to students who wish to begin their degree by studying a generic science base in their first year and then moving towards a more customised pathway in their final year which will suit the areas of interest they have developed during the second year of their degree. A key part of this is the third year research project where students will have the opportunity to work closely with an academic’s research programme.

Practical experience through fieldwork, lab work and work placements form a major part of this degree and there are a range of local, national and international opportunities available. Graduates will be well equipped to find employment with any of these organisations. Alternatively, you may progress to Masters courses and further research.