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BSc (Hons) Environmental Science

What is special about this course?

The BSc (Hons) Environmental Science will give you an unparalleled opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills to understand the processes that shape our natural environment. And you won’t find a better classroom in which to study environmental science than the spectacular landscapes of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

The Highlands and Islands region contains a wealth of diverse habitats, some of which are the best examples of their kind in the world. This degree in Environmental Science will help you to develop your scientific and analytical skills through course work in college labs and you will undertake a residential field module each year, at locations throughout the Highlands, which will allow you to develop your field skills in these outstanding habitats.

 

Features

  • Study in one of the world’s best ‘living laboratories’ in the spectacular natural habitats of the Scottish Highlands
  • Undertake a residential field module each year
  • Study part time or full time, or even module-by-module for personal or professional interest

Course content

Year 1

  • Environmental biology
  • Environmental chemistry
  • Scientific lab skills 1
  • Global environmental issues
  • Terrestrial ecology
  • Data, biodiversity and identification skills (residential)

Year 2

  • Earth and soil process
  • Scientific lab skills 2
  • Environmental conservation
  • Freshwater environments
  • Marine environments
  • Statistics and experimental design
  • Geographical information systems
  • Ecological field methods (residential)

Year 3

  • Climate change
  • Environmental rehabilitation
  • Management of the marine resource
  • Research management skills
  • Research project
  • Strategic environmental management
  • Marine conservation
  • Environmental analysis (residential)

Year 4

  • Dissertation
  • Environmental ethics
  • Renewable energy
  • Waste minimisation
  • Ecological applications
  • Science and society