Location
Cornwall Campus
This programme is the University’s flagship environmental degree and promotes a truly interdisciplinary systems approach to environmental science enabling you to learn the science behind the Earth’s amazing complexity and its environmental processes. It draws on the international research excellence of teaching staff and is supported by the University’s Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) – an interdisciplinary centre leading cutting-edge research into the consequences of environmental change and the mitigation and management of its effects.
Our mission is to train you in measuring, evaluating and making decisions about environmental issues. From day one of your degree you will take a hands-on approach to the collection and analysis of environmental data in the field and laboratory. The programme will enable you to learn about environmental processes at a range of scales from local issues affecting South West England to those with global impacts. You’ll engage with issues relating to climate change, its impact on the world and efforts to mitigate its effect. You will uncover the complexities of the legal processes which underpin environmental decision making and discover how the law facilitates the enforcement of environmental regulation.
Throughout the programme you will develop a wide range of practical skills to increase your employability, working with satellite data and using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to guide real-world environmental decision making. The programme also takes advantage of the unique field work opportunities available locally in the South West and further afield including a residential field trip to California* taking in the Mojave Desert and the coastal redwood forests near Santa Cruz. The programme will present you with opportunities to gain insights from industry leaders in the environmental sector and engage with other relevant organisations through field trips and work placement opportunities.
* Please note that the field class location may be subject to change.
