Study Schemes

BSC  Environmental Science [F75F]

Academic Year: 2023/2024Single Honours scheme - available from 2019/2020

Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Core (100 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GS00420

Environmental Management

GS01120

Information in a Post-Truth World

GS09520

How to be a Student 1

Semester 2
GS00820

Understanding Change - Environment, People, Places

GS09320

How to be a Student 2

Year 1  Options

Choose 20 credits (one module)

Semester 1
GS09720

Introduction to Social Science

Semester 2
GS09620

The ‘Othered' Migrant: Social Science Perspectives

GS09820

Representing the Other: Cultures and Clashes

Year 2  Core (120 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
BR17120

Genetics, Evolution and Diversity

GS11300

Fieldwork Skills

GS11520

How to Build a Planet

or
DA11520

Sut i Greu Planed

GS13000

Researching the World: data collection and analysis

Semester 2
BR19920

Microbial and Plant Diversity

or
BG19920

Amrywiaeth Microbau a Phlanhigion

GS10520

Earth Surface Environments

GS11320

Fieldwork Skills

GS13020

Researching the World: data collection and analysis

Part 2 Rules

Year 3  Core (50 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GS21100

Physical Geography and Environmental Science Research Design and Fieldwork Skills

GS23810

Quantitative Data Analysis

Semester 2
BR26020

Environmental Microbiology and Monitoring

or
BG26020

Monitro a Microbioleg Amgylcheddol

GS21120

Physical Geography and Environmental Science Research Design and Fieldwork Skills

Year 3  Options

Choose 70 credits from the following modules.

Semester 1
BR22620

Marine Biology

BR25820

Aquatic Botany

DA22510

Geomorffoleg Afonol

GS22700

Fundamentals of Geochemistry

GS23510

The Frozen Planet

GS25210

Catchment Systems

Semester 2
BG21420

Arolygu Ecolegol

BG21920

Bwyd, Ffermio a'r Amgylchedd

BG24720

Sgiliau Ymarferol a Proffesiynol ym Microbioleg

BR21120

Climate Change: Plants, Animals and Ecosystems

BR21420

Ecological Surveying

BR21920

Food, Farming and the Environment

BR24720

Practical and Professional Skills in Microbiology

GS21010

Chemical Analysis of Natural Materials

GS21910

Reconstructing Past Environments

GS22720

Fundamentals of Geochemistry

GS23710

Geographical Information Systems

Final Year  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GS35200

Environmental Science Dissertation

or
DA35200

Traethawd Estynedig Gwyddor yr Amgylchedd

Semester 2
GS35240

Environmental Science Dissertation

or
DA35240

Traethawd Estynedig Gwyddor yr Amgylchedd

Final Year  Options

Choose 80 credits from the following modules.

Semester 1
BG36620

Cwrs Maes Ecoleg Ddaearol

BR33420

Global Biodiversity Conservation

BR33920

Population and Community Ecology

BR35020

Marine and Freshwater Field Course

BR36620

Terrestrial Ecology Fieldcourse

GS30320

Environmental geochemistry and biogeochemistry

GS32020

Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space

GS33420

Glaciers and Ice Sheets

Semester 2
BR30420

Sustainable Land Management

BR34520

Wildlife Conservation

BR35620

Environmental Regulation and Consultancy

DA31720

Rheoli'r Amgylchedd Gymreig

GS30420

Volcanic Activity: Hazards and Environmental Change

GS31120

Applied Environmental Management

GS33720

People, Climate and Environment: a Palaeoenvironmental Perspective

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
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