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2016/17 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Environment and Business

Programme code:BA-ENVI/EBUCAS code:FN8C
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Sally Russell Contact address:s.russell@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

Normally three A-Levels, or 2 A-levels and 2 AS-levels, at grades AAB, including at least one from Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geography, Geology, Maths, Physics, Psychology; and at least one from Business, Classics, Economics, English, Ethics, History, Geography, Law, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology. Other subjects may be considered, please enquire directly.

International Baccalaureate: Normally 32 points overall, with 16 at the Higher Level.

Scottish Highers: Normally ABBBB.

Other Qualifications (Access to HE Diploma, BTEC, etc):
Please refer to our website http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/study/undergrad/entryqual.htm or email admissions@see.leeds.ac.uk.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Earth and Environment

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Earth and Environment

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Environmental Studies

Programme specification:

Businesses are increasingly facing significant challenges and opportunities as a result of environmental issues (such as climate change, deforestation, and desertification) and social issues (such as labour and human rights, corruption, and transparency). Stakeholders (including government, shareholders, business customers, local communities, consumers, employees, and NGOs) are demanding that companies change their operations and activities so they can be instrumental in improving the environment and making societies more sustainable.

The objective of the BA Environment and Business programme is to equip students with the knowledge and skills to engage with businesses holistically (including their operations, strategy, finance, etc.) so that they can help the business become more sustainability orientated and improve its relations with its stakeholders.

The BA Environment and Business programme prepares students to tackle issues in helping companies become more sustainability orientated. This includes developing skills in the use of concepts, approaches, methods, and tools that enhance sustainability; providing work-based experience of deploying the above knowledge and skills; and culminating with the students conducting research and writing a sustainability-based business research report. The programme will produce graduates skilled in the coupling of sustainability with business approaches that lead to more holistic, integrative, and long term solutions to environmental and social challenges.

The programme structure is designed to provide students with an overall understanding of how to manage a business whilst considering the implications that their decisions will have on the environment and societies of today and the future.

Environment and Business graduates are better placed to appreciate the fundamental advantages of a sustainability-oriented approach. The graduates have a systems and holistic perspective where sustainability is an integral part of their education, as opposed to other programmes that traditionally have a more narrow approach that where sustainability is a peripheral issue.

The programme has four pathways: Governance and Regulation; Strategy and International Business; Management and Organisational Behaviour; and Natural Science.


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Candidates are required to study 120 credits.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates are required to study the following compulsory modules.

Please note: Students are required to take the Semester 1 delivery of LUBS1010.

LUBS1010Understanding Social Enterprises10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE1110Sustainable Development: Concepts and Case Studies20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE1381Skills for Environmental Social Science10 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE1390Introduction to Business, Environment and Corporate Responsibility20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE1460Environmental Science for Environmental Management20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Students are required to choose 20 to 40 credits of optional modules from their chosen Pathway. Students should remain on the same Pathway for the duration of their Programme. Students may choose up to 20 credits of Discovery or skills modules (e.g., languages, arts, or outdoors skills), subject to timetabling constraints.

IMPORTANT : Students WITHOUT A-Level Maths or equivalent or AS Level Maths with a grade of A-C are required to study SOEE1480 Mathematics for Earth and Environmental Scientists as a compulsory module. If taken, this module is Pass for Progression.

Students who have completed A-Level Maths or equivalent or already have AS Level Maths Grade C or above must NOT enrol in SOEE1480.

SOEE1480Mathematics for Earth and Environmental Scientists10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)


Governance and Regulation Pathway

LAW1075Introduction to the Law of Obligations10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW1095Introduction to Company Law10 creditsNot running in 201617
LUBS1170Introduction to Management10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED1201Global Development Challenges20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1212Making of the Modern World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)


Strategy and International Business Pathway

LAW1075Introduction to the Law of Obligations10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW1095Introduction to Company Law10 creditsNot running in 201617
LUBS1000Innovation and Creativity in Business10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1170Introduction to Management10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE1450Environmental Politics and Policy10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)


Management and Organisational Behaviour Pathway

LUBS1000Innovation and Creativity in Business10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1025Leadership in Business10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1785Introduction to Effective Decision Making10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1850Organisational Behaviour20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PSYC1618Psychology in the Media10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE1450Environmental Politics and Policy10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)


Natural Science Pathway

LAW1075Introduction to the Law of Obligations10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1170Introduction to Management10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE1034Natural Hazards10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE1180Environment and Ecology10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE1280The Atmosphere of Planet Earth10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE1450Environmental Politics and Policy10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may take up to 20 credits of Discovery Modules, subject to timetabling constraints.


Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]


Candidates are required to study 120 credits.

Compulsory modules:


Candidates are required to study the following compulsory modules.

LUBS2035Finance for Small Business10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE2032Personal Development for Careers in the Environmental Sector10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE2310Tools and Techniques for Business, Environment and Corporate Responsibility20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE2570Research in the Environmental Social Sciences30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE2610Economics and Sustainability10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:

Students are required to choose between 20 to 40 credits of optional modules from their chosen Pathway as detailed below. Students are required to remain on the same Pathway as studied in year 2.

Students may choose up to 20 credits of Discovery or skills modules (e.g., languages, arts, or outdoors skills), subject to timetabling constraints.

Those students wanting to pursue a business project idea it is recommended that they take LEED2004 'The LEEDS Award' as their 20 credits of Discovery module choices.


Governance and Regulation Pathway

LAW2146International Law20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2660Principles of Corporate Strategy10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE2371People, Sustainability, and the Environment20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE2670Environmental Impact Assessment10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE2680Environmental Policy and Governance10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN2041Transport, Energy and Environment10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)


Strategy and International Business Pathway


LAW2146International Law20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2160Principles of Marketing10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2660Principles of Corporate Strategy10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE2670Environmental Impact Assessment10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)


Management and Organisational Behaviour Pathway

LEED2050Event Management10 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2660Principles of Corporate Strategy10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2785How Managers Make Decisions10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2970Corporate Social Responsibility10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE2680Environmental Policy and Governance10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)


Natural Science Pathway

LUBS2125Anthropology for Business10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE2165Climate Change: Society and Human Dimensions10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE2670Environmental Impact Assessment10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE2680Environmental Policy and Governance10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE2690Managing Biodiversity10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)


Skills Discovery Module

LEED2004The LEEDS Award20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may take up to 20 credits of Discovery modules, subject to timetabling constraints.


Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Candidates are required to study 120 credits.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates are required to study the following compulsory modules:

SOEE3030Environmental Research Project40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE3202Sustainable Consumption10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE3270Business and Sustainable Development10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:


Students are required to choose 40 to 60 credits of optional modules from their chosen Pathway as detailed below. Students may choose up to 20 credits of Discovery or skills modules (e.g., languages, arts, or outdoors skills) subject to timetabling constraints.


Governance and Regulation Pathway

LAW3131Law and the Environment I: Pollution Control10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW3135Law and the Environment II: Development and Nature Conservation10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3805International Business Management20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE3112Environmental Risk: Science, Policy and Management10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3521Earth and Environmental Sciences into Schools10 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE3630Strategic Energy Issues10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE3770Sustainable Futures20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Strategy and International Business Pathway

LUBS3008Social Enterprise Consultancy Project10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3805International Business Management20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3810Managing Across Cultures20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3975Managing Innovation and Technology20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE3112Environmental Risk: Science, Policy and Management10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3521Earth and Environmental Sciences into Schools10 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE3630Strategic Energy Issues10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE3750Sustainability Economics in Practice10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3770Sustainable Futures20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Management and Organisational Behaviour Pathway

LUBS3805International Business Management20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3885Management Decision Making20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE3521Earth and Environmental Sciences into Schools10 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE3630Strategic Energy Issues10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE3750Sustainability Economics in Practice10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3770Sustainable Futures20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Natural Science Pathway

GEOG3690Tropical forests and sustainable development20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE3112Environmental Risk: Science, Policy and Management10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3521Earth and Environmental Sciences into Schools10 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE3630Strategic Energy Issues10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE3770Sustainable Futures20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may take up to 20 credits of Discovery modules, subject to timetabling constraints.

Last updated: 19/10/2016

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