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2021/22 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Environment and Business

Programme code:BA-ENVI/EBUCAS code:FN8C
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Jonathan Busch Contact address:J.Busch@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

Normally three A-Levels at grades ABB, preferably including two from: Biology, Business Studies, Economics, English, Ethics, Geography, History, Law, Philosophy, Psychology, Politics, Sociology. Excludes General Studies.

International Baccalaureate: Normally 34 points overall, with 16 at the Higher Level, to include 5 points in two relevant subjects.

Scottish Highers: Normally AABBB with BB in two Advanced Highers including two relevant subjects. For non-AH applicants AABBBB including two relevant subjects

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.




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.

LUBS1940Economics for Management20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE1112Sustainable Development10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE1382Skills for Environmental Social Science20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE1390Introduction to Business, Environment and Corporate Responsibility20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan 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 the list below. Students may choose up to 20 credits
of Discovery or skills modules (e.g., languages, arts, or outdoors skills), subject to timetabling constraints.

LAW1076An Introduction to Law: What is Law?10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1001Introduction to Enterprise and Entrepreneurship10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1010Understanding Social Enterprises10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1170Introduction to Management10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1785Introduction to Effective Decision Making10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1850Organisational Behaviour20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE1034Natural Hazards10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE1181Ecology10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE1281Atmosphere10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE1450Environmental Politics and Policy10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE1481Foundation Mathematics 110 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

In place of an optional module you may choose 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.

LUBS2065Managing Innovation in Business10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
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 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

Students are required to choose between 20 to 40 credits of optional modules from the list below.

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

LAW2146International Law20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2028Leading and Managing Small Businesses10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2125Anthropology for Business10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2160Principles of Marketing10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2660Principles of Corporate Strategy10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2765Advanced Management Decision Making10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE2205Contaminated Environments20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE2372People, Sustainability, and the Environment30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE2690Managing Biodiversity10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN2041Transport, Energy and Environment10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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:

LUBS3805International Business Management20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3030Environmental Research Project40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE3785Change for Sustainable Development20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Students are required to choose 30 to 50 credits of optional modules from the list below. Students may choose up to 20 credits of Discovery or skills modules (e.g., languages, arts, or outdoors skills) subject to timetabling constraints.


GEOG3530Geographers into Teaching: School Placements20 creditsNot running in 202122
LAW3133Environmental Law20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3013Enterprise Consultancy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3950Current Issues in Decision Making20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3975Managing Innovation and Technology20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE3112Environmental Risk: Science, Policy and Management10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3630Strategic Energy Issues10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

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

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