MEnv, BA Environment and Business (International)

Year 3

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

- understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed knowledge of sustainability and environmental management, informed by recent debate, research and scholarship across disciplines;
- demonstrate professional competencies which will be informed by recent research/scholarship in sustainability and environmental management, some of which extend beyond the directly taught programme;
- apply theory and methods from across the disciplines to a range of environmental problems operating at local, regional and global scales;
- demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument, using evidence integrated from a variety of sources;
- critically reflect on and evaluate particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;
- appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge within and across disciplines;
- undertake a substantial piece of independent study and research incorporating aspects of project design, execution and communication.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- intellectual skills by demonstrating in-depth conceptual understanding that enables the development of an informed argument and the critical analysis of recent research and scholarship;
- practical skills including project design, data collection and analysis;
- communication skills in a range of formats, both written and verbal;
- interpersonal and team working skills;
- self-management and professional development skills;
- the ability to undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature.
- be prepared for the world of work and further study through personal development and travel.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

During their time at an overseas University, students are required to take a similar number of credits as would be taken by the average student at the University in each academic year, approximately 80% of which should be at a level appropriate to a student entering level 3 at Leeds University. The number of credits required to be taken at various levels is defined in a Learning Contract specific for each partner institution, and the final programme and any changes are subject to approval by nominated staff at Leeds.

The number and level of credits required to pass the year is also defined in the Learning Contract, which may in some cases define a pass-fail level in individual modules. A somewhat lower credit load (following Study Abroad Office guidelines) may be allowed at foreign language institutions where the student is taking non-credited language classes.

Approximately 20% of modules taken can be general electives or lower level courses; these will not normally be included in mark translation.

Marks at the overseas institution will be translated into a single Leeds mark according to a formula specific to each partner institution, and defined in the Learning Contract. If the student fails the year abroad by failing to gain the required number of credits they will be transferred onto the equivalent BA programme and will take level 3 modules in their final year.