BSc Sustainability and Environmental Management(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Science)

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this year, students will be able to:

1. Understand and apply state of the art and cross-disciplinary knowledge of sustainability and environmental management.

2. Demonstrate professional and research-based competencies in sustainability and environmental management, within and beyond the taught programme.

3. Engage and apply inter- disciplinary theories and methods to a range of multi-scale environmental problems and real -life situations.

Skills Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this year, students will be able to:

1. Produce and communicate arguments based on conceptual understanding of, critical engagement with, and evidence from a variety of sources.

2. Undertake a substantial piece of independent study and original research demonstrating research skills such as project design, data collection and analysis.

3. Demonstrate strong written and communication skills.

4. Demonstrate self-management and interpersonal skills for independent and group learning.

Assessment

Assessments will encourage students to:

* Appraise and critically evaluate existing knowledge from a range of disciplines and interdisciplinary perspectives.

* Draw from a broad range of sources, information, and data, to develop and defend their own evidence-based positions, and construct theoretically and empirically based arguments.

* Demonstrate their ability to conduct independent enquiry in sustainability and environmental management.

* Demonstrate group and independent working; written and oral communication skills; and qualitative and quantitative analytical skills