Unit 1 ENVS1: The Living Environment. This includes wildlife conservation, the conditions for life on Earth, and a study of land resources. Unit 2 ENVS2: The Physical Environment. This introduces you to the three systems of our planet: the atmosphere, water resources (the 'hydrosphere') and the thin crust of the Earth's surface (the 'lithosphere') where we humans and other land - based animals and plants live.

As part of a group of science or arts A-Level courses, Environmental Studies provides an ideal base for employment, for example ecology and wildlife conservation, geography, geology or climatology. Maybe you'd like to work for a charity, teach, enter politics, or use your A-Level in Environmental Studies as the stepping stone for higher education in a very wide variety of higher education courses, including degrees in areas related to the environment, geography, geology, science, climate, planning and teaching, or a degree in environmental science.