Environmental Science is an integrated subject that will allow you to develop a holistic approach to tackling both natural and human induced environmental problems. The degree provides you with the flexibility to take a broad range of modules throughout the three years of your study that cover geosciences, ecology and environmental chemistry, or to tailor your three years to a particular branch of Environmental Science. If you are interested in the environment and recognise that the solutions to future environmental challenges are going to require integrated solutions from across traditional disciplines, then the Environmental Science degree at Liverpool is for you. The Environmental Science degree provides a range of modules which focus on pressing environmental issues, problems and solutions. All of our modules centre on real world issues and application, such as food security, climate change, pollution and natural hazards. Our programme is flexible, allowing you to choose from a wide range of modules, shaping your degree to suit your particular areas of interest. In order to give a strong foundation to your degree all students take core modules in Year One which help introduce you to the breadth of the subject, and to provide the key ideas which inform the rest of the course. Core modules include Evolution and Biodiversity, Changes in Earth Surface Processes, Practical Skills for Ecologists, and Ecology and Conservation. In addition, you can choose other optional modules from within geosciences, ecology and chemistry, including Minerals, Magmas and Volcanoes, Environmental Chemistry, Living with Environmental Change, Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks and Fossils, Marine Ecosystems and Impacts and Ocean Chemistry and Life. In Year Two, skills development is a central part of the course, with core modules in Research Skills, Statistics for Environmental Scientists and a field class. You can either choose additional modules from a range of areas, or choose to specialise in a particular branch of Environmental Science. Choices include Climatology, Environmental Sustainability, Estuaries –Their Geochemistry and Life, Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems, Sedimentary Processes and Depositional Environments, and Geomorphology. In Year Three, students complete an independent dissertation – which brings together the skills and techniques learnt in the degree to produce an independent piece of research. As well as completing a module in Contemporary Issues in Ecology and Environment, students can choose from a range of specialised modules, such as Ocean Dynamics, Fluvial Environments, Conservation Biology, Human-Environment Interactions, and Marine Ecology and Management. Our degree focuses on applied skills that are relevant to careers in Environmental Science, providing you with expertise in monitoring, modelling and managing the environment. From your first week to your final year, field classes and laboratory practicals are an integral part of your learning, and provide a firm grounding in the latest techniques and technologies in Environmental Science. You will learn through a combination of individual and group work, including practicals in our purpose built (£23million) Central Teaching Laboratory. In addition to making the most of Liverpool’s location, you will have the opportunity to undertake fieldwork in locations such as North Wales, Lake District, Almeria (Spain) and Santa Cruz (California). You will be assigned an Academic Advisor in each of the three years who will provide pastoral care and help you develop your skills for your chosen career path.

Whether you are just starting your academic life, returning to undertake a postgraduate taught course, or looking to undertake research within the School, career development and future opportunities are important. The Environmental Science degree can prepare you for a wide range of careers including: Geotechnical Assistant Governmental Researcher Project Development Officer Ranger Environmental Consultancy Trainee Chartered Construction Manager Conservation Chartered Surveyor Hydrologist Research Assistant Graduate Transport Planner Environment Officer Primary and Secondary Teacher By the time you graduate you will have developed valuable skills such as numeracy, literacy, laboratory skills, critical thinking, team work, project management, GIS, research design, policy analysis and a high level of environmental awareness and understanding. Recent employers British Airways NatWest British Gas BT Civil Service Guardian News Group Hereford Council HM Revenue and Customs Mouchel British Council Pricewaterhouse Coopers Bruntwood University of Manchester Liverpool John Moores University Bradford Council Work experience opportunities Our fieldwork programme gives opportunities for fieldwork in all three years, including fieldwork Ireland and Spain. We also have links with universities in France, Germany, Sweden and Finland and Erasmus links with the University of Castilla La Mancha in Toledo and the University of Florence in Italy, enabling students to study overseas during their second year. Postgraduate opportunities Given our research environment, gaining your degree at Liverpool is also perfect preparation for postgraduate study at Masters or PhD level, and for a ground-breaking academic career.