This course offers a flexible applied science degree to enable you to understand the mechanisms, processes and interactions with the natural environment. This degree offers an exciting opportunity to spend part of your degree studying in Australia. Years one and three will follow the same programme as the BSc Environmental Science. Your second year will be spent studying at the University of Sydney, Australia, and will also include a two week course at The University of Nottingham’s Malaysia Campus, where you will study global food security. The environment is one of the most important and exciting areas for scientific enquiry today. To understand the interplay between man and his environment, identify and solve problems arising from damage to ecosystems and deliver a sustainable future, we need scientists with skills that bridge the traditional scientific disciplines. Our environmental science courses offer a flexible applied science degree to enable you to understand the mechanisms and processes underlying our interactions with the natural environment. By studying a wide range of subjects encompassing the environmental aspects of geography, biology, chemistry, physics, maths and geology, you will develop your scientific understanding of the ways in which living organisms interact with their environment, and how air, soil and water pollution can be monitored, modelled and remediated. Some optional modules on this degree are taught at Sutton Bonington Campus.

The University of Nottingham is the most targeted university by Britain’s leading graduate employers according to The Graduate Market in 2014, High Fliers Research. You will have developed understanding of the environment through taught modules, private study, laboratory classes and a range of field courses both in the UK and abroad. You will also have an awareness of the challenges to be overcome in ensuring a sustainable future, and knowledge of possible solutions to environmental problems. In addition to providing a solid academic and practical grounding, our emphasis is on teaching realistic and transferable skills. For example, you gain experience in writing research papers, reports, and public speaking. Our graduates are widely regarded as being well-trained and of high quality, and are in an excellent position to obtain rewarding and well paid jobs. They are ideally suited for employment in environmental consultancies, local authorities, government agencies and industry. Careers pursued by recent graduates include: Environmental consultancies Agricultural and rural loss adjusters Engineering consultants Alternative energy companies Hydrology Waste recycling Research degrees