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. This course is the same as the 3-year BSc Environmental Science degree (F900), but with a fourth year to achieve the MSci qualification. 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 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. The MSci course offers an additional year covering a theoretical and practical understanding of advanced research methods, and is particularly designed for those students wishing to pursue a research career. Particular strengths at Nottingham include soil science, environmental modelling, remediation of contaminated land, ecology and geochemistry. Fieldwork is an essential part of the course and you can attend field courses at places including Derbyshire, Devon, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Malaysia.

ou 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. Here are some of the careers pursued by our recent graduates in environmental science: • Environmental consultancies • Agricultural and rural loss adjusters • Engineering consultants • Alternative energy companies • Hydrology • Waste recycling • Research degrees