The first three years of this degree follow the same programme as our Environmental Sciences BSc Honours degree.

In the final year you apply your knowledge to important societal problems such as: petroleum exploration and production; unconventional geoenergy; carbon and nutrient cycling; and the Earth’s changing climate.

Specialist topics include:

• groundwater contamination and remediation
• microbiology and microbial transformation of pollutants
• sources and control of pollutants

Your degree is shaped by the cutting-edge research of our expert staff, so you know your degree is focused on up-to-date and socially important theories and discoveries in the area.

Our environmental science graduates undertake roles such as environmental consultancy and environmental engineering, and find employment with:

• conservation bodies such as Natural England
• the Environment Agency
• water companies
• local government environmental health departments
• other environmental protection agencies