BSC Environmental Science (with integrated year in industry) [F753]
- Academic Year
- 2025/2026
- Campus
- Aberystwyth
- Single Honours
- scheme - available from 2019/2020
- Duration (studying Full-Time)
- 4 years
- Award Eligiblity
- Standard Awards
Part 1 Rules
Year 1
Core (120 Credits)
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Module Name |
Module Code |
Credit Value |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
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Researching the World: data collection and analysis |
Module in Welsh |
0 |
Semester 1 |
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How to Build a Planet |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
Fieldwork Skills |
0 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Genetics, Evolution and Diversity |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Fieldwork Skills |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
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Researching the World: data collection and analysis |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
Microbial and Plant Diversity |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
Earth Surface Environments |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Part 2 Rules
Year 2
Core (50 Credits)
|
Module Name |
Module Code |
Credit Value |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Graduate Career and Professional Development |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Quantitative Data Analysis |
10 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Environmental Microbiology and Monitoring |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Options (50 credits)
|
Module Name |
Module Code |
Credit Value |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fundamentals of Geochemistry |
0 |
Semester 1 |
|
|
Catchment Systems |
Module in Welsh |
10 |
Semester 1 |
|
Aquatic Botany |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Marine Biology |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Evolution and Molecular Systematics |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Geomorffoleg Afonol |
10 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Applied Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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The Frozen Planet |
10 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Arolygu Bywyd Gwyllt |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
Geographical Information Systems |
10 |
Semester 2 |
|
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Fundamentals of Geochemistry |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
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Bwyd, Ffermio, Technoleg a'r Amgylchedd |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
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Food, Farming, Technology and the Environment |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 2 |
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Chemical Analysis of Natural Materials |
10 |
Semester 2 |
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Reconstructing Past Environments |
10 |
Semester 2 |
|
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Geographical Perspectives on the Sustainable Society |
10 |
Semester 2 |
|
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Practical and Professional Skills in Microbiology |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
Sgiliau Ymarferol a Proffesiynol ym Microbioleg |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
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Climate Change: Plants, Animals and Ecosystems |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
|
Wildlife Surveying |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Year 3
Core (120 Credits)
|
Module Name |
Module Code |
Credit Value |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Work Placement |
Module in Welsh |
0 |
Semester 1 |
|
Work Placement |
Module in Welsh |
0 |
Semester 1 |
|
Work Placement |
Module in Welsh |
60 |
Semester 2 |
|
Work Placement |
Module in Welsh |
60 |
Semester 2 |
Final Year
Core (40 Credits)
|
Module Name |
Module Code |
Credit Value |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Environmental Science Dissertation |
Module in Welsh |
0 |
Semester 1 |
|
Environmental Science Dissertation |
Module in Welsh |
40 |
Semester 2 |
Options (80 credits)
|
Module Name |
Module Code |
Credit Value |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cwrs Maes Ecoleg Ddaearol |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Freshwater Biology Field Course |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Terrestrial Ecology Fieldcourse |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
Global Biodiversity Conservation |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Glaciers and Ice Sheets |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Environmental geochemistry and biogeochemistry |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Marine Biology Field Course |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Urban Risk and Environmental Resilience |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Population and Community Ecology |
20 |
Semester 1 |
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Wildlife Conservation |
20 |
Semester 2 |
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Rheoli'r Amgylchedd Gymreig |
20 |
Semester 2 |
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The Global Countryside: Geographical and Sociological Perspectives |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
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Sustainable Land Management |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
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Volcanic Activity: Hazards and Environmental Change |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
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Sedimentary Environments |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
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Environmental Regulation and Consultancy |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
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Applied Environmental Management |
20 |
Semester 2 |
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