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Qualification
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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Location
Edinburgh
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
08-SEP-25
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Duration
4 Years
Course summary
Environmental Management is a field that is both diverse and dynamic. As such, this programme is designed to allow candidates to not only focus on what we can do to manage changes at the individual level, but also addresses the broader management challenges and learning to affect change across policy, planning, and community level behaviours. In addition, you will have opportunity to gain knowledge and practical experience of the biological, physical and ecological systems including awareness of their socio-economic and political contexts with exposure to some of the UK’s leading technology in this field. The programme has transferrable skills embedded within its approach, and delivers a very wide range of vocational skills and knowledge in specialist sectors of the industry.There are many potential career pathways available following completion of this degree award including environmental consultancy, environmental education, public relations and community engagement, environmental analysis and mitigation implementation, environmental engineering and technology, sustainable environmental management systems, and environmental policy analysis as just a few examples delivered within organisations such as SEPA, Scottish Water, Scottish Renewables, Zero Waste Scotland, or the Scottish Government. In addition, students can consider progression onto further post-graduate study in related areas both within the UK and abroad.Programme Learning Objectives:- Engage with and evaluate new and current theory in the fields of environmental management and sustainability to provide understanding enabling management of environmental pressures and maintenance of environmental integrity and resilience.- Appraise and evaluate the current principles and practice of sustainable development including assessment of risk of projects from environmental, ecological, and socio-economic perspectives. - Applying industry established theoretical and empirical methods to holistically address key national and international environmental issues.- Understand the relationship between natural and anthropogenic systems, and critically assess the impacts of human activity on the environment. - Apply communication skills to collaborate with a diverse range of expert and non-expert stakeholders, facilitate change and reconcile between conflicting approaches.- Contribute immediately and effectively to interdisciplinary teams in environmental industry, research, and consultancy with ability to critique and advise on future policy and practice.- Design and implement environmental projects and research within the technical, political and socio-economic spheres.
Application deadline
29 January
Modules
Tuition fees
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£ 16,000per year
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Campus address
SRUC Scotland's Rural College, SRUC Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City Of, EH9 3JG, Scotland