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Environment
and Sustainability
Why study this course?

This course crosses the traditional divide between the natural
and social sciences, providing the necessary holistic perspective
to understand environment and sustainability issues and to
develop strategies to work towards a more sustainable future.
For society to tackle the environmental and sustainability problems
we now face, we need people who can grapple with both the scientific
and human aspects of those issues. That’s why this innovative course is
taught across three different faculties, integrating a range of disciplines
including the geo and environmental sciences, life sciences, chemical
sciences, politics and international relations, management, and health
amongst others. There is a strong emphasis on the development and
application of skills, including practical fieldwork and engagement with
professionals working in the environment and sustainability sector
through work placement opportunities. This course is accredited by the
Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES), meaning students can gain
free membership of the IES to support their personal and professional
development in the environmental sector.

Indicative modules

First year
• Introduction to Environment
and Sustainability
• Introductory Geology for
the Environmental Sciences
• Ecology and Environment
• The Politics of Sustainability
• Greening Business:
Employability and Sustainability
• People and the Environment
Second year
• Human Impacts on the
Environment: Scientific
Perspectives
• Work Placement Module
• Research Skills in Environment
and Sustainability
• Health and the Environment
• Corporate Governance
and Social Responsibility
Third year
• Environment and
Sustainability Dissertation
• Environment and Sustainability
Case Study
• Clean Technology

Key Information
Course type
and duration
Single honours

Course duration

Three years or four years
with Work Placement

Indicative entry
requirements
ABB

For further information on
entry requirements please
visit www.keele.ac.uk/
entryrequirements

Study abroad
Yes

What will this mean
for my future?

Keele’s Environment and
Sustainability programme is
a leader in its field in the UK,
offering an exciting way to look
at a subject of major relevance
to today’s society and to put it
into different global contexts.
Graduates in Environment and
Sustainability might go on to
f urther study, or enter careers
in a wide range of disciplines
and organisations – perhaps
in business or industry where
sustainability concerns are
becoming ever more part
of core business, or with a
non-governmental organisation;
charity; local, regional or central
government; environmental
consultancy; or an environmental
regulatory body.

5th

in the UK for student
experience for
Environmental
Sciences
(The Times and Sunday Times)
Good University
Guide 2016

For more course information please visit

keele.ac.uk/gge

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