Program Overview

Business and Climate Change

Course Overview

The degree in ‘Business and Climate Change’ will prepare students to become future business leaders who tackle climate change head on through the development of meaningful corporate social responsibility strategies and practices. In this degree, you will combine knowledge of the science of climate change with the skills to lead a successful business. The degree explores creative ways for businesses to respond to the challenge and opportunities of the current climate crisis and it will equip you with relevant subject specific knowledge alongside the inter-disciplinary, interpersonal skills and attributes needed to create a more just and sustainable world. If your trajectory involves having a positive impact on your world, this scheme will set you securely on that rewarding journey.

Key Facts

• UCAS Tariff: 120 - 96
• Course duration: 3 years
• Available for: September start 2025

Modules

Year 1

• Core:
  • Data Analytics (AB15220, 20 credits)
  • Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance (AB11120, 20 credits)
  • Fundamentals of Management and Business (AB15120, 20 credits)
  • Marketing Principles and Contemporary Practice (AB17120, 20 credits)
  • Climate and Climate Change (BR16620, 20 credits)
  • Interdisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change (EN19920, 20 credits)

Year 2

• Core:
  • Corporate Governance, Risk and Ethics (AB21320, 20 credits)
  • Human Resource Management (AB25420, 20 credits)
  • Operations and Supply Chain Management (AB25120, 20 credits)
  • Research Methods (AB25320, 20 credits)
  • The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module (IP22320, 20 credits)
• Options:
  • Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene (IP20720, 20 credits)
  • Climate Change: Plants, Animals and Ecosystems (BR21120, 20 credits)
  • Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation (AB25220, 20 credits)
  • International Politics and Global Development (IP29220, 20 credits)
  • Marketing Management (AB27120, 20 credits)

Year 3

• Core:
  • Dissertation (AB35540, 40 credits)
  • Organizational Psychology (AB35420, 20 credits)
  • Strategic Leadership (AB35120, 20 credits)
• Options:
  • Crisis Writing (WR31820, 20 credits)
  • Digital Business: Leadership and Management (AB35220, 20 credits)
  • Environmental Economics (AB33220, 20 credits)
  • Global Biodiversity Conservation (BR33420, 20 credits)
  • Global Logistics (AB35320, 20 credits)
  • Marketing and Digital Marketing Communication (AB37120, 20 credits)
  • Population and Community Ecology (BR33920, 20 credits)

Teaching & Learning

What will I learn?

Below is an indicative list of modules that you may study on this course.

Year 1:
In your first year, you will develop a strong foundation of business subjects, including modules on data analytics, management, marketing, economics, accounting and finance. These will be combined with innovative modules that investigate the science of climate and the impacts, perceptions and adaptations to climate change.

Year 2:
Your second year will further build on your knowledge of business management and will include modules on: human resource management, corporate governance, operations and supply chain management. You will also develop a deeper understanding of climate change issues through interdisciplinary modules on the governance of climate change. A research methods module will provide you with the research skills to integrate your knowledge from across different disciplines to address business responses to climate change. Finally, option modules will allow you to develop specialist knowledge on business and climate change issues.

Year 3:
Your final year will focus on further developing your business leadership skills with modules on strategic leadership and organisational psychology. You will also be able to choose from a wide range of business management and climate change modules to suit your learning and professional needs. Drawing on the knowledge that you have acquired throughout your studies, your final year dissertation will provide you with an opportunity to research in detail an issue relating to how businesses are impact by, or respond to, the challenges of the climate crisis.

Typical Entry Requirements

• UCAS Tariff: 120 - 96
• A Levels: BBB-CCC
• GCSE requirements: (minimum grade C/4): English or Welsh and Mathematics
• BTEC National Diploma: DDM-MMM
• International Baccalaureate: 30-26
• European Baccalaureate: 75%-65% overall
• English Language Requirements: See our Undergraduate English Language Requirements for this course. Pre-sessional English Programmes are also available for students who do not meet our English Language Requirements.

Country Specific Entry Requirements

International students whose qualification is not listed on this page, can check our Country Specific Entry Requirements for further information.

The University welcomes undergraduate applications from students studying the Access to Higher Education Diploma or T-level qualifications, provided that relevant subject content and learning outcomes are met. We are not able to accept Access to Higher Education Diplomas or T-levels as a general qualification for every undergraduate degree course.
Our inclusive admissions policy values breadth as well as depth of study. Applicants are selected on their own individual merits and offers can vary. If you would like to check the eligibility of your qualifications before submitting an application, please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office for advice and guidance.