Program Overview

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BSc (Hons) Climate and Environment Sciences with Foundation Year

Why study this course with LJMU?

• Investigate climate change using interdisciplinary skills to tackle pressing issues
• Taught by highly experienced, research-active staff
• Focus on skill acquisition via practical workshops and field learning
• Field trips included in the fees, currently to Iceland, the Lake District, Snowdonia, the Peak District and the North West coast*
• Access to brand new, state-of-the-art computing facilities and analytical equipment
• Excellent employment opportunities in areas such as: climate environmental management; consultancy; operational government authorities; engineering and surveying; civil service; and Geographical Information Systems
• Options to undertake work placements of 4-6 weeks and/or 12 months
• Options to study abroad for part of the degree with support from schemes such as the Go Global Fund and Erasmus+

About your course

The BSc (Hons) in Climate and Environment Sciences with Foundation Year will allow students to explore many different aspects of climate change in detail.

About the Foundation Year

The Foundation Year is ideal if you have the ability to study for a degree but don't have the qualifications to enter directly onto the Climate and Environment Sciences honours degree programme. Once you pass the Foundation Year you will progress directly onto the first year of the honours degree. If you are a full-time UK student, you will qualify for student financial support for the full duration of your course (subject to eligibility criteria).

About BSc (Hons) Climate and Environment Sciences

Climate change is the most pressing issue facing today's society and our ability to understand the causes, impacts and potential mitigation strategies is vital for future populations. It is also vital to increase our capacity to communicate this to the public.

This programme has developed in direct response to this clear need for graduates with the knowledge and practical skills required to tackle climate change.

This course will provide a fully integrated study of climate change and climate science. It will cover the scientific, political, societal, economic aspects of the science, with full discussion of cutting-edge aspects of the subject. This will provide students with ample background and practical knowledge for understanding climate change. The course will deliver extensive practical experience using Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing technologies and field-based learning.

Course modules

What you will study on this degree

Foundation Year

• Skills and Perspectives in Science 1 (20 credits)
• Wildlife Studies (20 credits)
• Skills and Perspectives in Science 2 (20 credits)
• Anatomy and Physiology (20 credits)
• Understanding the Environment (20 credits)
• Building Blocks of Life (20 credits)

Year 1

• Ecology (20 credits)
• Methods Skills and Careers 1 (20 credits)
• Earth Systems (20 credits)
• Hazards (20 credits)
• Environment Society and Sustainability (20 credits)
• Methods Skills and Careers 2 (20 credits)

Year 2

• GIS and Employability (20 credits)
• Project Design and Management (20 credits)
• Cryosphere, Catchments and Oceans (20 credits)
• Responding to Climate Change (20 credits)
• Impact of Climate Change on Biological Processes (20 credits)

Year 3

• Dissertation (40 credits)
• Cold Environments: Processes and Change (20 credits)

Optional modules

• Ecology Field Skills (20 credits)
• Study Semester Abroad - Climate Change (60 credits)
• Study Year Abroad - Climate Change (120 credits)
• Sandwich Year - Climate Change (120 credits)
• Global Issues, Local Challenges (20 credits)
• Work-Based Learning (20 credits)
• Coastal and Marine Management (20 credits)
• Environmental Modelling and GIS (20 credits)
• Environmental Change (20 credits)
• Renewables and Low Carbon Futures (20 credits)
• Catastrophic Futures (20 credits)

Your Learning Experience

• Teaching Support Assessment
• Excellent facilities and learning resources
• Work-related learning
• International mobility at LJMU

Career paths

• Climate Change is a global issue affecting many environmental processes and socioeconomic aspects of life, therefore graduates will have a broad range of career prospects.
• Graduates could work for environmental management companies and consultancies such as Mouchel, Amec Foster Wheeler and Applied iGeology; operational government authorities such as the Environment Agency and Natural England; in engineering and surveying roles and in the business and insurance sector.
• Roles in science communication and science policy through governmental and non-governmental organisations also offer employability opportunities, as well teaching, the civil service and a range of GIS (Geographical Information Systems) related roles across various (non-environment) employment sectors.

Tuition fees and funding

• Home: £9,535 (Foundation first year), £9,535 (Second and subsequent years), £1,905 (Placement year)
• International: £18,250 (Full-time per year), £3,910 (Placement year)

Entry requirements

• GCSEs and equivalents: Grade 4 or grade C or above in English Language and Mathematics/Numeracy
• A levels: Minimum Number of A Levels: 1, Maximum AS UCAS Points: 20
• BTECs: Extended Diploma MMP
• Access awards: Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications
• International Baccalaureate: Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications
• OCR Cambridge Technical: Extended Diploma MMP
• Irish awards: Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications
• T levels: Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications

International requirements

• IELTS: 6.0 overall with no component below 5.5, taken within two years of the course start date.