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Environmental Studies - A & AS Level

LEVEL 3

Environmental Studies is a subject that deals with many current issues. Topics covered include global warming and managing environmental change.

The subject can be combined with vocational courses or A Levels in the Sciences, Arts or Humanities although ideally complementing the courses of Geography and Biology.

What will I need?

5 GCSEs at grade A* – C to include Mathematics and English, Science (additional not applied) at grade CC is also required.

What will I do?

Year 1 (AS Level)

  • The Living Environment: Conditions required for life on earth, wildlife conservation, ecosystems and ecology, important land resources like national parks and how they are conserved, practical skills.
  • The Physical Environment: the atmosphere including global warming and ozone depletion, hydrosphere including water resources and their management, rock and mineral resources and extraction, soil characteristics, biogeochemical cycles (like Carbon & Nitrogen) and mans impact on these, practical skills.

Year 2 (A Level)

Energy resources and the Environmental Pollution

  • Future problems of energy supply and how these may be resolved
  • Properties of pollutants to explain why some materials or forms of energy cause environmental damage
  • Minimising releases, treating effluents and managing the damage caused by pollutants. Biological resources and sustainability
  • Factors controlling human population growth in relation to the demands placed upon the planet's resources and life support systems
  • Food production and forestry systems
  • Study of the sustainability of human lifestyles.

How will I be taught?

Lessons and lectures are underpinned by tutorial support, seminar presentations, assignments, individual study, group discussion and Interactive Learning Technologies (ILT) and field investigations.

How will I be assessed?

Ongoing assessment of coursework, assignments and formal examinations

Where will it take me?

Environmental Studies is ideal training for a number of careers in the increasingly relevant environmental sector.

 

Subject to demand

 

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