Science for sustainability
Want to understand humanity’s impacts on the natural environment and the long term implications? Or learn how key ecological systems such as food and water are changing in the face of human development?
Gain a broad-based understanding of how the natural environment works, and use tools and techniques from ecology, environmental science, geography, engineering, transport and mathematics to develop practical solutions to the world’s problems.
Learn how infrastructure solutions in engineering and transport are attempting to solve key sustainability issues.
Gain practical hands-on experience in the laboratory and in the field as well as learning from key case studies.
Science for sustainability modules:
14 modules available.
This information is for the 2024/25 academic year.
IF YOU ARE AN INCOMING YEAR ONE STUDENT, YOU SHOULD ONLY CHOOSE LEVEL 1 MODULES.
Module Code | Module Title | Level |
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BLGY1212 | Using Biology to Feed the World | 1 |
SOEE1281 | Atmosphere | 1 |
SOEE1610 | Introduction to Creating Sustainable Futures | 1 |
BLGY2225 | Sustainable Food Production | 2 |
SOEE2110 | Introductory Oceanography | 2 |
SOEE2160 | Climate Change: Science and Impacts | 2 |
SOEE2481 | Atmospheric Pollution from Local to Global Scales | 2 |
TRAN2020 | Transport Land Use and Development | 2 |
TRAN2041 | Transport, Energy and Environment | 2 |
TRAN2066 | Transport, People and Place | 2 |
CHEM2220 | Science and Society: The Critical Interface | 2 |
GEOG3690 | Tropical forests and sustainable development | 3 |
SOEE3410 | Atmosphere and Ocean Climate Change Processes | 3 |
SOEE3630 | Strategic Energy Issues | 3 |
SOEE3760 | Terrestrial Biosphere in the Earth System | 3 |