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Environment + Nature
BSc (Hons) Environmental Science with Integrated Foundation Year
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BSc (Hons) Environmental Science with Integrated Foundation Year

Carlisle
Degree (undergraduate)
Lake Water_Megan Bartlett

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Starts September 2026 Full-time In person

Overview

Our programme is purpose built for the modern environmental scientist and centred around the learner as the 'environmental practitioner'. During your integrated foundation year, you will develop your knowledge and understanding of the key scientific and social science principles of Biology, Chemistry, Human Ecology to Toxicology, Public Health, Epidemiology and Parasitology.The foundation year has a strong practical focus with laboratory and field work throughout including a residential field trip and a multi-year practical monitoring exercise. As such, you will gain a solid foundation in laboratory and field skills in four subject-specific modules, Essential Biology, Essential Chemistry, Environmental Sciences and Scientific Investigation.

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