This integrated masters course advances your skills in environmental biology research. You'll study how to write research proposals and how to communicate your research to a wider audience. You'll develop your project management skills and your grasp of analytical techniques. All of these are essential if you decide you'd like a research career.
Our course uncovers the human impacts on our natural environment. You will study environmental threats and management. The biggest threats to biodiversity are climate change, habitat loss, invasive species. You'll study the effect of these threats, and learn ways to manage and reduce them.
On our accredited course, you'll get high standards of practical, field and theoretical activities. You'll gain experience in surveying techniques that are used when working as an ecologist. Day trips, field work and visits to local sites will include activities such as:
- bat surveys
- phase one habitat surveys
- sustainable homes
- renewable energy
- winter tree ID
You can also choose from field courses in Malaysia and Sweden. In Malaysia, you'll see the impact of tourism on Tioman Island. You'll do practical work in mangroves, visit a palm oil plantation, and see deforestation of tropical forest.
Throughout your degree you can choose from a range of additional options. You can apply to do these when you get here:
- Industry placement - you can add a year in industry between years two and three
- Study abroad - options include our Malaysia campus, Australia, Canada, or Europe
Course Details - Modules
Core modules in your first year introduce the principles of ecology and biodiversity. You'll learn about evolution and behaviour. Studying how natural selection has shaped how organisms interact with their environment. Learning through lectures, lab sessions and field visits.
In year two you'll gain more practical fieldwork skills as part of a non-residential field course. The Ecology module teaches you how interactions between species can drive co-evolutionary processes.
In the second year and third years, you have lots of optional modules. You can choose to study plant evolution and ecology in The Green Planet module.
In your third year the research project enables you to use your skills to work on a piece of original research. This can be lab, field or literature based. You will design the study, collect and analyse data. Optional modules include Conservation, Evolutionary Ecology and the Arctic Ecology Field Course.
The additional fourth year enables you to graduate with an integrated masters level qualification. You'll carry out an independent piece of research, and have modules to support this. You'll develop further skills in the co-ordination and communication of research projects.
Course Details – Assessment Method
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Course Details – Professional Bodies
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How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
C152
Institution code:
N84
Campus Name:
University Park Campus
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
including biology and two additional A level or equivalent. A pass is required in science practicals where taken.
Citizenship studies, critical thinking, general studies and leisure studies not accepted.
This qualification is only accepted in combination with two Scottish Advanced Highers at grades AB-BB, including Biology.
Pass the Access to Science course with 60 credits overall, including 45 at level 3, of which 30 must be in relevant science modules and at merit. GCSE English at grade C or above is also required.
including Biology plus one other Advanced Higher. This qualification is only accepted in combination with five Scottish Highers at grades ABBBB-BBBBB.
Including specified grades including Biology at Higher Level and English language.
Science-based, such as Applied Science
Accepted alongside Biology A level plus one additional A level.
Including Biology
European Baccalaureate - 75% overall, including 75% or 7.5 in Biology.
GCSE requirements - English grade C (numeric grade 4) and Mathematics grade B (numeric grade 5)
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
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Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
55%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
90%
Go onto work and study:
100%
Fees and funding
EU
25000.0
Year 1
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
International
25000.0
Year 1
Channel Islands
9250.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
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Provider information
University Park
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Nottingham
NG7 2RD
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