This course has been designed to provide choice and flexibility whilst ensuring that you develop appropriate skills with a sound scientific foundation. Our Environmental Science programmes, built around our impressive research record, incorporate the systematic scientific study of interactions between physical, chemical and biological processes in the environment and how to apply them to solve complex environmental problems. We will give you the knowledge and skills you need to help resolve the world’s most pressing problems in a sustainable way. There is a growing need for graduates with a strong scientific background but who are also able to apply their knowledge to environmental management and protection globally. You will be well placed to develop a career within the growing environmental science field, either in the public or private sector. In both areas, the demand for qualified graduates is growing as society strives to promote sustainable development, meet the requirements of more stringent environmental controls, and address the problems caused by issues such as climate change, air and water pollution, and contaminated land. Recent Earth and Environmental Sciences graduates have found employment in a wide range of fields. Our most recent student survey showed that a high proportion of our alumni were working or in further study six months after graduation. Many students were engaged in work or study directly related to their first degree, with the remainder choosing career paths in areas outside of the subject where the transferable skills gained on the programme prove invaluable. Graduates have found employment within the scientific civil service (e.g. Environment Agency), local government, environmental consultancies, conservation organisations and environmental education, as well as in the media, education, finance, sales, IT and law. Other graduates go into teaching at all levels, from primary schools right through to higher education.