Introduction
Develop key skills such as data management and data science and the knowledge needed to solve environmental challenges, with our Environmental Management degree in Peterborough.
If you’re passionate about the environment and sustainability, and want to make a difference, our undergraduate degree course is for you.
It’s designed to teach you the fundamentals of environmental science and give you practical skills in environmental data management.
Together, we’ll explore human impact on the environment and ways to manage these interactions sustainably, as well as learning various aspects of data processing and interpretation including remote sensing.
You’ll enjoy a hands-on, project-based learning experience from day one. Through individual and group work, you’ll use your knowledge to address environmental problems in industry – and society in general.
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As a student at ARU Peterborough, you’ll cover topics such as global environment-related challenges, environmental science and monitoring, environmental management concepts, environmental policy, legislation and regulation and environmental health and safety.
In particular, we focus on developing problem-solving skills and strategies for addressing environmental challenges that are needed in a broad range of fields, such as the production and manufacturing industry, consulting, management, environmental protection, local and central government, the media, international organisations, teaching, research and academia.
Throughout the course you’ll find there’s an emphasis on developing important transferable skills. These include the design and implementation of environment-focused assessments, data science and management skills for problem solving, project management, and professional report writing. You can also choose to enhance your employability even further with an optional placement year in industry.
This is a new course starting in September 2022 and is subject to validation.
Facilities and accreditation
Outstanding student support
Join our student community and:
- learn from experienced tutors, who'll provide encouragement and feedback
- benefit from a Personal Development Tutor from day one, who's there to support you throughout your time at university
- make full use of our extensive IT and library resources
- embrace student life with a broad range of activities, clubs and societies
- access support, should you need it, with study skills, careers advice, health and wellbeing, and more.
Careers
Our Environmental Management degree will prepare you to work in many sectors, analysing and addressing environmental issues and challenges.
As a graduate, you’ll be ready to work as a consultant, analyst or strategist in environment-focused organisations, but also in industries ranging from manufacturing and food processing, to construction and engineering. Or you may choose to work for yourself, given the opportunities in data science.
Meanwhile your problem-solving, numerical and analytical skills will be attractive to employers in industries such as IT, finance and retail.
We work with employers to make sure you graduate with the knowledge and skills they need. They help us review what we teach and how we teach it – and they can offer hands-on, practical opportunities to learn through work-based projects, internships or placements.
Our free Employability Service will help you take practical steps to follow your chosen career path, secure jobs and work experience, or even start your own business.
You might decide to stay at ARU and study for a Masters. We’re planning a range of postgraduate degrees at ARU Peterborough, and there is a selection of existing courses in Cambridge and Chelmsford.
5 years with foundation and placement
In Year 5, you’ll deepen your knowledge and understanding of legal, policy and regulatory issues relating to the environment as well stakeholder engagement.
You’ll undertake a final project, using your scoping and evaluation skills to project manage a complex local environmental systems challenge. The project starts with you conducting an in-depth analysis of a specific problem, examining root causes and engaging with the stakeholder to arrive at ‘upstream’ solutions which will influence public behaviour and opinion and provide sustainable ‘soft’ solutions to physical problems.
You will also carry out an individual major project, where you will solve a problem or carry out research independently.
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