BSc (Hons)
Countryside and Environmental Management

Application

Please include GCSE results on your UCAS application form.

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Simon Irvin
Course Manager

Countryside and Environment Careers Guide

Entry Requirements for 2012

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The Course

This course is designed for students interested in both countryside management and environmental science. Students follow a course of study that is broadly similar to that for the Countryside Management courses but with a greater emphasis on science modules and less on business. The specialist science modules taken include Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Pollution Issues in the Countryside, Applied Ecology, Water Quality Management, Sustainable Systems, and Environmental Assessment and Management. In addition, you can choose from a range of optional modules to give you the opportunity to customise your programme of study.

The Placement

You will be placed in paid employment in countryside and environmental management or in appropriate employment in agriculture and its related industries. This one-year period provides good experience from which you can develop your future studies, including your individual investigational project. There are also long-term benefits to your employment prospects as employers highly value the combination of theory and hands-on experience.

The Future

There are many career opportunities in this field with, for example, environmental and land-based consultancies, statutory bodies like the Environment Agency, local authorities, and employers such as English Nature, DEFRA, Wildlife Trusts, and the National Trust.

Contact information

For course related enquiries please contact:

Admissions
Telephone: +44 (0)1952 815 000
Email: admissions@harper-adams.ac.uk

BSc/BSc (Hons) Modules

Options	Options		Options
Year 1 - Certificate Level	Year 2 - Intermediate Level	Placement Year	Year 4 - Honours Level
Academic and Professional Development	Research Methods		Honours Research Project
Personal Development	Wildlife, Habitat and Conservation Management		Honours Research Project
Introductory Research Methods	Environmental Quality and Protection		Environmental Assessment and Management
Introduction to the Natural Environment	Waste and Resource Management		Applied Ecology
Introduction to Ecology	Landscape Development and Assessment		GIS and Land Use
Environmental Monitoring	Woodland and Field Sports Management or Woodland Management		Strategic Management & Sustainability – Policy and Practice (integrated cross-programme study tour)
Environmental Survey & Field Techniques	Planning Law and Practice		Managing Countryside Projects
Introduction to Agriculture
Contemporary Countryside and Environmental Issues
Recreation, Environment and Education)	Sustainable Resource Management for Recreation & Leisure		Countryside Interpretation, Education and Visitor Management
	Countryside Recreation and Land Management		Sustainable Forestry and Forest Products