Course Catalogue

Environmental Placement (International) DUMF3081P

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Social and Environmental Sustainability
  • Credits: 60
  • Level: Level 3 (SCQF level 9)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

The Placement (International) offers a learning experience where students integrate into a work-based environment and complete either a specific and practical task for that organisation or undertake a number of projects. The course is designed to consolidate critical analytical skills and to develop reflective learning and communication skills. A key element of the course is the integration of placement-based learning and classroom-based disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives.

Timetable

Placement: 8 weeks

Writing up: 4 weeks

Plus a number of workshops before and after the placement

Requirements of Entry

Students should have completed 300 credits on the BSc Environmental Science and Sustainability degree programme.

Excluded Courses

Dissertation DUMF3007P, DUMF3023P

Environmental Placement Home DUMF3080P

Assessment

Dissertation 55%;

Work-based journal 30%;

Initial report 15%.

Course Aims

The aims of the Placement (International) are for the students:

1. To integrate into a work-based environment or, in the case of students already in employment, to assume a different role in a familiar environment.

2. To experience work-based structures, demands and rhythms.

3. To complete a negotiated project, or projects, relevant to the needs of the work setting and the degree designation.

4. To complete the project to the satisfaction of the work based supervisor.

5. To integrate the experiential learning of the placement with more traditional campus-based learning.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Negotiate and manage a project or projects.

2. Explain the relevance of the specific work experience to the wider environmental, social, educational and economic context.

3. Utilise a work-based journal to reflect on the nature of the work experience.

4. Critically discuss elements of the placement in relation to themes and issues of academic study relevant to the designated degree.

5. Write a report in a format appropriate to the nature of the project or projects.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

No exceptions