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This course seeks to link learners with professionals from across the environmental science sectors, including policymakers, regulators, consultants, and wider industry. Learners will build on knowledge developed throughout the degree programme, working with representative stakeholders to practice and apply sector relevant skills and develop their understanding of relevant regulations. Students will also frame this knowledge and understanding through the lens of future employment and career progression. The course is delivered through VLE materials, seminars, practical sessions and field trips, and is assessed through a policy brief and a mock job application.

2-3 hrs per week of lectures/seminars on one day a week.

3 x Field classes

1 x Workshop

Mandatory Entry Requirements

Students should satisfy normal honours entry requirements for the programme.

This course is only for BSc Environmental Science & Sustainability Honours students.

Recommended Entry Requirements

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Policy brief (60%) (ILO 1, 3) - Students will summarize points related to an Environmental Science and Sustainability topic in a way which is useful and informative to policy-makers and politicians, including visualising data and highlighting key issues and active debate within the field.

Job Application and short answer questions (40%) (ILO 1, 2, 4)

Students will prepare a job application for a job related to Environmental Science and Sustainability. The assessment will include preparation of a cover letter summarising their relevant skills and experience and short written answers to questions relating to the application. The short answer questions will be designed to enable students to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of job-related tasks and to provide examples showing experience relevant to the role.  

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. Where, exceptionally, reassessment on Honours courses is required to satisfy professional/accreditation requirements, only the overall course grade achieved at the first attempt will contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

The aims of this course are to: 

1. Link programmatic learning with potential careers

2. Work with stakeholders from across the environmental sector to allow students to develop understanding and practical experience of methods commonly used in environmental monitoring and regulation

3. Introduce reporting standards appropriate to a variety of industries

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

1. Understand the roles and responsibilities of various jobs in the environmental sector

2. Apply methods commonly used in environmental monitoring and regulation

3. Analyse, present and report real world data

4. Create robust job applications

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.