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1 Western Samoa 2 Belize 3 Cambodia 4 Vietnam 5 Australia BSc Environmental Science Third-year Environmental BA and BSc Geography Professor Steve Darby recently BA Geography student Louise graduate, Heather Brown, is Science students have the students have the won NERC funding to continue Brent spent a semester studying for a PhD on disaster opportunity to visit Belize opportunity to visit his work investigating the studying at the University of management in Western for a Tropical Environmental Cambodia on the Water, impact of climate change on Adelaide in Australia. Samoa. Management field course. People and Environment the Mekong delta. field course.

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4 5 Simon Kemp Deputy Head of Education for the School OUR PEOPLE of Geography and Environmental Science Simon’s teaching and research expertise lies in Education for Sustainable Development, Environmental Management Systems, Carbon Footprinting, Environmental Law, and Waste Management. OUR PEOPLE OUR Our world-leading academics will Ò Become part of a research-intensive community where our discoveries are having global impact. Simon’s work has been nationally recognised inspire, challenge and support you winning the Times Higher Education, Most Ò Our graduate mentors can help you develop your skills. throughout your studies. While you Innovative Teacher of the Year award 2013 are with us, you will be taught by Ò Feel welcome in your new home among a diverse mix and he was also awarded a National Teaching experts with industry experience and of people and cultures. Fellowship in 2010. Simon has extensive links lecturers with innovative approaches with industry and champions helping students find excellent graduate jobs. to education.

Dr Nick Clarke Associate Professor in Human Geography Dr Andrew Phillips and Director of Programmes for Senior Teaching Fellow in Environmental Geography and Environmental Science Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

“As Director of Programmes, I aim to ensure we Andrew is passionate about developing provide training at the cutting-edge of geography and different, interactive teaching methods environmental science that students find interesting, that will better engage students, and his and prepares them well for life after university. drive to implement these changes has been recognised by University staff and students. “I continually learn new things from my students and they push me to always He received a Dean’s Teaching Award in 2018 look for ways to better communicate my for his outstanding commitment to teaching knowledge of the areas in which I teach.” and enhancing the student experience. He was also awarded a Faculty Teaching Award and was Nick’s book The Good Politician: Folk Theories, highly commended in the 2018 University of Political Interaction, and the Rise of Anti-Politics was Southampton Students’ Union (SUSU) awards. published by Cambridge University Press in 2018. Andrew’s research focuses on using GIS in different disciplines.

Dr Kate Parks Professor Emma Tompkins Principal Teaching Fellow and Undergraduate Professor of Geography, Environment Programme Lead for Environmental Science and Development

“In Environmental Science we are proud of our family feel Emma’s research focuses on human adaptation and supportive community. My ambition is to foster that to climate and weather hazards in small islands community and make it stronger, by increasing the and coastal areas. It is being used by global think dialogue between different year groups and further tanks to document how all people on the planet are consolidating the partnership between staff and students. adapting to climate stress.

“I specialise in using spatial modelling to understand how She was among world-leading researchers who the physical environment influences people’s wellbeing, contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel’s 5th and am proud to have spoken at the 2018 Royal Assessment Report on Climate Change Impacts Geographical Society Annual International Conference and Adaptation, focusing on how islands adapt and about teaching Geographical Information Systems (GIS) the capacity issues they face. on a non-Geography programme.” Emma’s research into adaptation in deltas is included in her undergraduate teaching. 6 7 GEOGRAPHY Our Geography courses use cutting-edge technology and approaches to combine theory- OVERVIEW based learning with practical field and project work. GEOGRAPHY OVERVIEW

partner institutions in Australia, New Course structure The final-year research project Choose Southampton Zealand, Canada, Hong Kong, France, will give you the opportunity to Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands or Our courses are designed to give carry out a significant piece of you a firm grounding in key areas of the USA. Ò Flexible, interdisciplinary courses with research independent research on a topic of geography and the flexibility to follow your choice, usually through fieldwork projects in year three your interests. Teaching and or document-based research. Ò Exciting fieldwork opportunities in Europe Preliminary work and data collection In your first year you will study core and South East Asia allow you to apply your assessment begins towards the end of year two and modules across the discipline, learning you will develop the project over the knowledge in the field about Earth processes, hazards, In addition to lectures, seminars following months. Your supervisor will Ò Small-group teaching throughout all three years of societies and cultures and geographic and tutor groups, we use a range of give you regular support and guidance your degree gives you plenty of time with information systems (GIS). You’ll innovative learning methods such as throughout the project to help you academics and fellow students also undertake UK-based fieldwork. fieldwork, laboratory study, private stay on track. Ò Learn from our strengths in GIS & technical skills Because the BSc and BA courses share and public sector placements and core modules in year one, it’s easy to group projects. As well as gaining an which cross-cut human and physical geography, move from one to the other if you in-depth knowledge of your Enhancing student with real-world examples and an emphasis on change your mind about the path subject, you’ll develop essential practical application you want to take. transferable skills, such as teamwork experience and project management, that will We aim to give you all the support Your choice of modules expands as you enhance your employability. progress through your degree so you’ll you need to realise your potential. have time to develop your interests Assessment methods will depend One-to-one meetings with your before deciding which on the modules you choose, but are personal tutor will give you the chance areas to study in more detail. likely to include essays and reports, to raise any course-related issues or Integrated BA/BSc modules enable fieldwork reports, oral presentations, queries. Your tutor can also help you you to study topics across the breadth practical exercises, research posters with personal issues, or you can see of the discipline and you’ll also have and written examinations. our award-winning Director of the opportunity to take modules in Student Support if you need to talk related subjects such as oceanography, Concepts of sustainability are integral something through. sociology and psychology. to our courses, enabling our students to become globally responsible citizens with an understanding Field trips and of human, economic and natural exchanges resources and needs.

As well as local field work experience in year one, in year two, one of your Facilities Our research is modules will include a one-week field making an course abroad. Recent destinations You’ll have access to specialist impact on all Accredited by have included Amsterdam and geography facilities, including: RGS-IBG Tenerife. The cost of this compulsory 16th (Royal Geographical Ò a purpose-built teaching laboratory trip is included in your course fees. in the UK* Society with IBG) for palaeoenvironmental and In year three there are optional 7 landscape analysis continents overseas field courses, for example to Cambodia, Berlin or the Swiss Alps. Ò a dedicated geo-computational facility with state-of-the-art For more details about Student photo from integrated BA and If you’re interested in studying remote sensing equipment our courses visit: BSc Geography fieldwork in Cambodia, 2019 overseas for a longer period (typically www.southampton. * Guardian University Guide 2020 Ò GIS programmes for large-volume a semester), you could take advantage data processing and modelling ac.uk/geography/ of exchange opportunities with our ugprogrammes 8 9 Key information UCAS code: L700 BA Start date: September BA Geography allows a lot of Duration: 3 years Fees: See page 36 GEOGRAPHY flexibility in picking optional Typical offers require A levels: AAB Gain a thorough grounding in modules from other subject BA GEOGRAPHY EPQ: ABB, with grade A in the human geography research areas, and I liked the flexibility of BA GEOGRAPHY extended project qualification methods and choose from a range of IB: 34 points, 17 at higher level modules exploring the cultural and The average full-time having a minor with my degree.” IELTS: please refer to our website socioeconomic factors that influence professional starting for latest information salary of our geography Nicole Akuezumba For more information on the interaction between people and graduates is BA Geography with International Relations, third year contextual admissions, see page 36. the wider world. * Language requirements: Band £22,800 1C 6.5, with minimum of 5.5 in each Year two | Core modules component, or equivalent Course content Selection process: Ò Researching Human Geography UCAS application In your first year, you will develop Ò Introductory Geographic Our typical entry requirements a grounding in both human and Information Systems (GIS) may be subject to change. physical geography and you will Ò Practising Human Geographical Before you apply, please visit: take part in fieldwork activities over Research (field course) www.southampton.ac.uk/ a week, exploring socioeconomic entryreq landscapes of Southampton Typical optional modules and practising research skills. Ò Advanced GIS Career opportunities Year two involves a balance of core Ò Cultural Geographies Our graduates are highly sought after and optional modules. You will attend Ò Economic Geography by employers and work in a diverse a specialist field trip to study the range of fields, including sustainability Ò Geographies of Wellbeing consultancy, the retail sector, urban landscape of a European city. management, marketing, local The individual research project in Ò Global Climate Change government, public policy, the civil years two and three forms a major Year three | Core modules service, the BBC, education and the part of the degree course. Involving voluntary sector. personal fieldwork or secondary Ò Research project Related courses research in the UK or abroad, the Typical optional modules BSc Population and Geography project enables you to pursue your www.southampton.ac.uk/ own particular interests in depth. Ò Berlin Field Course: Politics studypopgeog and Urban Space Flexible learning Year three addresses advanced, Ò Migration and Development cutting-edge issues in geography, Ò Environment and Health You can broaden your studies by while field options include the taking a minor subject or modules Ò Geographies of Social Justice, from other disciplines. You can also production of urban space in Berlin enhance your employment prospects and the interaction of water, people Welfare and Rights by studying abroad or taking a Year in and the environment in Cambodia. Ò Ambassadors Scheme Employment (see page 20). for Geographers Course structure Ò Cambodia Field Course: Water, People and Environment Ò The Creative Economy Year one | Core modules Ò Geographies of Housing and Home Ò Society, Culture and Space Ò Geographies of Nature Find out more Ò A Global World For more details about your course Ò Evolutionary Economic Geography Ò Dangerous World such as module information and course Ò Gender, Sexuality & Space structure, visit Ò The Earth System Ò www.southampton.ac.uk/ Applied GIS: Using GIS geography/l700 Ò Dynamic Landscapes in the Workplace Or to have specific questions answered: Ò Curiosity, Creativity and Ò Adapting to Climate Change and T: +44 (0)23 8059 3760 Communication; Studying Weather Hazards E: [email protected] Geography at University Ò Global Health

10 *DLHE, 2016/17 11 Key information UCAS code: F800 BSc There are lots of career prospects that have Start date: September been offered and suggested throughout Duration: 3 years Fees: See page 36 GEOGRAPHY my degree. We have employability talks Typical offers require once every couple of weeks, at a minimum, A levels: AAB This course is designed for students and we always have professionals coming BSC GEOGRAPHY EPQ: ABB with grade A in the interested in the physical and natural in, discussing their careers with us, and BSC GEOGRAPHY extended project qualification science aspects of geography. IB: 34 points, 17 at higher level 8th where a Geography degree can take us.” You’ll have the opportunity to in the Russell Group IELTS: please refer to our website for Geography* for latest information study a range of environments and India Owens For more information on practise a variety of monitoring BSc Geography, third year contextual admissions, see page 36. and research techniques. Language requirements: Band 1C 6.5, with minimum of 5.5 in each Ò Remote Sensing for Earth component, or equivalent Course content Selection process: Observation UCAS application You will develop a broad understanding Ò Exploring Physical Environments: Our typical entry requirements of both physical and human geography Overseas Field Course may be subject to change. during your first year and take part in Ò Introductory Geographic Before you apply, please visit: field work activities over the course Information Systems (GIS) www.southampton.ac.uk/ entryreq of a week, exploring the nearby Ò Typical optional modules environments such as the New Ò Forest or the Dorset Coastline. Quaternary Environmental Change Ò Coastal Landscapes and Career opportunities Years two and three focus on physical Human Interactions Our graduates are always in demand geography with a combination of for jobs directly related to geography core and optional modules. You Ò Global Climate Change such as environmental management will participate in a field course Ò Advanced GIS and consultancy, urban and rural where you will take part in small- planning, GIS and economic Ò Global Water Resources development work. They also work in group projects. Recent destinations a diverse range of fields beyond the have included Tenerife, Picos de Year three | Core modules discipline such as engineering, finance Europa and southern Spain. Ò Research project and management. In year three you will address Typical optional modules advanced, cutting-edge issues in geography. Field options include Ò Palaeoecology and Conservation The great thing about the researching alpine landscapes Ò Applied GIS: Using GIS degree is that everyone can in Arolla, Switzerland and the in the Workplace tailor their degree to suit interaction of water, people and Ò Arctic & Alpine Landscapes their interests.” environment in Cambodia. in Transition India Owens Ò River Basin Management BSc Geography, third year Course structure and Restoration Ò Glaciers and Glaciation Year one | Core modules Ò Adapting to Climate Change and Ò Society, Culture and Space Weather Hazards Ò A Global World Ò Ambassadors Scheme for Ò Dangerous World Geographers Ò The Earth System Ò Desert Landscapes Find out more Ò Dynamic Landscapes Ò Biogeography For more details about your course such as module information and course Ò Curiosity, Creativity and Ò Experimental Sensing for Real World structure, visit Ò Communication Geomorphological Challenges www.southampton.ac.uk/ Ò Arolla Field Course: Geographical geography/f800 Year two | Core modules Research in Alpine Environments Or to have specific questions answered: Ò Concepts and Methods for Ò Cambodia Field Course: T: +44 (0)23 8059 3760 Environmental Management Water, People and Environment E: [email protected] Ò Environment & Health 12 * The Guardian University Guide 2020 13 Environmental Science incorporates a wide range of disciplines to allow us to ENVIRONMENTAL understand the science behind the major global challenges we face. Our courses integrate theory-based learning with practical and project work, to work towards SCIENCE OVERVIEW sustainable solutions to environmental problems. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE OVERVIEW

To prepare for your career, you Course structure on environmental management Choose Southampton will develop skills that are highly decisions. Third-year students have desired by employers, including Our innovative courses will provide the opportunity to attend a Tropical technical writing and presentation you with the theory and skills required Environmental Management field Ò Learn from experienced lecturers who enjoy skills to communicate complicated to respond to a broad range of course in Belize. finding new ways of explaining things and using environmental challenges. They environmental issues. You will produce real-life examples from their own research offer flexibility and choice through a wide range of assessments, reports In your final year, you will complete Ò We have extensive industry links which help our interdisciplinary content and and presentations with emphasis a research project, supervised by on skills needed in the professional students get work placements, which have often opportunities for specialisation. experts in your chosen subject area. environmental sector. led to graduate jobs Previous projects have spanned a On our BSc and MEnvSci wide range of subjects and worldwide We will support you to become a Ò Develop your environmental research skills Environmental Science degrees, locations, including the conservation researcher, developing your abilities through practical and project work you will study one of four specialist of turtles in Mexico, the environmental to design, execute, report and deliver Ò Enhance your employability and professional skills pathways: Aquatic Environments impact of warfare in sub-Saharan research. Several high-quality student and Resources, Biodiversity and Africa, and catchment management through academic and extra-curricular activities. projects have been published in Conservation, Environmental and flood control in Gloucestershire. You’ll even learn from our alumni who come back Change, and Sustainable international research journals, and we regularly to give guest talks and career advice Environmental Management. run our own peer-reviewed student journal on sustainability research. Employability and Our BSc Environmental Science with Business is an industry-focused industrial links course that combines the core areas of Fieldwork and projects Industrial experience will be a environmental science with business strong feature throughout your and management concepts. As well as classroom-based learning, there are plenty of opportunities for degree, and you will benefit from In your first year, you will develop a practical and fieldwork, where you guest speakers from industry. Our comprehensive and interdisciplinary can apply your knowledge to real-life students’ project work is regularly understanding of environmental situations. You will be able to take implemented by industry, for example, science. As you progress through advantage of our local area; situated Ordnance Survey has implemented your degree, your module choices will between two National Parks and the recommendations from student- enable you to develop specialist skills marine environment of the Solent and designed Environmental and expertise in your chosen area. south coast. Management Systems.

Ranked In year one, you will take a research Our connections with organisations Teaching and module to develop the skills to such as The Environment Agency, collect and analyse data needed to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife 1st assessment Trust, environmental consultancies, Average Starting for teaching in address environmental challenges. Salary for an local governments, industrial and Environmental Sciences Accredited by the You will be taught by academic Our students have studied salt Environmental commercial companies and Natural among the relevant Institution of staff who are passionate about the marsh vegetation zonation, remote Science Graduate is England offer opportunities to build UK Higher Education Environmental environment and who are leading on sensing of land cover using drones, your networks and prepare you for Institutes* ** Sciences (IES)*** internationally recognised research. and forestry research. After learning £22,419 the practical skills, you will have the your next steps after your degree. Your course will include a combination opportunity to apply these in a range of lectures, seminars and tutorials, of group projects in order to further fieldwork, workshops, and lab sessions. develop and refine your research First-year students monitoring bats at dusk on Dartmoor The small size of our year groups skills. Subsequent field work involves For more details about offers excellent opportunities to examining sustainability issues in our courses visit: * University of Southampton analysis of unpublished NSS data work closely with academic staff, and both UK and European contexts; you www.southampton.ac.uk/ ** DLHE, 2019 significant opportunities for personal will explore how different political envsci ***BSc Environmental Science and MEnvSci Environmental Science only development. and physical environments impact 14 15 Key information BSc ENVIRONMENTAL UCAS code: F900 Start date: September Duration: 3 years SCIENCE Fees: See page 36 Typical offers require Choose Southampton A levels: ABB, including two BSC ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE sciences, with a pass in the BSC ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE associated science practical, This challenging and interdisciplinary course equips students where applicable with the knowledge to understand the most urgent global EPQ: BBB, (including two sciences) plus grade A in the challenges and the skills to be able to tackle them in wide-ranging EPQ. Pass in the practical science future careers, from environmental consultancy to international 3rd assessment is additionally required development. Specialising in one of four pathways, you will use in the Russell Group where applicable for Geography and IB: 32 points, with 16 at higher level. applied knowledge and skills to explore specific environmental Environmental Science Subject specific requirements apply student satisfaction* issues such as climate change, microplastics, biodiversity loss and For more information on Identifying river macroinvertebrates food security. contextual admissions, see page 36. to assess water quality in an upland stream Language requirements: Band 1C 6.5, with minimum of 5.5 in each component, or equivalent Environmental Change Sustainable Environmental Course content Course structure Selection process: Through this pathway you will examine Management UCAS application past and present environmental This pathway enables you to learn The lecturers are Subject to validation, see page 39. You will select your preferred Year one | Core modules pathway from the choice of change from the local level through how scientific principles, theories always enthusiastic and Our typical entry requirements to the global scale and develop a Ò Environmental Science: four options before you begin and methods can be applied to constantly challenging may be subject to change. your studies, allowing you scientific understanding with an resolve environmental problems Concepts and Communication Before you apply, please visit: to specialise as you wish. emphasis on the drivers and impacts in sustainable ways, providing you Ò Quantitative Methods us both in the classroom www.southampton.ac.uk/ of environmental change, as well with the skills and insight needed and out in the field. entryreq Please refer to the website as mitigation and adaptation. to make a positive contribution Ò Environmental Science: Research and Applications for more information and the towards a more sustainable future. Career opportunities full range of core and optional You can focus on environmental Ò Environmental Field Techniques They take the time to modules for each pathway. change at contrasting timescales, It is critical to our progress that and Applications get to know every class Careers are available in a range of our role in contemporary climate we understand the interactions fields from environmental change and our responses to between people and the member and make the management and consultancy, to Aquatic Environments Year two | Core modules predictions, and the context of environment, and how we can nature conservation, and overseas and Resources Ò Water Pollution Environmental Science development. Recent graduates are natural variations and their patterns. manage our activities sustainably This pathway provides you with Ò Sustainability (No-Fly fieldcourse) programme feel more employed at organisations such as to reduce environmental impact. the Environment Agency, Natural the opportunity to explore the Biodiversity and Conservation Ò Environmental Impact Assessment like a family than a England and the WWF. interaction between humans, university course.” water and aquatic ecosystems. On this pathway, you will examine Flexible learning Ò Introductory Geographic You will develop an understanding the diversity of living organisms on Information Systems Earth and their interrelationships Zoe Woodland of how to manage these precious As well as being able to choose BSc Environmental Science, with the environment, developing the Year three | Core modules resources and contribute to making from a wide range of optional third year a positive impact on how we value knowledge and understanding to work modules, there is flexibility to Ò Environmental Law and work with aquatic ecosystems. to preserve the variety of life on Earth. change pathways at the end and Management of your first year if you have Ò Individual Project Aquatic environments and water- You will focus on plant and animal discovered other interests. related resources are covered through diversity and evolution, behaviour, Ò Literature Review a diverse range of modules covering physiology, ecological theory and Industry placements applications, population ecology, For the full range of modules aspects of hydrology, geomorphology, please visit the website oceanography, aquatic ecology, ecosystem services, applied biology, You will have multiple and river management. pest control, sustainable agriculture, opportunities to take on Find out more and conservation biology. short-term placements during For more details about your course term time and vacations. In 95% such as module information and course your second year, you can of Environmental Sciences structure, visit students were satisfied or www.southampton.ac.uk/envsci also decide if you would like very satisfied with the to do a Year in Employment. teaching on their course** Or to have specific questions answered: See more on page 20. T: +44 (0)23 8059 2840 E: [email protected]

16 * Complete University Guide, 2021 ** NSS 2020 17 Key information MEnvSci BSc ENVIRONMENTAL Key information UCAS code: F902 UCAS code: F750 Start date: September ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT WITH Start date: September Duration: 4 years Duration: 3 years Fees: See page 36 SCIENCE BUSINESS Fees: See page 36 Typical offers require Typical offers require A levels: AAB, including two This four-year integrated course offers you a masters-level This environmental management with business degree A levels: ABB including one MENVSCI ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE sciences, with a pass in the science, with a pass in the BSC ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT WITH BUSINESS associated science practical, research project and a work placement in your final year. focuses on industry and is ideal if you’re thinking of a career associated science practical, where applicable As with our BSc, this highly interdisciplinary course provides in environmental management or consultancy. It aims to where applicable EPQ: ABB, (including two EPQ: BBB (including one science sciences) plus grade A in the a route for specialisation via one of our four pathways. produce skilled, highly employable environmental graduates subject with a pass in the associated EPQ. Pass in the practical science that are capable of contributing to a green and sustainable science practical, if applicable) assessment is additionally required economy. You’ll take a work placement where you can put plus grade A in the EPQ where applicable IB: Pass, with minimum 32 points IB: 34 points, with 17 at higher level. the skills you’ve learned into practice, and help start your overall with 16 points at Higher Subject specific requirements apply career after graduation. Level to include one acceptable IELTS: please refer to our website science subject at Higher Level for latest information scoring a minimum of 5. For more information on For more information on contextual admissions, see page 36. contextual admissions, see page 36. Selection process: Language requirements: UCAS application Band 1C 6.5, with minimum of 5.5 Subject to validation, see page 39. in each component, or equivalent Our typical entry requirements Selection process: may be subject to change. UCAS application Before you apply, please visit: Subject to validation, see page 39. www.southampton.ac.uk/ Our typical entry requirements entryreq may be subject to change. Before you apply, please visit: www.southampton.ac.uk/ Career opportunities entryreq Recent graduates are employed at Processing samples in our dedicated laboratory facilities organisations including: Atkins, Department for International Career opportunities Development (DFID), Natural Plus module options including: Potential career routes include England, Ramboll, Skansa, and UK Course content Course structure Course structure Environmental Pollution; Air Quality and environmental management roles with Government’s Stabilisation Unit Environmental Pollution; environmental consultancies, MEnvSci Environmental Science Flexible learning Year one & two | See page 16 - 17 Year one | Core modules Entrepreneurial Management; government and other public bodies, shares the same pathway options Innovation, Technology and the in areas such as carbon, biodiversity, or Year three | Core modules Ò Dangerous World water management and sustainability. The pathways allow you to choose as BSc Environmental Science, and Environment; Freshwater Ecosystems; your specialism, with flexibility to includes the same core modules in the Ò Advanced Quantitative Methods Ò Ecology & Evolution Global Climate Change: Science, Impacts change pathways at the end of the first two years. Please refer to pages Ò Environmental Field Techniques and Policy; Introduction to Energy in The first year. You may be able to transfer 16 – 17 for more information. Ò Individual Project between the BSc and MEnvSci and Applications Environment; Introductory Geographic Environmental Science integrated Ò Environmental Law and Information Systems; Management Ò Environmental Science: Concepts masters until mid-way through your Management Ethics; Social Enterprise third year. and Communication Ò Literature Review Ò Environmental Science: Research Year three | Core modules Year four | Core modules and Applications Ò Environmental Law and Ò Advanced Research Project Ò Introduction to Management Management Ò Environmental Management Ò Work-Based Learning Placement Ò Quantitative Methods Research Project (quadruple For the full range of modules Ò The Earth System research project and placement) Find out more Regular please visit the website Find out more For more details about your course employability Year two | Core modules Ò The Sustainability Professional For more details about your course such as module information and course talks Plus module options including: Managing such as module information and course structure, visit Ò Environmental Impact Assessment structure, visit from our alumni Innovation; Strategic Management; www.southampton.ac.uk/envsci Ò Project Management Sustainable Resource Management. www.southampton.ac.uk/envsci Or to have specific questions answered: Or to have specific questions answered: Ò Sustainability (No-Fly Field Course) For the full range of modules T: +44 (0)23 8059 2840 T: +44 (0)23 8059 2840 please visit the website E: [email protected] E: [email protected] 18 19 Key information SCIENCE UCAS code: F903 Start date: September Duration: One year FOUNDATION YEAR Fees: Please see page 36 Typical offers require A levels: BBB Choose Southampton SCIENCE FOUNDATION YEAR FOUNDATION SCIENCE IB: 30 points YEAR FOUNDATION SCIENCE BTEC: DDD in Applied Science Ò Provides a rapid introduction to biology, chemistry and mathematics For more information on contextual admissions, see page 36. Ò Develop skills that are vital to success in degree level study Selection process: Ò Suitable for UK, EU and international students without traditional UCAS application entry requirements Our typical entry requirements may be subject to change. Before you apply, please visit: www.southampton.ac.uk/ entryreq

Science Foundation Year bridges the gap between school and university exceptionally. I gained the scientific knowledge I needed, and had an advantage heading into first year as I had been taught how to write scientific reports and essays and study in a lab.” Environmental Science students in the lab Rhiannon Nicholson SFY 2019 BSc/MEnvSci Environmental Course overview Sciences with Foundation Year F903 Your Science Foundation Year (SFY) will provide you with a successful route to a science degree if you don’t have Teaching and the traditional entry qualifications. For assessment example, you might be studying for A levels in subjects other than those Foundation year students are fully normally required for science degrees integrated into university life, with or you might be a mature student teaching taking place at our Highfield with the skills and experience from and Waterfront campuses. You will employment and can show recent study full time through a combination study. The degree is also suitable for of lectures, workshops and laboratory international students. sessions. The course will develop your understanding of the principles on The year provides a rapid Find out more which the sciences are based. For more details about your course introduction to biology, chemistry such as module information and course and mathematics, which will prepare structure, visit you for your chosen undergraduate www.southampton.ac.uk/sfy degree. Successful completion of this Or to have specific questions answered: Foundation Year will guarantee you T: +44 (0)23 8059 8310 a place on one of our science degree E: [email protected] courses. Image: Pete Shaw 20 21 WORKING TOWARDS I chose Southampton as this University YOUR FUTURE provided the unique degree I am currently studying. One of the things I’m enjoying most about my course is being able to do a WORKING TOWARDS YOUR FUTURE YOUR TOWARDS WORKING Choosing to do a Year in Employment, work experience placement for my third year research project, placement or internship is a great way to develop your which has helped me gain insight in the work skills in the workplace alongside your learning, and stand and business environment.” out to employers. Simba Nyamazana BSc Environmental Science with Business, graduate

Getting the most out of your degree For short-term work experience goes beyond the lecture theatre; it’s opportunities, UoS Internships are about new, hands-on experiences too. paid, University-approved roles with local and national SMEs, large Our strong links with business and corporations and public- and third- industry give you an advantage when sector organisations. Lasting between it comes to enriching your degree two and 12 weeks, each opportunity is and being distinctive when you carefully selected by our Careers and apply for jobs. Employability team to give you the most exciting and valuable experience. Placements can ensure that you are as prepared as possible when you move We also offer advice and support in into the world of work, enhancing your sourcing, applying and preparing for CV beyond your studies. other work experience opportunities.

Whether you come back confident Final-year student Katie Umbers spent about where you want to go next, or 12 months working at Pfizer Ltd for her inspired to seek out new options, Year in Employment. they are a platform for you to showcase what you can do and discover who “My placement has helped me gain you could be. a better understanding of where I hope my career will take me, and it What’s more, you will receive the has provided me with the perfect guidance you need at every stage from launchpad to enter the corporate our Careers and Employability Service. world after university,” she says.

Unique opportunities “My confidence has grown a huge amount, meaning that I now have We offer a Year in Employment across the ambition to apply to competitive many of our subject areas. You could graduate jobs which I might have have the chance to apply to work otherwise ruled out.” for a year in an organisation of your choice following your second year of Find out more about how we can help study, and could even work abroad you with your career on page 28. depending on where your placement is based. Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/ sb/yie

22 23 YOUR LEARNING

5 libraries We have been YOUR LEARNING Customise your degree, explore beyond your chosen subject holding around and enjoy active learning at Southampton. We have the awarded silver 3 million resources, staff and support you need to learn in your own for our teaching books and journals way and get the most out of your degree. excellence*

An innovative education For BA Geography the compulsory trip with experts in your field and facilitate We want to inspire you to learn, to has recently been to Amsterdam, with group project work. question, to challenge and to create. optional year three trips to locations Libraries You will work alongside like-minded such as Berlin and Cambodia. For BSc Our five libraries contain some peers and our leading teaching staff to Geography the compulsory trip has three million books, journals, and look at your subject in different ways, recently been to Tenerife, followed by other resources, including specialist discover new interests and broaden optional trips to places including Arolla collections of national and international your perspective. in Switzerland and the Picos de Europa mountains of northern Spain. importance. Most of our journals and We offer a variety of exciting experiences many of our books and other media are available online so you can access them outside of the lecture theatre, and our Facilities academics are proud of their innovative wherever you are. We provide outstanding facilities and engaging teaching methods. and services for undergraduate Flexible learning Field trips geography and environmental science Finding the right course is a big decision Fieldwork is one of the most valuable students. We have dedicated teaching and we know that one size does not fit and exciting elements of our degrees. laboratories for taught practical classes all. That is why we offer Day trips and residential courses in the as well as specialist research facilities a flexible approach to your degree UK and abroad enable you to put your integrating research and teaching so that we can combine your interests knowledge into practice and develop in Environmental Processes and and study strengths. your research skills. Modelling, Palaeoecology, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Year one provides students with a Whether exploring coastal processes Sensing. grounding in both human and physical on a volcanic island, investigating the Investing in your experience geography with the opportunity to urban environment of a European Learning resources acquire geographical skills. After year We are continuously updating city or studying glacial landscapes, Supported by virtual learning one, students will specialise either in our campuses to ensure that we our field trips offer a wide range of environments, you will be challenged human or physical geography, with can give you the best possible research topics with which you can intellectually and encouraged to options within both streams to adapt student experience. actively engage. They are also a great develop your ability to work and learn their course to suit their interests. way of getting to know your peers and independently – all skills that you will We don’t leave our students to work Our brand new teaching and learning academic staff. take with you in your chosen career. out flexible learning for themselves - centre on Highfield Campus, the Virtual learning throughout their degree, each student Centenary Building, opened in autumn We offer exciting and heavily subsidised 2019, and we are investing £12m in field trip opportunities throughout With access to the Southampton Virtual will work with their Personal Academic Environment (SVE) 24-hours a- day, and Tutor to customise their pathway. our chemistry facilities. We’ve also each degree. Environmental Science recently transformed facilities for students visit a range of locations across Wi-Fi across all our UK campuses and Likewise, Environmental Science Health Sciences and Electronics and the UK as well as having the option to halls of residence, you can learn anytime, students choose a specialist pathway Computer Sciences to ensure you have take a Belize fieldwork module in their anywhere. that suits their interests and can change the resources and spaces you need. third year. Geography students travel to We also provide a wide range of online this up to the end of their first year. local sites of interest in year one before Find out more: resources, including specialised Changing between courses may also be Our students have their say in how we attending a compulsory field trip in year www.southampton.ac.uk/ materials, that will enable you to interact possible up to the end of the first year. develop, and we value and listen to two which is included in course fees. student feedback to provide a sb/flexible world-class education and learning environment. 24 *Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF), awarded June 2018, valid for three years until June 2021 25 Ranked MAKING AN IMPACT 5th in the UK for WITH RESEARCH research outputs* MAKING AN IMPACT WITH RESEARCH WITH IMPACT AN MAKING

Raising the global profile of the impact of environmental 100% management on people and the planet of our research environment has been assessed as either "internationally excellent" or "world-leading"*

From protecting the forests and The importance of Marije’s research mountains of Tanzania, to exploring has been internationally recognised the adoption of climate smart with her involvement in a Global agriculture on farmland in Malawi Challenge Research Fund project – interdisciplinary research by a that aims to make global trade Southampton academic is impacting more sustainable, and that will policy-making around the globe. feed into public-policy advice and help companies understand the Environmental economist Dr Marije true environmental impact of their Schaafsma is a Lecturer in Geography products. whose research uses economic methods to better understand Marije and Southampton colleague the links between environmental Professor Zoe Matthews, from Social management and its impact on Statistics and Demography, will This is a fantastic opportunity as we will people’s well-being. work as part of a team looking at the impact of the trade in agricultural be working with more than 50 partner In Tanzania, her work investigated the commodities and wild species on organisations from 15 different countries, effect on the local and international people who are involved and affected including industry, trade agencies, community of converting forests by these trades. into agricultural land, and her results governments, civil society – some of the contributed to the inclusion of biggest names in conservation science the Eastern Arc Mountains on the tentative list of UNESCO World and sustainable development.” Heritage. Dr Marije Schaafsma Lecturer in Geography In Malawi, she is working with farming small-holders to explore whether they perceive the adoption of smart methods to be helpful for climate change adaptation. Her work is also taking into account the support these farmers may require to implement these changes.

Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/ Close-up view of a cocoa tree, one of the crops in the sb/research Global Challenge Research Fund project

26 27 YOUR CAREER The course is very employability focused, the careers you can go into are endless. You can go into small charity work, or you can work for the government, civil service, or for a consultancy firm.” YOUR CAREER Your future doesn’t start when you graduate; it begins the Zoe Woodland BSc Environmental Science, third year moment you join us at Southampton.

Fast track your ambitions Showcase your potential Ò Whether you have a plan in mind, Ò Take advantage of our Southampton graduates are or you are unsure about where life commercial partnerships successfully employed at may take you, our Careers and through work placements, high-profile organisations Employability Service can guide internships and volunteering such as: and support you at every stage. Ò Network with top employers AECOM Ò Our strong links with business at our careers fairs and employer- Atkins and highly valued reputation in led workshops BP British Army industry means that we provide Ò Benefit from advice from British Civil Service numerous opportunities to graduates about future career Cain Bio-Engineering help you discover and realise possibilities through alumni career DEFRA your potential. panel events Deloitte Ò Take advantage of work Ò Specialise further with one of our DFID placements, internships and postgraduate courses and gain a Environment Agency voluntary roles, and attend our more in-depth knowledge of your Foreign and Commonwealth careers fairs, one-to-one advice subject to realise your ambitions Office sessions, and employer-led events. Ò Connect with a mentor to support Hydro-Logic Group Ò We offer Career Coaching to your transition from university into Mott MacDonald first-generation students, and the work through our Career Ordnance Survey chance for under-represented Mentoring Programme. Paul Basham Associates students to improve social mobility Qinetiq through our Advance Programme. Royal Navy Ò We have everything you need to Shell achieve your entrepreneurial The National Trust goals: make the most of available The Wildlife Trusts funding, attend workshops and Transport for London summer schools and access our WWF extensive expertise.

Our career Top 20 96% 2nd practitioners provide of our graduates in the Russell Group UK university targeted were in employment for graduates in by the largest number or further study 1:1 employment*** of top employers* within six months** careers advice Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/ sb/careers

*Graduate Market in 2019, High Fliers Research ** (within six months of completing their degree); DLHE, 2016/17 28 ***HESA DLHE 2016/17, Table 13a (includes both undergraduate and postgraduate graduates) 29 Our unique waterfront campus, based Social life at the National Oceanography Centre Run for students by students, the YOUR Southampton (NOCS), is one of the Students’ Union aims to unlock the world’s leading research centres for potential and enrich the life of every the study of ocean and Earth science. student. Its main purpose is to look STUDENT after the academic interests of all Winchester School of Art (WSA) students, through their representation is located 12 miles north of system, elections and Advice Centre. Southampton, in Winchester city

LIFE centre. With creative ambition at its LIFE STUDENT YOUR Ò Experience Freshers’ – a full core, WSA supports students with programme of activities to help cutting-edge resources including you settle in. 05 specialist computer suites, studios, 3D Ò Join one of more than 300 clubs printing, industrial sewing and knitting Ò and societies, and try everything Get free, independent and machines, and more. from archery and performing arts confidential advice from the to debating and quidditch. Advice Centre on matters Set within the EduCity Iskandar including student finance, housing development in Johor, Southampton Ò Volunteer your time with RAG and academic issues. Malaysia offers split degrees in (Raise and Give), a student group Ò Run for one of the positions in the several undergraduate Engineering that organises fundraising events Students’ Union’s elections and programmes. Students benefit from to benefit local, national and become the voice of students our world-class teaching and course international charities. across the University. content in a safe and supportive Ò Enjoy food from a Michelin-trained international environment with chef at student prices in The Sport excellent facilities. Bridge, try delicious vegan and Ò Swim in our six-lane, 25-metre pool vegetarian food in The Plant Pot, or 03 or use the varied fitness equipment socialise with friends in The Stag’s across our nine gyms: six on sports bar. campus and three more in the city. Ò Catch a film in the Union’s 260-seat Ò Compete on over 20 grass and cinema, run by student volunteers. synthetic pitches or use our Ò Dance the night away in the martial arts studio or indoor Your time at Southampton will Union’s venues for large events, climbing wall. such as gigs and student balls. make your degree a lot more Ò Your subsidised Sport and Ò Become a DJ or station manager than just a qualification. Wellbeing membership gives you at Surge Radio and SUSUtv access to a host of facilities and Ò Try out journalism with one of the activities across the city including Union’s award-winning magazines, a dry ski slope, athletics track, and 01 Wessex Scene or The Edge. free watersports. Ò Join one of the student sport Campuses Just a few minutes’ walk from teams or Athletic Union clubs. We have five campuses in Highfield, and on the edge of 04 Southampton, one in Winchester Southampton Common, Avenue and one in Malaysia. Each has its own Campus is where you’ll find most of distinct personality and community. our humanities subjects. Avenue houses our state-of-the-art £3m Highfield is our main campus; it is Archaeology building. home to historic buildings, cutting- 01 Socialising at bars and restaurants. edge research and teaching facilities, Boldrewood Innovation Campus is 02 Make the most of our sports facilities and opportunities. and the Students’ Union, as well as our the base for engineering studies and research. Facilities include a driving 03 An evening out at Hollywood Bowl. beautiful green spaces. Highfield is a 04 Students performing at live hub of activity and the perfect place to simulator, design studios, a 138m music events. study, relax, and socialise. towing tank and our £48m National 05 Westquay shopping centre. Infrastructure Laboratory.

One of the UK’s leading teaching hospital trusts, University Hospital uni_southampton Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Find out more: Follow us on Instagram to see is the base for the study of medicine www.southampton.ac.uk/ more pictures of our campuses and healthcare. sb/life

02 30 31 OUR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OUR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL OUR Join our vibrant and diverse international student community; study, make lifelong friendships and socialise on the south coast of the UK.

We welcome students from over 130 Meet and Greet We also offer a wide range of support countries, including around 7,450 EU We organise a free Meet and Greet programmes to help you prepare and international students. service for all new international and EU for learning in a British academic students in September each year. Our environment and meet your English 01 02 Support and advice representatives meet you at Heathrow language requirements. Our pre- sessional courses help you prepare Living and learning in a different or Gatwick Airport and transport you directly to our campuses. before you start your course, and country is a big step, so we ensure that there is ongoing academic English our international students have all the You can register for the Welcome language support you can access support they need. Programme and Meet and Greet while you study. From ensuring a straightforward service from July. entry process, to offering attractive International Student scholarships to eligible applicants, we English language requirements Accommodation Guarantee can help you settle in to your new life and support If you are an international student, in the UK. You will need to demonstrate that we guarantee you a place in you have sufficient knowledge of the University accommodation, as long as you fulfil the full criteria Meet us in your country English language in order to be able to benefit from all academic activities at of the guarantee, which includes www.southampton.ac.uk/sb/ the University. applying before 1 August each year, meetus and continuing to be classified as For details about English language international for fees purposes. requirements for our courses, visit Our International Office our website. Wherever you are in the world, it is easy to discover how to become a 03 04 part of our community. Our friendly International Office staff regularly Fees 01 Enjoy the buzz of events on travel overseas and within the UK to Highfield Campus. Explore our University We offer fixed fees for international meet potential students at exhibitions from home 02 Meet with friends between lectures and events. students, so you pay the same annual on Highfield Campus. Explore our campuses from fee for the duration of your course. 03 Buy fresh food at the weekly market on Highfield Campus. We are always happy to help and can anywhere in the world using our We also make it easy to pay your Virtual Open Day: fees online, or from your sponsor or 04 Have fun at the silent disco at answer any questions you may have the Freshers’ Ball. about living and studying here. The University of Southampton www.southampton.ac.uk/sb/ funder. virtualopenday offers so many opportunities More information on fees and funding Welcome Programme to discover new cultures and can be found on our website. Every September, we arrange a free make new friends. It’s one of Visas Welcome Programme for international those places where you can learn Before you join us, you will need to and EU students, which is designed to and engage with people from find out about the UK’s immigration help you settle into life in the UK and around the world with different procedures well in advance of your at the University before your studies experiences.” arrival in the UK. Find out more: begin. Meet other undergraduate www.southampton.ac.uk/ students, attend talks, explore our Naomie Lagesse Our specialist visas team can help sb/international campuses and the city, and more. BSc Environmental Science, 2019 advise and support you; you can find out more on our helpful website. 32 33 ACCOMMODATION 01

Welcome to your home from home. Our accommodation is the ideal place to make new friends, experience student life, grow your confidence, and learn to be independent. ACCOMMODATION

All of our halls provide excellent Just some of the benefits of facilities, a guaranteed offer of living in halls include: *Our guarantee to you accommodation* in your first year at Ò a friendly student community and If you are a registered first-year the University, and 24-hour support competitive prices (which include undergraduate student, new to and advice. utility bills, internet, contents the University, starting a full-time insurance and, for halls in course, with no dependants, you Enjoy living in great locations in Southampton, a Unilink bus pass) will be guaranteed an offer of halls Southampton, with easy access to accommodation as long as you our campuses and facilities. Some are Ò great transport links with our campuses fulfil the full criteria of the within walking distance of Highfield guarantee, which includes Ò Campus, while others are closer to the on-site facilities including common applying before 1 August. vibrant city centre. rooms, launderettes, study and social spaces To uphold the guarantee, in years Stay in one of over You can choose from a range of room Ò year-round, 24-hour support from of exceptional demand, we may types, including en suite or non-en our Student Life team offer accommodation in a twin 01 Work or relax in communal spaces. suite, and catered or self-catered. Ò 24-hour security and CCTV shared room at the start of the 6,400 02 Spacious accommodation at Mayflower Halls. academic year for a short period 03 There are plenty of communal areas in halls. We also have rooms to suit all on all sites student rooms 04 Outside space at Glen Eyre. of time. You also have the needs, including accessible Ò catered and self-catered options opportunity to apply for adapted rooms, couple and family continuing years in halls. accommodation, and spaces 02 03 specifically for mature undergraduate Although this cannot be and postgraduate students. guaranteed, we will always offer students accommodation if we How to apply have availability. You can apply for your accommodation when applications have opened and you have received your formal offer of study with your student identification number (the eight-digit number given to you by the University).

Find out more and apply on our website.

JUNE/JULY 2021 04 Allocation and offer of 1 AUGUST 2021 FEBRUARY/ rooms starts for deferred New students must have MID Watch our video ‘Accommodation – MARCH 2021 students and students with applied for accommodation SEPTEMBER your home away from home’ at Accommodation unconditional offers, who have before this date to be eligible 2021 www.southampton.ac.uk/sb/ application opens applied for accommodation for our accommodation Allocation of lifeinhalls and goes live online before 31 May 2021 guarantee rooms completed

APPLICATION TIMELINE MID AUGUST 25–26 2021 SEPTEMBER Find out more: 2021 www.southampton.ac.uk/ After A level results, sb/accommodation allocation of rooms Arrivals weekend to all students begins 34 35 APPLYING AND FUNDING APPLYING AND FUNDING

Tuition fees and funding How and when to apply The University will set fees for 2021/22 Ò Applications should be subject to any conditions imposed by submitted via UCAS government. Currently the tuition fee (www.ucas.com). is £9,250*, but we offer a large number Ò Our institution code is S27 of generous fee waivers and bursaries and our code name is for eligible students. For students from SOTON. lower income families, these financial Ò The applications open in packages will be based on household early September. income supplied to us by the Student Loans Company. Ò The equal consideration date for all other programmes is 15 If you are funding your own studies, January. (Please note that you will need to pay your fees in this does not apply to advance, or you can choose to pay international applicants.) your fees in three instalments on the Channel Islands/ International student Scholarships and bursaries Equivalent to half an A level, an EPQ Ò The deadline for applications first day of each term to help spread Isle of Man student fees fixed fees We offer a variety of scholarships requires students to complete a self- is 30 June, although we the cost across the year. Channel Islands and Isle of Man students International students commencing and progression awards to the most directed and self-motivated project on strongly advise you to apply will be charged the same tuition fee as their programme of study in 2021 will talented students across our subject a topic of their choice. Visit our website for the latest as early as possible as some UK students. pay the same fixed fee for each year of areas. information on tuition fees before you On most of our courses applicants courses may no longer have their programme, with the exception submit your UCAS form for entry in the We also offer a range of bursaries offering an EPQ will be made two vacancies after the January International student fees for of programmes where a combination 2021/22 academic year. Students who designed to help UK undergraduate offers – our typical offer based on 3 equal consideration date. 2021/2022 of clinical and nonclinical fees apply. In have applied for a deferred place in students in the most financial need.** A levels, and an alternative where, in these instances, the non-clinical fixed 2020/21 will be eligible for the 2021/22 Foundation Year in Engineering and exchange for an A or A* in the EPQ, we fee will apply for years one and two, tuition fees and support. Physical Sciences, and Environmental EPQ will reduce the A level requirements by What we look for and the clinical fixed fee will apply for one grade. For example, a typical offer and Life Sciences: £19,500 per year Our research-led approach to learning If you are a UK student starting a higher the remainder of the programme. As of AAA would be made alongside an When assessing your application, we All programmes in Environmental and is reinforced in the value we place on education course in 2021/22, you can with other UK medical courses, these offer of AAB, plus an A in the EPQ. look for indicators of capability and Life Sciences: £22,760 per year an Extended Project Qualification. potential. We also consider the context apply for loans to help pay for both fees may be subject to an additional We also provide free online support on in which you achieved your formal fees and living costs. For more details, Prospective applicants can find charge for clinical placement in the As the first university to formally developing EPQ research projects. qualifications, including whether visit www.southampton.ac.uk/sb/ the latest information at NHS, decided by the UK Government recognise the EPQ in its admissions you are from a socioeconomic fees www.southampton.ac.uk/sb/fees Students commencing a Foundation offer scheme, we have always group currently under-represented Year will pay less for their Foundation recognised that skills gathered in higher education, whether you EU student fees Year than for the rest of their through independent project work have participated in an outreach At the time of print the UK government integrated degree. and research will enhance and prepare programme, or any personal has not confirmed whether students you for your university experience. circumstances that may have impacted from the EU will be eligible for UK Find out more: on your grades. For more information, or international fees. Up-to-date www.southampton.ac.uk/ see our website. information about fees can be found on our website. sb/fees

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