Environmental Science and the Climate Emergency

Swansea University
Undergraduate BSc Full-time 3 Years Architecture and planningBuilding and construction

A-Level Entry

ABB - BBC

About this course

We live in Climate Emergency. Our climate and our environments are changing at the alarming rates, with devastating consequences for the natural environments, threatening the life of present and future generations.

Why Swansea?

  • Top 100 in the World for Geography (Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2024)

  • Top 201-250 in the World for Environmental Sciences (QS World University Rankings 2025)

    This unique interdisciplinary BSc Environmental Science and the Climate Emergency degree builds on the excellence and expertise of two departments Biosciences and Geography to equip the next generation of graduates who will have a profound understanding of environmental and social science to act boldly, and deliver the next generation of adaptations, mitigations, and solutions.

    We are ideally placed to offer exceptional fieldwork opportunities. Just a short drive from the UK's first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Gower Peninsula, you will have easy access to Bannau Brycheiniog, rural west Wales and the urban and industrial landscapes of South Wales.

    Throughout this degree, you will be trained to use your wealth of academic, laboratory, and fieldwork with a strong emphasis on active and practical learning, problem-solving and authentic assessment

    This is an exciting degree programme designed to equip students from across the world with the interdisciplinary expertise gained from the range of climate change, geography, ecology, conservation and social justice modules.

    Please come along to our next Open Day or get in touch for further information. Book an Open Day here: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/our-open-days/

  • Entry Requirements

    A-Level Grades ABB - BBC
    Scottish Higher ABBBC
    BTEC DDM - DDD

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    1122 Production managers and directors in construction
    3541 Estimators, valuers and assessors
    3114 Building and civil engineering technicians
    2121 Civil engineers
    2451 Architects
    2452 Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Bachelor of Science - BSc
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    3 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Swansea
    Scheme
    Undergraduate
    Subjects
    Architecture and planning, Building and construction