Description
This qualification is only available until 31 December 2017.
To claim this qualification, you must complete the required 360 credits by this date.
If you have any questions about your eligibility for this qualification, please contact the Centre for Qualifications and Ceremonies on +44 (0)1908 653003 or by email.
How can we best manage the environment, given the pressures that threaten its future? How can technology be put to good use in this endeavour? How do we design more sustainable practices? The BSc (Honours) Environmental Management and Technology is a must for anyone with an interest in this critical subject. You’ll explore the complexities of the natural and built environments; how our activities influence them; and how they influence what we do. These environments help sustain many aspects of our lives and livelihoods. However they’re under threat from excessive fossil fuel use, pollution and resource depletion as we fail to design and adapt what we do, and how we do it, to minimise such impacts, whether at home, in communities or in organisations. This interdisciplinary degree course combines aspects of science, management, technology and social science to help you understand the environmental systems in which we live and work, and how we can improve the way we act within them. You’ll gain the knowledge and skills needed to understand and manage local, national and international environmental problems more sustainably, as well as developing your analytical, interpretive and creative thinking skills.
Planning your studies
Whether or not you’re new to study or to the OU, we recommend that you start with a module at Level 1. For this degree that would mean starting with either Environment: journeys through a changing world (U116) or {Exploring science [S104]}. If you complete one of these modules successfully you’ll have a firm foundation for future studies as well as 60 credits to count towards this degree.
Career relevance and employability
The BSc (Honours) Environmental Management and Technology develops broad and specialist skills that are in demand from government and regulatory bodies, the private sector, consultancies and conservation organisations. Careers directly related to the degree include:
- pollution control
- waste management and recycling
- water quality and resources
- energy management
- planning and sustainability
- environmental management and consultancy
- environmental education.
Graduates can also go into financial, business and public sector work.
This degree course is designed to develop breadth and depth of understanding in scientific, technical and management aspects of environmental problems. You’ll be able to:
- think creatively
- tackle complex issues
- collect, analyse and interpret complex quantitative and qualitative data.
You’ll also gain practical skills in problem solving, project work (including research, planning, auditing and survey techniques), digital literacy, communication, and interdisciplinary team working. Together they demonstrate an all-round ability which will be valued by employers, who also rate the self-motivation of OU students very highly.
Careers and Employability Services have more information on how OU study can improve your employability.
Modules
For this 360-credit honours degree you require:
180 credits from the following compulsory modules:
Level 1 compulsory modules |
Credits |
Next start |
- Environment: journeys through a changing world (U116)
|
60 |
|
- The discontinued module S104
|
60 |
|
Level 2 compulsory modules |
Credits |
Next start |
- Energy and sustainability (T213)
|
30 |
|
- Environmental management 1 (T219)
|
30 |
|
And 60 credits from the following optional modules:
Level 2 optional modules |
Credits |
Next start |
- Environment: sharing a dynamic planet (DST206)
|
60 |
|
- Environmental science (S206)
|
60 |
|
Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued modules S216, U216
And 120 credits from the following compulsory modules:
Level 3 compulsory modules |
Credits |
Next start |
- Environmental management 2 (T319)
|
30 |
|
- Innovation: designing for change (T317)
|
60 |
|
- Renewable energy (T313)
|
30 |
|
Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued module T307
Learning outcomes
The learning outcomes of this qualification are described in four areas:
- Knowledge and understanding
- Cognitive skills
- Practical and professional skills
- Key skills
Read more detailed information about the learning outcomes, and how they are acquired through teaching, learning and assessment methods.
Credit for previous study elsewhere
If you have already completed some successful study at higher education level at another institution we may be able to give you credit for this study that you can count towards this Open University qualification. You can find out more on our Credit Transfer site. If you make a successful claim for transferred credit it may affect your choice of modules so you are advised to investigate this option as soon as possible.
Classification of your degree
On successful completion of the required number and type of modules you will be awarded a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Environmental Management and Technology degree.
Your honours degree will be classified as first-class honours, upper second-class honours, lower second-class honours or third-class honours.
The class of degree is determined by the best grades you achieve in 240 credits from modules above Level 1. These 240 credits must include all the compulsory Level 2 and Level 3 requirements of the qualification as specified, and must include at least 120 credits from specified Natural Sciences modules at Level 3.
You will have the opportunity to attend a degree ceremony.
Regulations
As a student of The Open University, you should be aware of the content of the qualification-specific regulations below and the academic regulations that are available on our Student Policies and Regulations website.
How to register
If you want to study for this qualification, read the description and check you meet any specific requirements (for example, some of
our qualifications, require you to be working in a particular environment, or be sponsored by your employer). Then select the
module you wish to study first and ensure it is suitable for you before following the registration procedure for that module.
During the registration procedure you will be asked to declare which qualification you are studying towards.
See a full list of modules available for this qualification