BSc Environmental Sciences with a Placement Year
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Environmental Science. The four-year programme includes a placement year and concludes with an independent project. Students undertake field courses in ecology, marine sciences, and tropical conservation and biodiversity. The curriculum incorporates training in data analysis, research methods, and GIS.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB including Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Economics, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science or Physics.
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What students say
Based on about 16 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 83%
- Assessment and feedback: 83%
- Academic support: 93%
- Organisation and management: 93%
- Learning resources: 96%
- Student voice: 88%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 100%
What graduates do next
Based on about 17 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 75%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 10%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Conservation and environment professionals: 25%
- Sales occupations: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Teaching Professionals: 5%
- Administrative occupations: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 90%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 80%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 55%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 95 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 4%
- East Midlands: 6%
- West Midlands: 5%
- East of England: 51%
- London: 11%
- South East: 16%
- South West: 2%
- Wales: 1%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 55 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 91%
- Access course: 6%
- Other HE qualification: 2%
- Other qualifications: 2%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- PLACEMENT YEAR
- OUR WORLD
- SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
- LIVING PLANET
- EARTH SYSTEMS
- DATA AND RESEARCH SKILLS A
- DATA AND RESEARCH SKILLS B
- RESEARCH PRACTICE
- FIELD ECOLOGY
- INSIDE THE EARTH
- MARINE SCIENCES FIELDCOURSE
- METEOROLOGY
- THE OCEAN SYSTEM
- POPULATION ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
- GEOMORPHIC SYSTEMS
- EARTH'S CRITICAL ZONE
- CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENCE AND POLICY
- GIS SKILLS FOR PROJECT WORK
- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES
- ENERGY TRANSITIONS
- ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY MAKING
- COMMUNITY, ECOSYSTEM AND MACRO-ECOLOGY
- CONSERVATION, ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY IN THE TROPICS (FIELDCOURSE)
- BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT
- BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE ECOLOGY
- ENERGY AND PEOPLE
- EARTH RESOURCES
- MODELLING ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES
- CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY: MARKETING, MANAGEMENT AND NET-ZERO
- MARINE SCIENCES FIELDCOURSE
- GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
- BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND HUMAN SOCIETY
- GEOSCIENCES FIELDCOURSE: GREECE
- ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
- ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
- CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT
- THE CARBON CYCLE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
- HAZARDS AND SOCIETY
- EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION GENETICS
- URBAN FUTURES
- CLIMATE AND WEATHER PREDICTION
- SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
- GIS SKILLS FOR PROJECT WORK
- METEOROLOGY
- ENERGY TRANSITIONS
- POPULATION ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
- CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENCE AND POLICY
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Environmental Sciences with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia earn?
The median salary is £28,000 after 15 months, £26,000 after 3 years, £32,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £26,500 and £37,500. The £32,000 median after five years is £2,500 more than the UK median for Environmental sciences.
What do graduates of BSc Environmental Sciences with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Environmental Sciences with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?
95% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BSc Environmental Sciences with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 109 UCAS points.
Does BSc Environmental Sciences with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory placement year.
How many students continue on BSc Environmental Sciences with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?
100% of students continued into their second year, and 0% left higher education.