Environmental Studies

About this course

Environmental studies examines the relationship between human societies and the natural world, drawing on the natural sciences, social sciences, economics, and policy analysis to understand how environmental challenges arise and how they might be addressed. Unlike more narrowly defined science degrees, environmental studies is explicitly interdisciplinary, recognising that issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, water scarcity, and land degradation cannot be understood or resolved through the lens of any single academic discipline. It develops students who can think critically across conventional subject boundaries and engage meaningfully with both the scientific evidence and the political and social dimensions of environmental questions. The Open University offers this programme part-time by distance learning, which means you set your own study schedule and engage

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 45% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 10% of graduatescards →
• 22 / 100Conservation and environment professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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