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Undergraduate

BSc (Hons) Sustainable Futures (progression year)

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Institution code: S82
UCAS code: H222
Start date: September 2024
Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time
Location: East Coast College (Great Yarmouth)
Typical Offer: Please call our Clearing Hotline on 01473 338352 to discuss your qualifications and suitability for 2024 entry.
Institution code: S82
UCAS code: H222
Start date: September 2024
Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time
Location: East Coast College (Great Yarmouth)
Typical Offer: Please call our Clearing Hotline on 01473 338352 to discuss your qualifications and suitability for 2024 entry.
Course information table
Institution code: S82
UCAS code: H222
Start date: September 2025
Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time
Location: East Coast College (Great Yarmouth)
Typical Offer: Foundation Degree or similar equivalent course of 240 Level 4 and 5 credits in a Science related discipline containing relevant module content
Course information table
Institution code: S82
UCAS code: H222
Start date: September 2025
Course information table
Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time
Location: East Coast College (Great Yarmouth)
Typical Offer: Foundation Degree or similar equivalent course of 240 Level 4 and 5 credits in a Science related discipline containing relevant module content

Overview

The BSc (Hons) Sustainable Futures course provides a level 6 progression route from relevant level 5 study and as such, it is a multidisciplinary course that reflects the needs of our time. The recent global pandemic has provided an insight into what can happen environmentally if human activity is reduced within it. It is now clear that we are equally a vulnerable species and that nature can and does bite back: but also that the natural world can recover given time, and that a slower more mindful pace of life can be both fulfilling and sustainable. This course delivers the knowledge and skills that will be vital to create a more sustainable future for humanity and nature by exploring rewilding, carbon management, zoonotic diseases and data analysis and geographic information systems (GIS). These disciplines will enable the student to enter a wide range of career pathways, providing them with cutting edge knowledge and vocational analytical skill sets. The course is suitable for anyone with an enquiring mind wishing to play a part in creating sustainable futures for nature and humanity alike.

Course Modules

Full downloadable information regarding all Â鶹´«Ã½ courses, including Key Facts, Course Aims, Course Structure and Assessment, is available in the Definitive Course Record.

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The dissertation provides the opportunity to develop an area of personal scientific interest arising from individual or course-based experiences. The dissertation will be a research-focused study, which will centre on the generation and testing of a hypothesis. It will enable students to utilise practical, intellectual and decision-making skills in new and different situations. The dissertation provides a mechanism for the development of autonomy and self-direction whilst undertaking a problem-solving approach to a research topic

This module explores rewilding; the most modern, dynamic and perhaps controversial of ecological restoration strategies lauded by many as the way forward to large-scale ecological recovery, future proof ecological resilience, economic stability and also as a vehicle for the enhancement of human wellbeing. Students will study and critically evaluate this method in all its forms; from its diverse theoretical basis to practical applications, whilst exploring and reviewing small and large scale implementations both global and local, many of which are in the early stages in the Eastern region. The module also explores the role rewilding has to play in future land use, sustainability, ecological resilience, ecotourism potential and furthermore the impact on the physical and emotional welfare of the human species. The module links to numerous level 4 and 5 modules from our Foundation degree pathways, but is stand-alone in its content and focus enabling a student from outside these pathways to access the material with confidence.

Data Science and GIS (Georaphic and Information sceince/systems is a very high growth area. The ability to collect, store, manage, clean, analyse and visualise both numeric and spatial data is a highly sought after skill set across nearly all employment sectors, but is especially useful to wildlife, conservation environment and sustainability science and industries. This is a predominantly practical module utilising leading free open source software packages such as; PythonTM (data science) and QGIS® (GIS). Skills gained in this module can be utilised across all others on the programme and will be invaluable in the understanding and evaluation of scientific and professional literature. Furthermore, it will enable students to complete strong data/spatial analysis and visualisation in the dissertation module. This Â鶹´«Ã½ Form Number CP/20/006 Course Proposal Form – Website Information Page 2 of 3 Version 1.0 Template owner: Registry Services module covers all aspects of statistical analysis necessary for level 6, but delivers it in a numeracy friendly format. The module adds to the repertoire of skills learned at level 4 and 5 in our Foundation degree pathways yet works from the ground up using different aspects of programming and data analysis enabling a student from outside these pathways to access the material with confidence.

Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts – Zoonoses are diseases that can cross the species gap. Approximately 60% of emerging human pathogens are zoonoses. Climate change, human population increase and the degradation of the natural environment have played a significant role in the transmission of zoonoses and these diseases have had wide-ranging impacts upon human populations across the millennia. Students will explore the causes, transmission pathways, environmental, social and economic impacts and implications of zoonoses, beginning with the historical, and moving forward with particular emphasis on the far reaching and ongoing impacts of the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Large amounts of unprecedented data have been and will continue to be gathered relating to the impacts of COVID 19 for example the reduction of global CO2 emissions, wildlife infiltrating previously ‘non wild’ areas and the impact on human well-being both positive and negative. Students will have the opportunity to analyse, evaluate and critique cutting edge scientific research, literature and data from multiple disciplines, which will form a strong critical and evaluative skill base and supportive framework for all other modules. The module will also emphasis the difference and potential underlying causes of the misinformation dissemination of scientific research by media corporations and social commentators.

The global average atmospheric carbon dioxide in 2019 was 409.8 parts per million (a new record high). Carbon dioxide levels today are higher than at any point in at least the past 800,000 years. There is now little dispute that these rising levels of CO2 (and other atmospheric gasses) have an anthropogenic source. Carbon reduction is now a global priority written into the legislation of most countries. CO2 and the associated climate shift have far-reaching impacts on human health, environment, wildlife and economics. Students will study these impacts and the mitigation strategies (present and future) implemented to reduce emissions. The discipline of carbon management is a highly sought after vocational skill across all sectors from agriculture to management. Students will learn how to perform carbon footprint plans (CFP) and carbon reduction plans, and gain skills in online delivery of professional science based webinars.

Course Modules

Full downloadable information regarding all Â鶹´«Ã½ courses, including Key Facts, Course Aims, Course Structure and Assessment, is available in the Definitive Course Record.

East Coast College building

The dissertation provides the opportunity to develop an area of personal scientific interest arising from individual or course-based experiences. The dissertation will be a research-focused study, which will centre on the generation and testing of a hypothesis. It will enable students to utilise practical, intellectual and decision-making skills in new and different situations. The dissertation provides a mechanism for the development of autonomy and self-direction whilst undertaking a problem-solving approach to a research topic

This module explores rewilding; the most modern, dynamic and perhaps controversial of ecological restoration strategies lauded by many as the way forward to large-scale ecological recovery, future proof ecological resilience, economic stability and also as a vehicle for the enhancement of human wellbeing. Students will study and critically evaluate this method in all its forms; from its diverse theoretical basis to practical applications, whilst exploring and reviewing small and large scale implementations both global and local, many of which are in the early stages in the Eastern region. The module also explores the role rewilding has to play in future land use, sustainability, ecological resilience, ecotourism potential and furthermore the impact on the physical and emotional welfare of the human species. The module links to numerous level 4 and 5 modules from our Foundation degree pathways, but is stand-alone in its content and focus enabling a student from outside these pathways to access the material with confidence.

Data Science and GIS (Georaphic and Information sceince/systems is a very high growth area. The ability to collect, store, manage, clean, analyse and visualise both numeric and spatial data is a highly sought after skill set across nearly all employment sectors, but is especially useful to wildlife, conservation environment and sustainability science and industries. This is a predominantly practical module utilising leading free open source software packages such as; PythonTM (data science) and QGIS® (GIS). Skills gained in this module can be utilised across all others on the programme and will be invaluable in the understanding and evaluation of scientific and professional literature. Furthermore, it will enable students to complete strong data/spatial analysis and visualisation in the dissertation module. This Â鶹´«Ã½ Form Number CP/20/006 Course Proposal Form – Website Information Page 2 of 3 Version 1.0 Template owner: Registry Services module covers all aspects of statistical analysis necessary for level 6, but delivers it in a numeracy friendly format. The module adds to the repertoire of skills learned at level 4 and 5 in our Foundation degree pathways yet works from the ground up using different aspects of programming and data analysis enabling a student from outside these pathways to access the material with confidence.

Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts – Zoonoses are diseases that can cross the species gap. Approximately 60% of emerging human pathogens are zoonoses. Climate change, human population increase and the degradation of the natural environment have played a significant role in the transmission of zoonoses and these diseases have had wide-ranging impacts upon human populations across the millennia. Students will explore the causes, transmission pathways, environmental, social and economic impacts and implications of zoonoses, beginning with the historical, and moving forward with particular emphasis on the far reaching and ongoing impacts of the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Large amounts of unprecedented data have been and will continue to be gathered relating to the impacts of COVID 19 for example the reduction of global CO2 emissions, wildlife infiltrating previously ‘non wild’ areas and the impact on human well-being both positive and negative. Students will have the opportunity to analyse, evaluate and critique cutting edge scientific research, literature and data from multiple disciplines, which will form a strong critical and evaluative skill base and supportive framework for all other modules. The module will also emphasis the difference and potential underlying causes of the misinformation dissemination of scientific research by media corporations and social commentators.

The global average atmospheric carbon dioxide in 2019 was 409.8 parts per million (a new record high). Carbon dioxide levels today are higher than at any point in at least the past 800,000 years. There is now little dispute that these rising levels of CO2 (and other atmospheric gasses) have an anthropogenic source. Carbon reduction is now a global priority written into the legislation of most countries. CO2 and the associated climate shift have far-reaching impacts on human health, environment, wildlife and economics. Students will study these impacts and the mitigation strategies (present and future) implemented to reduce emissions. The discipline of carbon management is a highly sought after vocational skill across all sectors from agriculture to management. Students will learn how to perform carbon footprint plans (CFP) and carbon reduction plans, and gain skills in online delivery of professional science based webinars.

Entry Requirements

Fees and Funding

UK full-time tuition fee

£9,250

per year
International Full-time Tuition Fee

£15,090

per year

Further Information

At Â鶹´«Ã½, your tuition fees provide access to all the usual teaching and learning facilities that you would expect. However, there may be additional costs associated with you course that you will need to budget for.

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How to Apply

To study this course on a full-time basis, you can apply through UCAS. As well as providing your academic qualifications, you’ll be able to showcase your skills, qualities and passion for the subject.

Further Information on Applying
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