Environment, Economics and Ecology BSc

A unique degree exploring the relationship between economic and social pressures and their impacts upon our complex global environment

Economic development, population growth, poverty, and globalisation: all place increasing demands on our environment and its resources. 

Our unique environment, economics and ecology degree will equip you with the interdisciplinary knowledge and skills to understand and tackle these complex problems.

General

You will become an expert in environmental economics, policy and ecology. You will develop an interdisciplinary knowledge base that will enable you to understand and solve contemporary environmental problems

Year 1

The first year modules introduce you to the main ideas and concepts giving you the foundation to progress to more advanced material in later years. 

These modules are core.

• Introductory Economics 
• Introduction to Environment, Economics and Ecology
• Tools and Techniques for Studying the Environment 
• Environment, Development and Society 
• Ecological Principles for Studying the Environment
• Environment Field Project

Year 2

You will take a range of core modules to develop your knowledge of the environment, economics and ecology. You can then begin to tailor your degree to your own interests with a choice of optional modules.

Year 2 also includes a departmentally funded residential field trip to Tenerife.

Core modules:

• Economics of Resources and Environmental Policy
• Applied Economics for the Environment
• Applied Economics and Environmental Management
• Environmental Policy
• Residential Field Trip

Optional modules:

• Climate Change
• Ecosystem Processes
• Food, Space, Culture & Society
• Energy and the Environment
• Geographical Information Systems
• Environmental Ecology

Year 3

You specialise further in Year 3 with your independent research project, and a range of core and optional modules.

Core modules:

• Research Project
• Governance of Freshwater Resources
• Environmental Policy and Valuation
• Biodiversity and Society

Optional modules:

• Environmental Hazards
• Atmosphere and Ocean Science
• Environmental Politics
• Sustainable Development and Social Inclusion (Department of Social Policy and Social Work)

Or you can choose optional modules from a range of electives from other Departments.

http://www.york.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/bsc-environment-economics-ecology/