The BSc in Sustainability is an innovative undergraduate degree that aims to equip its graduates with the interdisciplinary knowledge and skills to address sustainability challenges by combining environmental, social and economic perspectives. After a common first year, each student will retain an interdisciplinary perspective throughout their degree, but will elect to focus on:

Sustainability with Environmental Science OR Sustainability with Social Sciences, Policy and Law OR Sustainability with Business and Economics

The programme is based on the following principles:

• Interdisciplinarity – in-depth knowledge within a core or focal discipline, complemented by a range of perspectives and skills from others. Specific modules and activities to foster an interdisciplinary approach and outlook.


• Flexibility – capacity to choose between broad areas, core disciplines and combinations of modules.


• Applicability and employability – grounding in the real-world application and uptake of new ideas, innovations and policies and the processes by which this occurs.


• A global perspective – the programme reflects UCD’s global outlook and the need for international partnership in addressing global environmental challenges.

1 - articulate clear awareness and understanding of critical global sustainability challenges
2 - critically discuss evolving theory, concepts, policy and the ethics and values of sustainability
3 - apply a holistic, interdisciplinary and practical approach to sustainability
4 - demonstrate competence in a range of research and analytical methodologies
5 - deploy well-developed critical and intellectual skills in innovative and creative approaches to unfamiliar or dynamic contexts and problems
6 - exhibit the knowledge and skills needed to develop a career in sustainability and environmental management, including communication, project planning, project management and interdisciplinary teamwork skills
7 - become engaged, solution-focussed global citizens with capacity for lifelong learning

You may apply to study abroad for the Spring trimester of Stage 3.
The BSc Sustainability has a range of universities within and outside Europe that it currently partners with to offer students exchange opportunities.
Please visit the UCD Global Exchanges page here to find further information about the application process.

Graduates will enjoy careers as consultants, managers and advisers in large organisations and private businesses. An interdisciplinary education in sustainability theory, policy and practise will equip you to work in areas such as renewables, clean technology management and energy efficiency, or advise industries on social and environmental strategies. Many opportunities also exist in international organisations such as the UN, the European Environment Agency and the European Commission, government departments and state agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Parks and Wildlife Service and in local authorities and Non-Governmental Organisations.

Kirsten Southard
Programme Manager, BSc Sustainability
UCD Science Office
Room E1.09, O'Brien Centre for Science
Belfield, Dublin 4
Email: sustainability@ucd.ie

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 2 Core Modules
FIN20040	Foundations of Finance	Autumn	5
GEOG20240	Sustainability: Research Tools	Autumn	5
MKT1002D	Principles of Marketing	Autumn	5
ECON10030	Introduction to Quantitative Economics	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
ECON10010	Principles of Microeconomics	Spring	5
SCI20040	Careers and innovation in sustainability	Spring	5
Stage 2 Core Modules
Stage 3 Core Modules
ECON20010	Intermediate Microeconomics	Autumn	5
GEOG31050	Sustainability in Action	Autumn	5
SCI30110	Sustainability Project	Autumn	5
ECON20160	Economics of the Environment	Spring	5
Stage 3 Core Modules
Stage 3 Options - A)2OF: Option Module
BMGT20110	Family Business	Autumn	5
ECON20010	Intermediate Microeconomics	Autumn	5
ECON20060	Irish Economy	Autumn	5
ECON20080	Economic Policy Analysis	Autumn	5
ECON30270	Behavioural Economics and Public Policy	Autumn	5
ECON30290	Advanced Microeconomics	Autumn	5
ECON30410	Development Economics	Autumn	5
ECON30530	Advanced Econometrics: Microeconometrics	Autumn	5
BMGT20050	Business Across Borders	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
ECON30130	Econometrics: Applying Statistics to Economic Data	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
ACC20040	Business, Media & Corporate Communications	Spring	5
BMGT20130	Managing Business Ethics	Spring	5
BMGT20150	Global Operations & Supply Chain Management	Spring	5
BMGT20160	Business and Social Enterprise	Spring	5
ECON20120	The Economics of the European Union: Institutions, Policies and Crises	Spring	5
ECON20160	Economics of the Environment	Spring	5
ECON20230	Economics, Organisation and Management	Spring	5
ECON30160	International Trade Economics	Spring	5
ECON30190	Public Economics: Government Spending, Taxation and Public Choice	Spring	5
MIS20060	Introduction to Cryptocurrencies	Spring	5
Stage 3 Options - A)2OF: Option Module
Stage 4 Options - A)2OF: Option Module
BMGT30430	Doing Business in the Global South	Autumn	5
ECON30290	Advanced Microeconomics	Autumn	5
ECON30410	Development Economics	Autumn	5
ECON30530	Advanced Econometrics: Microeconometrics	Autumn	5
FIN30030	International Financial Management	Autumn	5
FIN30170	Corporate Financial Management	Autumn	5
FIN30220	Green Ventures	Autumn	5
HRM30070	HRM in Multinationals	Autumn	5
MIS30150	Strategic Decision Making in the Digital World	Autumn	5
MKT30040	Consumer Psychology	Autumn	5
MKT30050	Consumer Insight: Research and Data Planning	Autumn	5
MKT30150	Responsible Marketing	Autumn	5
BMGT30440	Cultural Intelligence in Management	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
ECON30130	Econometrics: Applying Statistics to Economic Data	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
BMGT30090	Entrepreneurship in Action	Spring	5
ECON20120	The Economics of the European Union: Institutions, Policies and Crises	Spring	5
ECON20230	Economics, Organisation and Management	Spring	5
ECON30160	International Trade Economics	Spring	5
ECON30190	Public Economics: Government Spending, Taxation and Public Choice	Spring	5
HRM30060	Managing Diversity	Spring	5
HRM30100	International HRM	Spring	5
MIS30070	Digital Innovation: Managing and working in the Information Age	Spring	5
MKT30080	Global Marketing	Spring	5
Stage 4 Options - A)2OF: Option Module

		Award		GPA
Programme	Module Weightings	Rule Description	Description
BHSCI016	Stage 4 - 50.00% Stage 3 - 50.00%	Standard Honours Award	First Class Honours	3.68	4.20
			Second Class Honours, Grade 1	3.08	3.67
			Second Class Honours, Grade 2	2.48	3.07
			Pass	2.00	2.47