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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:
Students must take 50 credits of programme (core/option) modules. The remaining 10 credits must be used for electives and/or option modules.
Students must take 50 credits of programme (core/option) modules. The remaining 10 credits must be used for electives and/or option modules. Students must ensure by the end of their degree that they have at least 100 credits from Level 2 and above, of which at least 40 credits must be Level 3 and above. It is important to bear this in mind while choosing options and/or electives in Stages 3 and 4.
Students must take 60 credits of programme (core/option) modules. Students must ensure by the end of their degree that they have completed at least 100 credits from Level 2 and above, of which at least 40 credits must be Level 3 and above. It is important to bear this in mind while choosing option modules in Stage 4.
Students must take 5 credits from the Business & Economics specialisation options. Students must take 5 credits from the Environmental Sciences specialisation options. Students can choose to take an additional 5 credits from either of these option lists; this means that students can choose to take two 5 credit modules or one 10 credit module from either Business & Economics or Environmental Sciences option lists. The remaining credits must be selected from Social Sciences, Policy & Law option modules.
GEOG31120 SSPL Sustainability Internship (10 credits) is listed as an option module but is not possible to select it yourself. It will be added to your Autumn module registration manually by staff once you have successfully completed the module.
Module ID | Module Title | Trimester | Credits |
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GEOG20230 | Intro: GIS for Sustainability | Autumn | 5 |
SUST20010 | Sustainability: Research Tools | Autumn | 5 |
ECON10010 | Principles of Microeconomics | Spring | 5 |
EDUC10220 | Education for a sustainable future | Spring | 5 |
SUST20020 | Careers, Communication and Innovation in Sustainability | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1OF: All students must take either CHEM00010 or CHEM10050. Students must take CHEM00010 if they did not complete Leaving Cert Chemistry or if their LC Chemistry grade is lower than H5/O1. Students who achieved H5/O1 or higher in LC Chemistry should take CHEM10050. Students who completed CHEM10050 in Stage 1 should contact sustainability@ucd.ie to register for an additional option module. |
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CHEM00010 | Introductory Chemistry | Autumn | 5 |
CHEM10050 | Basis of Organic and Biological Chemistry | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1OF: All students must take either CHEM00010 or CHEM10050. Students must take CHEM00010 if they did not complete Leaving Cert Chemistry or if their LC Chemistry grade is lower than H5/O1. Students who achieved H5/O1 or higher in LC Chemistry should take CHEM10050. Students who completed CHEM10050 in Stage 1 should contact sustainability@ucd.ie to register for an additional option module. |
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AESC10010 | Land Use and the Environment | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH20510 | Archaeology of Landscapes | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH20570 | Cultural Heritage | Autumn | 5 |
CSOC10010 | Introduction to Computational Social Science | Autumn | 5 |
CSOC20010 | Applied Computational Social Science | Autumn | 5 |
GEOG20170 | Global Historical Geographies | Autumn | 5 |
SOC20260 | Quantitative Research Methods | Autumn | 5 |
SPOL28160 | Enviro, Soc & Human Wellbeing | Autumn | 5 |
SSJ20140 | Human Rights & Social Justice | Autumn | 5 |
DEV20130 | Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals | Spring | 5 |
GEOG20130 | Cities in a Global World | Spring | 5 |
LAW10450 | Law and Courts | Spring | 5 |
SOC10070 | Sociological Analysis and Research Design | Spring | 5 |
SOC20320 | Qualitative Research Methods | Spring | 5 |
SOC20360 | Sociology of the Environment | Spring | 5 |
SUST30020 | Sustainability in Action(SUST) | Autumn | 5 |
ENVB20050 | Principles of Environmental Biology & Ecology | Spring | 5 |
MKT10720 | Marketing: An Introduction | Spring | 5 |
SPOL30220 | Social Policy, Social Justice and the Environment | Spring | 5 |
ENVP30010 | Environmental Management | Autumn | 5 |
GEOG20170 | Global Historical Geographies | Autumn | 5 |
GEOG30820 | Development Geographies | Autumn | 5 |
GEOG31100 | Fortress Europe and the Global War on Migrants | Autumn | 5 |
LAW30440 | Environmental Law and Policy | Autumn | 5 |
SOC20260 | Quantitative Research Methods | Autumn | 5 |
SOC30560 | Global Inequalities | Autumn | 5 |
SOC30740 | Sociology of climate change | Autumn | 5 |
SPOL28160 | Enviro, Soc & Human Wellbeing | Autumn | 5 |
SSCI30050 | Digital Research Skills for the Social Sciences | Autumn | 5 |
GEOG30940 | Global Risks and Resilience | Spring | 5 |
PHIL20240 | Applied Ethics | Spring | 5 |
SOC20320 | Qualitative Research Methods | Spring | 5 |
SOC20330 | Sociology of Peace, Conflict & Justice | Spring | 5 |
SPOL38270 | Gender Inequality & Soc Pol | Spring | 5 |
SSJ20150 | Political Economy & Social Justice | Spring | 5 |
SSJ20170 | Space, Place & Social Change | Spring | 5 |
ENVP30030 | Climate Policy and Politics | Autumn | 5 |
SUST40050 | Interdisciplinary Project | Autumn | 10 |
GEOG30840 | The Urban Environment | Spring | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - B)MIN5CR: Students must take 5 credits from the Business & Economics specialisation options. Students must take 5 credits from the Social Sciences, Policy & Law specialisation options. Students can choose to take an additional 5 credits from either of these option lists; this means that students can choose to take two 5 credit modules or one 10 credit module from either Social Sciences, Policy & Law or Business & Economics option lists. Economics of the Environment, Economics of Climate Change and Economics of Natural Resources are relevant modules that might be of interest. |
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ECON20010 | Intermediate Microeconomics I | Autumn | 5 |
ECON20060 | Irish Economy: Policy Making in a Global Context | Autumn | 5 |
ECON20080 | Economic Policy Analysis | Autumn | 5 |
ECON30610 | Economics of Natural Resources | Autumn | 5 |
BMGT20050 | Business Across Borders | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
ECON20040 | Statistics for Economists | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
BMGT20080 | Consulting with NGOs | Spring | 5 |
BMGT20100 | Developing Future Leaders | Spring | 5 |
BMGT20130 | Managing Business Ethics | Spring | 5 |
BMGT20150 | Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain Management | Spring | 5 |
BMGT20160 | Business and Social Enterprise | Spring | 5 |
BMGT20210 | Business and the European Union | Spring | 5 |
ECON10020 | Principles of Macroeconomics | Spring | 5 |
ECON20120 | The Economics of the European Union: Institutions, Policies and Crises | Spring | 5 |
ECON20130 | Economic History: From the Middle Ages to the Second World War | Spring | 5 |
ECON20160 | Economics of the Environment | Spring | 5 |
ECON20180 | Intermediate Microeconomics II | Spring | 5 |
ECON30500 | Field Experiments Social Sci | Spring | 5 |
ECON30600 | Economics of Climate Change | Spring | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - B)MIN5CR: Students must take 5 credits from the Business & Economics specialisation options. Students must take 5 credits from the Social Sciences, Policy & Law specialisation options. Students can choose to take an additional 5 credits from either of these option lists; this means that students can choose to take two 5 credit modules or one 10 credit module from either Social Sciences, Policy & Law or Business & Economics option lists. Economics of the Environment, Economics of Climate Change and Economics of Natural Resources are relevant modules that might be of interest. |
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Stage 4 Options - C)MIN5CR: Students must take 5 credits from the Environmental Sciences specialisation options. Students must take 5 credits from the Business & Economics specialisation options. Students can choose to take an additional 5 credits from either of these option lists; this means that students can choose to take two 5 credit modules or one 10 credit module from either Environmental Sciences or Business & Economics option lists. |
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GEOG30860 | Environmental Assessment | Autumn | 5 |
GEOL40450 | Environmental Geoscience | Autumn | 5 |
GEOL20110 | Global Environmental Change | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
BSEN40110 | Advanced Air Pollution | Spring | 10 |
FOR20110 | Forests, Climate and Carbon | Spring | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - C)MIN5CR: Students must take 5 credits from the Environmental Sciences specialisation options. Students must take 5 credits from the Business & Economics specialisation options. Students can choose to take an additional 5 credits from either of these option lists; this means that students can choose to take two 5 credit modules or one 10 credit module from either Environmental Sciences or Business & Economics option lists. |
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Stage 4 Options - D)MIN15CR: Students must take 5 credits from the Business & Economics specialisation options. Students must take 5 credits from the Environmental Sciences specialisation options. Students can choose to take an additional 5 credits from either of these option lists; this means that students can choose to take two 5 credit modules or one 10 credit module from either the Business & Economics or Environmental Sciences option lists. The remainder of the 60 credits for Stage 4 must be must be made up of Social Sciences, Policy & Law option modules. GEOG31120 SSPL Sustainability Internship (10 credits) is listed as an option module but is not possible to select it yourself. It will be added to your Autumn module registration manually by staff once you have successfully completed the module. |
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ENVP30010 | Environmental Management | Autumn | 5 |
GEOG30370 | River Catchment Management | Autumn | 5 |
GEOG30820 | Development Geographies | Autumn | 5 |
GEOG30860 | Environmental Assessment | Autumn | 5 |
GEOG31120 | SSPL Sustainability Internship | Autumn | 10 |
LAW30470 | International Human Rights Law | Autumn | 5 |
PLAN30010 | Transport, Environment & Sustainability | Autumn | 5 |
SSJ38260 | Social justice and the city | Autumn | 10 |
ENVP40020 | European Environmental Policy | Spring | 5 |
GEOG30940 | Global Risks and Resilience | Spring | 5 |
GEOG40750 | Reimagining Dublin: An Interdisciplinary Exploration in Urban Regeneration | Spring | 5 |
LAW41090 | Climate Change Law and Policy | Spring | 10 |
SPOL38270 | Gender Inequality & Soc Pol | Spring | 5 |
SPOL40450 | Evidence-Based Policy Making | Spring | 10 |
SPOL41120 | Sustainable Futures and Public Policy | Spring | 10 |
SSJ38250 | Social Justice Movements | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - D)MIN15CR: Students must take 5 credits from the Business & Economics specialisation options. Students must take 5 credits from the Environmental Sciences specialisation options. Students can choose to take an additional 5 credits from either of these option lists; this means that students can choose to take two 5 credit modules or one 10 credit module from either the Business & Economics or Environmental Sciences option lists. The remainder of the 60 credits for Stage 4 must be must be made up of Social Sciences, Policy & Law option modules. GEOG31120 SSPL Sustainability Internship (10 credits) is listed as an option module but is not possible to select it yourself. It will be added to your Autumn module registration manually by staff once you have successfully completed the module. |
Award | GPA | ||||
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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 |
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Second Class Honours, Grade 2 | 2.48 |
3.07 |
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Pass | 2.00 |
2.47 |