Learning Outcomes:
Learning Outcomes: On completion of the module, students should: (i) understand the main impacts of increasing human population and activity on the wider environment; (ii) know specific impacts on air, soil and water quality; (iii) be able to explain how unprecedented levels of biodiversity decline are linked to human activity; (iv) understand the implications of environmental impacts on food production & security; and (v) know the primary aims and focus of environmental policy in seeking to reduce these concerns.
Indicative Module Content:
Soil science; climate change; biodiversity; water resources; invasive species; policy.