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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 are required to complete 50 credits of programme (core/option) modules. Students can choose 10 credits of elective modules.
Students are required to complete 50 credits of programme (core/option) modules. Students can choose 10 credits of elective modules. Degree compliance: Students must ensure they have 100 credits from Level 2 and above, of which at least 40 credits must be Level 3 and above - its important to bear this in mind while choosing options and electives, as this will ensure you are eligible for graduation.
Module ID | Module Title | Trimester | Credits |
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GEOG20230 | Intro: GIS for Sustainability | Autumn | 5 |
SUST20010 | Sustainability: Research Tools | Autumn | 5 |
GEOL10060 | Introduction to Earth Sciences | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
ECON10010 | Principles of Microeconomics | Spring | 5 |
ENVB20050 | Principles of Environmental Biology & Ecology | Spring | 5 |
SUST20020 | Careers, Communication and Innovation in Sustainability | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students who completed MATH10310 Calculus for Science or MATH10350 Calculus (MPS) in Stage 1 should not take MATH10230 in Stage 2. They should instead select an additional module from the list of Options. For students who are interested in mathematics and have taken MATH10350 Calculus (MPS) and/or MATH10340 Linear Algebra 1 (MPS), there may be additional mathematics option modules available for you to take. Please contact your Programme Manager if you wish to discuss this possibility (sustainability@ucd.ie). |
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MATH10230 | Mathematics for Agriculture I | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students who completed MATH10310 Calculus for Science or MATH10350 Calculus (MPS) in Stage 1 should not take MATH10230 in Stage 2. They should instead select an additional module from the list of Options. For students who are interested in mathematics and have taken MATH10350 Calculus (MPS) and/or MATH10340 Linear Algebra 1 (MPS), there may be additional mathematics option modules available for you to take. Please contact your Programme Manager if you wish to discuss this possibility (sustainability@ucd.ie). |
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Stage 2 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students must take CHEM00010 if they did not take Leaving Certificate Chemistry or if their LC Chemistry grade was less than H5/O1. Students with LC Chemistry grade H5/O1 or above are not eligible to take CHEM00010. All Environmental Sciences specialisation students must take CHEM10050 by the end of Stage 2. CHEM20090 Chemistry for Biology must be taken in either Stage 2 or Stage 3. |
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CHEM00010 | Introductory Chemistry | Autumn | 5 |
CHEM20090 | Chemistry for Biology | Autumn | 5 |
CHEM10050 | Basis of Organic and Biological Chemistry | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students must take CHEM00010 if they did not take Leaving Certificate Chemistry or if their LC Chemistry grade was less than H5/O1. Students with LC Chemistry grade H5/O1 or above are not eligible to take CHEM00010. All Environmental Sciences specialisation students must take CHEM10050 by the end of Stage 2. CHEM20090 Chemistry for Biology must be taken in either Stage 2 or Stage 3. |
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AESC10010 | Land Use and the Environment | Autumn | 5 |
BIOL10140 | Life on Earth | Autumn | 5 |
COMP10290 | Computation for Scientists | Autumn | 5 |
GEOG10140 | Mapping a Sustainable World | Autumn | 5 |
GEOG20150 | Quaternary Environmental Change | Autumn | 5 |
GEOL20180 | Geoscience perspectives on the UN Sustainable Development Goals | Autumn | 5 |
ZOOL20020 | Animal Behaviour | Autumn | 5 |
ZOOL30050 | Diversity of Invertebrates | Autumn | 5 |
GEOL20110 | Global Environmental Change | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
DSCY10060 | Energy, Climate Change & Policy | Spring | 5 |
GEOG20060 | Weather, Climate and Climate Change | Spring | 5 |
GEOL10040 | Earth, Environment and Society | Spring | 5 |
GEOL20230 | History of life on Earth | Spring | 5 |
SOC30560 | Global Inequalities | Autumn | 5 |
SUST30020 | Sustainability in Action(SUST) | Autumn | 5 |
BIOL30030 | Working with Biological Data | Spring | 5 |
ECON20160 | Economics of the Environment | Spring | 5 |
ENVB20050 | Principles of Environmental Biology & Ecology | Spring | 5 |
CHEM20090 | Chemistry for Biology | Autumn | 5 |
BSEN30240 | Waste Management | Autumn | 5 |
BSEN30360 | Life Cycle Assessment | Autumn | 5 |
ENVB30010 | Systems Ecology | Autumn | 5 |
GEOG20040 | Rivers, Estuaries and Coasts | Autumn | 5 |
GEOL20180 | Geoscience perspectives on the UN Sustainable Development Goals | Autumn | 5 |
GEOL20200 | Dynamic Earth | Autumn | 5 |
GEOL30040 | Sedimentary Environments | Autumn | 5 |
STAT20110 | Introduction to Probability | Autumn | 5 |
ZOOL20020 | Animal Behaviour | Autumn | 5 |
ZOOL30050 | Diversity of Invertebrates | Autumn | 5 |
BSEN30030 | Air Pollution | Spring | 5 |
FOR20110 | Forests, Climate and Carbon | Spring | 5 |
GEOL30340 | Low Temperature Geochemistry | Spring | 5 |
GEOL30380 | Geomaterials and Geoenergy | Spring | 5 |
ZOOL30020 | Arthropoda | Spring | 5 |
ZOOL30060 | Biogeography and Field Biology | Spring | 5 |
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 |