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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:
An interdisciplinary education in Sustainability theory, policy and practice 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.
Graduates from this degree subject will have highly developed analytical skills, methodological and research competency, flexibility and the ability to deal with complex problems requiring interdisciplinary solutions. These attributes are in significant demand in the public and private sectors. For example, corporate businesses, private consultancy firms, banking and education, as well as in civil society organisations, state agencies and transnational organisations such as the UNDP, European Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, and Teagasc.
Students will be well equipped to undertake further study at Masters and Doctoral levels in a range of disciplinary areas.
An interdisciplinary education in Sustainability theory, policy and practice will equip you to work in areas such as renewables, clean technology management and energy efficiency within organisations, or advise industries on social and environmental strategies. Many opportunities also exist in global professional service firms and consultancy, and 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.
First Year is structured so that students are able to progress into one of three following majors in Second Year: Sustainability with Environmental Sciences; Sustainability with Social Sciences, Policy and Law; Sustainability with Business and Economics. Students are required to complete 55 credits of programme (core/option) modules. 9 modules (45 credits) of these are core modules, which are compulsory for all students. Students choose an elective module in the Spring trimester during the registration period in January, so you will not choose this in September. Students must register for GEOL10060 Intro to Earth Sciences in Autumn and STAT10050 Practical Statistics in Spring.
Module ID | Module Title | Trimester | Credits |
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ACC10730 | Business in Society | Autumn | 5 |
GEOG10140 | Mapping a Sustainable World | Autumn | 5 |
SCI10010 | Principles of Scientific Enquiry | Autumn | 5 |
SUST10010 | Introduction to Sustainability | Autumn | 5 |
GEOL10060 | Introduction to Earth Sciences | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
STAT10050 | Practical Statistics | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
ECON10040 | Economics and Sustainability | Spring | 5 |
ENVP10010 | Environment Change & Policy | Spring | 5 |
SUST10020 | Sustainability Challenges | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students with Leaving Cert. Chemistry grade H5/O1 or above are eligible to take CHEM10050 in Stage 1. Environmental Sciences specialisation students must take CHEM00010 Introductory Chemistry in Autumn of Stage 2 if they did not take Leaving Cert. Chemistry or if their LC Chemistry grade was less than H5/O1 before taking CHEM10050 in Spring of Stage 2. All Environmental Sciences specialisation students must take CHEM10050 by the end of Stage 2. |
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CHEM10050 | Basis of Organic and Biological Chemistry | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students with Leaving Cert. Chemistry grade H5/O1 or above are eligible to take CHEM10050 in Stage 1. Environmental Sciences specialisation students must take CHEM00010 Introductory Chemistry in Autumn of Stage 2 if they did not take Leaving Cert. Chemistry or if their LC Chemistry grade was less than H5/O1 before taking CHEM10050 in Spring of Stage 2. All Environmental Sciences specialisation students must take CHEM10050 by the end of Stage 2. |
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BIOL00010 | Fundamentals of Biology | Autumn | 5 |
BIOL10140 | Life on Earth | Autumn | 5 |
PHYC10050 | Astronomy & Space Science | Autumn | 5 |
ACC10060 | Introduction to Accounting | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
BMGT10140 | Business Plan | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
GEOL10050 | Earth and Humanity | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
ACM10090 | Climate Change:Causes & Consequences | Spring | 5 |
ARCH10150 | Anthropology: an introduction | Spring | 5 |
BIOL10030 | Cell and Plant Biology | Spring | 5 |
BIOL10110 | Cell Biology & Genetics | Spring | 5 |
BSEN10020 | How Sustainable is My Food? | Spring | 5 |
DSCY10060 | Energy, Climate Change & Policy | Spring | 5 |
GEOG10080 | Dynamic Earth | Spring | 5 |
GEOG10100 | People, Places, Regions | Spring | 5 |
GEOL10030 | Field Geology, Level 1 | Spring | 5 |
LAW10440 | Law in Europe | Spring | 5 |
MATH10410 | Mathematics & Science Education & Communication | Spring | 5 |
PHYC10200 | Conceptual Physics | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students do not need to take a mathematics module. These are option modules for students who interested in maths. Students who achieved H3 or higher in LC Maths can take MATH10340 Linear Algebra in Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS). Students who achieved less than H3 can take MATH10290 Linear Algebra for Science. Only 1 of these options may be selected. |
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MATH10290 | Linear Algebra for Science | Spring | 5 |
MATH10340 | Linear Algebra in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students do not need to take a mathematics module. These are option modules for students who interested in maths. Students who achieved H3 or higher in LC Maths can take MATH10340 Linear Algebra in Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS). Students who achieved less than H3 can take MATH10290 Linear Algebra for Science. Only 1 of these options may be selected. |
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Stage 1 Options - D)MIN0OF: Students do not need to take a mathematics module. These are option modules for students who are interested in maths. Students who achieved H4 or higher in LC Maths can take MATH10350 Calculus (MPS). Students who achieved less than H4 in LC Maths can take MATH10310 Calculus for Science. Only 1 of these options may be selected. |
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MATH10310 | Calculus for Science | Autumn | 5 |
MATH10350 | Calculus in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - D)MIN0OF: Students do not need to take a mathematics module. These are option modules for students who are interested in maths. Students who achieved H4 or higher in LC Maths can take MATH10350 Calculus (MPS). Students who achieved less than H4 in LC Maths can take MATH10310 Calculus for Science. Only 1 of these options may be selected. |
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 |