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A Level Environmental Science

  • Course Type: A Levels

What can this course lead to?

An A Level in Environmental Science is an excellent combination with science and humanities subjects. It can lead to further study in a scientific or geographic field. Career options directly related to this pathway include:

  • Environmental consultant
  • Environmental education officer
  • Environmental manager
  • Nature conservation officer
  • Recycling officer
  • Sustainability consultant
  • Waste management officer
  • Water quality scientist

Jobs where this pathway would also be useful include: • Environmental health practitioner

  • Landscape architect
  • Town planner
  • Toxicologist
  • Transport planner

Who is it for?

Environmental scientists are critical to addressing global environmental challenges. The Environmental Science course enables students to gain a well-informed insight into the environment, and the scientific processes that control and affect it.

The central theme is an understanding of how different events and cycles within the environment interrelate, the human impacts on these events and cycles, and the strategies that can be used to minimise the problems caused. Consideration of environmental issues is based on evidence-based information and an understanding of how society works. Students will develop an in-depth understanding of both of these approaches.

What is covered?

  • The living environment
  • The physical environment
  • Energy resource
  • Pollution
  • Biological resources
  • Sustainability
  • Research methods

      Through the Lincolnshire Skills Improvement Plan’s research, it is apparent that employers see huge potential for environment/ sustainability/net zero activity and growth in the Greater Lincolnshire & Rutland region across sectors and rural districts’. (LSIP, 2023)

      The field of environmental science presents many exciting career paths, offering not just fulfilment in preserving the planet, but also competitive rewards, with salaries 12% above the national average in the UK for those entering the job industry. (The HR Director 2021).

    • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

      5 GCSEs at Grade 5/C or above including maths and double 5/C in Double Science.

       For Environmental Science 5 x 5 grades including maths and 55 at Double Science. Overall at least 10% of the marks in assessments for Environmental Science will require the use of mathematical skills.

      These skills will be applied in the context of environmental science and will be at least the standard of higher tier GCSE mathematics It is recommended that you check the entry requirements for the degree courses / career paths you are considering. We will review each application on a case-by-case basis to ensure you get a place on the course most suitable for you.

      We offer an online interview which will explain the A Level programme and also allow for an informal chat with the tutor for each subject before an offer to study with us can be made to you.

      Start date: 01/09/2025

      Course Code

      SAL3AL5AF-ES

      Duration

      2 Years

      Full-time courses are fully funded for 16 to 18-year-olds. For age 19+, various funding options are available.

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