Environment Design and Management, BSc (Hons)

This final year top-up horticulture course cultivates understanding of the physical systems in the natural landscape and the impact of human activity on their operation. Equally important on the course are the psychological effects of the external environment on people, and the cultural and environmental alterations thereof.

Reasons to choose this course:

• There is a work placement opportunity for you to gain valuable experience.
• You will benefit from high-spec, professional quality resources and research facilities.

Special features
Environment Design and Management is a new approach to the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary study of the creation and management of the natural environment. It studies the components of urban and rural environments, and their influence on people, both psychological and physical.

This top up course attracts and engages a wide range of graduate skills, so if you are interested in working professionally within the area, this degree could be ideal for you; we encourage flexibility and breadth of interest, while developing your knowledge and skills.

The course has been designed collaboratively with suitable representatives from the profession, aiming to produce graduates with attributes immediately desirable to consultancies, government organisations and large environmental charities, such as Groundwork. In doing so, the University have developed strong links with environment and landscape management professionals, which ensures that your studies will have real-world relevance. You will meet practitioners from areas of this diverse field and develop a valuable portfolio of project work, a valuable asset for your interviews and career development.

Resources and facilities
The course is based at the Brackenhurst campus, located in the countryside 14 miles north of Nottingham, just outside Southwell. It has an excellent bus service link with the city centre campus, and with Newark Northgate rail station, on the East Coast mainline route from London.

The campus is small and friendly, with newly built en-suite student accommodation. However, if you prefer the bright lights of city student life, you can apply for university accommodation in the city and commute to Brackenhurst.

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All modules are compulsory and include:

• Keystone Project (Dissertation)
• Design Psychology
• Urban Greenspace
• Conservation of Historic Gardens
• Project Management.

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Please note that course specifications may be subject to change