Environmental Earth Sciences

About this course

Environmental earth sciences addresses one of the most pressing challenges of our time: understanding how the natural systems of our planet work, how they are changing, and what those changes mean for human societies and the living world. The discipline draws together geology, climate science, oceanography, biology, and physical geography, recognising that the atmosphere, oceans, solid earth, and biosphere are not separate systems but interact continuously to drive environmental change across timescales ranging from millions of years to decades and seasons. Making sense of those interactions requires the quantitative rigour of the natural sciences as well as an appreciation of historical Earth processes that can illuminate what the future may hold. At the University of St Andrews this four-year full-time degree takes you from early Earth history through to the environmental crises of th

Where its graduates go

The 4 largest scored destinations, covering 95% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 65% of graduatescards →
• 28 / 100Engineering professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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