Environment, Economics and Ecology (with placement year)

About this course

Environment, economics, and ecology together address what is perhaps the central challenge of the twenty-first century: reconciling human development with the limits of the natural systems that sustain life. Each discipline offers a different but essential perspective. Ecology provides the scientific understanding of how living systems work, how biodiversity is organised and maintained, and how ecosystems respond to pressure. Economics provides the tools to analyse how people and organisations make decisions about resource use, and how policy might alter those decisions. Environmental studies brings the two into contact with the real world of governance, politics, and applied problem-solving. At York this degree takes these three disciplines seriously and integrates them rather than treating them as separate courses bundled together. You will study ecological principles, population biol

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 27% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 6% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 9% of graduatescards →

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