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SC32006: State of the planet

[Page last updated: 23 April 2025]

Academic Year: 2025/26
Owning Department/School: Department of Chemistry
Credits: 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 100
Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CWOG 30%, CWRG 30%, CWSI 40%
Assessment Detail:
  • Factsheet (CWSI 40%)
  • Group Dossier (CWRG 30%)
  • Group Talk (CWOG 30%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites: Students are advised to take SC22003 or A Level Chemistry or equivalent before taking this module
Learning Outcomes: After taking this unit, students should be able to:
* Evaluate a range of environmental models and data, particularly in the context of the global environment and technological advance;
* Examine a range of scientific and technical issues, and their evidential basis, linked to the current state of the global environment;
* Use public databases of global environmental information and explain the importance of environmental indices;
* Assess the advantages and limits of monitoring techniques, including remote sensing;
* Critically evaluate the interaction between human impacts and the environment and how this is likely to change in the future;
* Provide evidence-based environmental advice to policymakers and other state of the planet stakeholders.


Synopsis: Through facts and case studies, you will learn about human impacts on the Earth system (from the atmosphere to the oceans), the science of the climate crisis and its implications. You will examine population growth, affluence and technology as drivers of impact as well as natural feedbacks. You will learn about measurement types (direct or indirect, e.g. proxies and remote sensing) and accuracies. You will also learn about models, the need for accurate input data and how to use them (or not).

Content: Drivers of environmental change, monitoring techniques and impacts on the planet of climate change and pollution. Human population dynamics - demographic processes, population growth and drivers of change, mathematical models. Biodiversity - impacts of population, climate change and pollution. Monitoring techniques: remote sensing and field work. Models: from basic to Global Climate Models: accuracy and further uses. Addressing inaccuracies and incompleteness in the strands of information available.

Course availability:

SC32006 is a Generally Available Unit which is available to all students of the University (subject to the usual constraints) to take either as a Director of Studies approved option within their programme of study or as an 'extra' unit which does not count towards a final award.

SC32006 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Chemistry
  • USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Environmental Science with Biochemistry) (Year 3)
  • USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Environmental Science with Biology) (Year 3)
  • USSC-AKB01 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Environmental Science with Biology stream) with Year long work placement (Year 4)
  • USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Environmental Science with Chemistry) (Year 3)

SC32006 is Optional on the following courses:

Department of Chemistry
  • USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry with Chemistry) (Year 3)
  • USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry with Environmental Science) (Year 3)
  • USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Chemistry) (Year 3)
  • USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Environmental Science) (Year 3)
  • USSC-AKB01 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Environmental Science stream) with Year long work placement (Year 4)
  • USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biochemistry stream) (Year 3)
  • USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biology stream) (Year 3)
  • USSC-AKB01 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biology stream) with Year long work placement (Year 4)
  • USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Environmental Science) (Year 3)
  • USSC-AKB01 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Environmental Science stream) with Year long work placement (Year 4)
  • USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry with Chemistry) (Year 3)
  • USSC-AAM01 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry with Chemistry stream) with Study year abroad (Year 4)
  • USSC-AKM01 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry with Chemistry stream) with Professional Placement (Year 4)
  • USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Chemistry) (Year 3)
  • USSC-AAM01 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Chemistry stream) with Study year abroad (Year 4)
  • USSC-AKM01 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Chemistry stream) with Professional Placement (Year 4)
  • USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Physics) (Year 3)
  • USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biochemistry) (Year 3)
  • USSC-AAM01 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biochemistry stream) with Study year abroad (Year 4)
  • USSC-AKM01 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biochemistry stream) with Professional Placement (Year 4)
  • USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biology) (Year 3)
  • USSC-AAM01 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biology stream) with Study year abroad (Year 4)

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