BSc (Hons) Environmental Management
- Part-time study available
- Industrial Placement
- International students can apply
- Work placement opportunity
Environmental consultancies, local authorities, utilities (such as water, electricity and gas), and organisations within the voluntary sector are all concerned with protection of the environment. A wide range of organisations employ environmental managers to set up and manage their environmental management systems in order to comply with legislation and to conform to national and international standards.
Career Prospects
You will develop a range of personal and professional skills to make you highly employable. These include report writing, presentation, the ability to interpret data and the application of IT, group work and the development of team working and project management skills.
If you want to work in pollution monitoring and control, occupational safety and health, food safety and nutrition in restaurants shops and factories, housing standards, and the control and prevention of the spread of infectious diseases, take the Health pathway to help you become an environmental health officer.
Alumni Profile
Daniel Dawson Graduated 2010
I spent my placement year working within Wirral Borough Council’s Environmental Health department and with Mersey Port Health Authority. No day was ever the same and the practical experience provided the missing link to the theory taught at University. I am now employed as an environmental health practitioner by Wirral Council.
Lex Massey, Environmental Health Graduate 2004
Since leaving Salford University I have worked as a consultant covering various issues including health and safety, waste minimisation, resource efficiency, environmental training and implementing environmental management systems such as ISO 14001. I am currently working for the Environment Agency as an Environment Officer which allows me to work in various fields including waste management, water, hazardous waste, WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment), pollution incident response and enforcement work.
Industry Links
This course includes modules that allow you to work with external agencies including companies, research organizations and voluntary groups. You will develop many of the key skills sought by employers and experience practical real-world project work that will give you an insight into the world of work.
Placements
You are encouraged to undertake an additional placement year of work experience in an industrial, governmental or research establishment, which we will help to arrange.