Fee Paying: No
Admission Requirements
Apart from having the basic requirement for admission into the faculty of Science, a student should hve any2 A’ Levels from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Geology/Geography.
Objectives
This is a multi-disciplinary programme with courses selected from the Physical Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences. It focuses on exposing students to the science of the environment and ways of preserving it for future generations through education, appropriate management and respect of laws on the environment. Topics such as past and present geological processes which have been responsible for environmental changes on the Earth’s surface, as well as the accompanying evolutionary changes of life, are introduced at an early stage of the programme. This is used to account for the present chemical components of various environments and to assess human degradation effects on these environments. The idea is therefore to provide the student with knowledge which is comparable with what is obtainable internationally and with due consideration on job market trends in the field. This is further enhanced by introducing a compulsory independent research project from which the student acquires experience from a practical study of an environmental related problem. It is intended to be a form of initiation into research. This is useful for graduates who may wish to continue into post-graduate work or for those wishing to set up private consultancies.
Graduation Requirements
Major students must have passed in 188 credits comprising all compulsory courses (126 credits), some elective courses or Minor courses (36 credits), and all University courses (18 credits). To earn a Minor in Environmental Science the student must have passed the specified Minor courses (36 credits).
Skills Acquired
Graduates with a degree in Environmental Science are capable of conceiving effective methods and strategies for monitoring degradation activities in the environment using appropriate technological approaches. They are equally able to carry out integrated environmental assessment projects as well as conduct educational workshops and seminars on the state of the environment, where necessary.
Employment Opportunities
Graduates could teach in Secondary and High Schools, or work in Research Institutes, the Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection, in Municipal Councils, in Corporations (as environmental impact assessors), in International Associations dealing with Biodiversity Conservation Programmes, or with Global Climate Monitoring (Global warming) or Environmental Protection Programmes. They are also capable of creating self employment as Consultants on issues related to Environmental Monitoring and Management or Environmental Impact Assessment projects. They could also work in NGOs which are involved in Environmental issues.
Courses
Compulsory Courses
- BCH202: Biophysical Chemistry and Bioenergetics
- BCH301: Structural Biochemistry I
- BCH302: Metabolic Biochemistry I
- BCH303: Structural Biochemistry II
- BCH310: Genetics
- BCH401: Enzymology
- BCH404: Molecular Biology
- BCH405: Metabolic Biochemistry II
- BCH412: Introduction to Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
- BIO201: Cell biology
- BIO401: Biometry and Research methods
- CHM201: General Chemistry
- CHM244: General Organic Chemistry
- CHM343: Chemistry of Organic Compounds
- MAT211: Mathematical Methods
- MCB301: General Microbiology
- MCB402: Immunology
- PHY220: GeneralPHYsics
Elective Courses
- BCH311: Tissue and Organ Biochemistry
- BCH312: Nutritional Biochemistry
- BCH409: Supra-Molecular Assembles
- BCH410: Biochemical Methods II
- BCH414: Biochemical Pharmacology
- BCH416: Clinical Chemistry
- BCH498: Research Project in Biochemistry
- BIO301: General Ecology and Conservation
- BOT201: Lower Plants
- BOT202: Higher Plants
- BOT308: Principles of Taxonomy andPHYtography
- BOT401: Plant Anatomy and Histology
- BOT412: Principles and Methods in PlantPHYsiology
- CHM312: Analytical Methods in Chemistry
- CHM325: Inorganic Chemistry
- CHM402: Chemistry and the Environment
- CHM438: Chemical Thermodynamics
- CHM441: Organic Synthesis and Reaction Mechanisms
- MLT201: Human Biology - Anatomy and physiology
- MLT202: Human Pathology
- MLT301: Haematology
- MLT302: Endocrinology
- MLT401: Clinical Biochemistry and Analytical Chemistry
- MLT402: Basic Pharmacology and Pharmacological Biochemistry
- ZOO201: Invertebrate Zoology
- ZOO202: Vertebrate Zoology
- ZOO302: AnimalPHYsiology
- ZOO402: Animal Behaviour and Evolution
- ZOO405: General Parasitology
Language Requirements
- ENG101: Use of English I
- ENG102: Use of English II
- FRE101: Functional French I
- FRE102: Functional French II