Course details

Table with course details
Qualification name GCE A Level in Environmental Science
Qualification level 3
Awarding organisation AQA Education
Learning method Classroom based
Course hours Full-time
Course start date 1st September 2024
Cost £0.00
Attendance pattern Daytime

Discover the learning experience and opportunities you can expect from this course.

The course focuses on the science of the environment. It is not a pure science, although some universities do accept it as such. The underlying principles are rooted in scientific theory so a sound grasp of GCSE level science is essential. Students must also be prepared to undertake additional reading. Some reading material is supplied in Year 12, but a more independent approach is needed in Year 13 to ensure that students can reach the top grades

Find out what qualifications and skills you will need for this course.

Grade 6 in GCSE Biology

View the key features of this course.

This course examines how human activity affects the environment. How can these impacts be managed to limit the damage caused and to secure healthy surroundings for us and for future generations? These are increasingly urgent issues, relevant across a range of curriculum and policy areas. Environmental science is a holistic subject with many interconnected systems and processes. A change to one process can affect many other processes over different spatial and temporal scales. Consideration of environmental issues and the conclusions reached are based on reliable evidence-based information and quantitative data. Students will develop an understanding of how human society relies upon natural systems for resources and life support systems. An understanding of these systems will be used to propose changes in society that would produce sustainable lifestyles.

Understand how the course will be delivered.

Classroom based; fieldtrips

Find out more about exams, assignments and assessments.

End of course exams

Table with course venue details
Name Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
Address Ullswater Road
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 7EG
Find on Google maps

Back to results