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Environmental Systems & Societies (ESS) (available at SL only)
This group 4 course provides students with a sound understanding of the
interrelationship between environmental systems and societies and a greater
appreciation of pressing environmental issues that they will inevitably come
to face. The ESS course combines teachings of Biology, Geography, Ecology,
Environmental Science, Chemistry and even Physics and uses a teaching
approach that allows students to evaluate the scienti昀椀c, ethical and sociopolitical aspects of these issues.
It covers a range of environmental issues we encounter today from climate
change and global warming to pollution as well as investigating ecosystems
and biomes like tropical rainforests and deserts to studying biodiversity and
endangered species. ESS also examines the human population on Earth, where
it lives and the key demographic characteristics of it whilst looking into main
anthropogenic in昀氀uences in local and global aspects.
The course is particularly relevant to students who enjoy scienti昀椀c study but
do not require a core science for HE or career pathways, combining natural
sciences with ethical, philosophical and political analysis it aims to foster
an international perspective, awareness of local and global environmental
concerns and an understanding of the scienti昀椀c methods.
Previous titles for IAs include:
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To what extent does Gross National Income (GNI) per capita
in昀氀uence end user food waste?
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To what extent does human activity on a public footpath in
Sevenoaks impact biodiversity in the surrounding ecosystem?
OUR STUDENTS
RUBY NUNNS
STUDIED:
Physics, Maths, History (HL)
English, Chemistry, French (SL)
PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Burgess Hill Academy
WHAT NEXT?
Civil & Structural Engineering,
University of Leeds
