Environmental Science and Climate Literacy

An original Mai Studies course on how environmental systems work: the carbon and water cycles, ecosystems and biodiversity, energy generation and emissions, and how climate data is measured, modelled and communicated. Mai Studies is independent and this course is professional learning, not a regulated qualification or accredited award.

7 weeks 22 guided hours Foundation to Practitioner

Join membership to study

Included with Mai Studies membership at no extra cost. Fee waivers are available through scholarships and open access.

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What you will achieve

Explain the carbon and water cycles and human influence on them
Describe how energy sources differ in emissions and reliability
Interpret a climate dataset and its uncertainty
Assess environmental claims and greenwashing

Entry guidance

— None

Original Mai Studies learning material. This is a professional completion programme, not a regulated qualification or university accreditation.

Programme syllabus

3 applied modules

Lessons: 3
Assessed tasks: 3
Practice questions: 36
Timed mock papers: 2

Earth systems and the carbon cycle

Where carbon sits, how it moves, and what humans changed.

1 lesson · 12 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Earth systems and the carbon cycle22 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Where carbon is stored, how it moves, and what human activity changed.

Earth systems and the carbon cycle: marked task — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Energy, emissions and trade-offs

How electricity is generated and what each choice actually costs.

1 lesson · 12 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Energy systems, emissions and honest trade-offs22 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
How electricity is generated and what each option genuinely costs.

Regional energy recommendation — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Climate data and honest communication

Measuring a planet, modelling its future, and spotting greenwash.

1 lesson · 12 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Climate data, models and spotting greenwash22 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Measuring a planet, projecting its future and reading corporate claims.

Climate data and honest communication: marked task — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Timed mock papers

Environmental Science and Climate Literacy: timed mock paper 1 — 180 minutes, 30 objective questions plus written and computational tasks
Environmental Science and Climate Literacy: timed mock paper 2 — 180 minutes, 30 objective questions plus written and computational tasks

Lesson pages, assessed tasks and mock papers open the moment you join this programme. Teaching material is studied online; the notes you write are yours to download.

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