Compare the bachelor's Soil, Water and Atmosphere
Do you know you want to study an environmental sciences study programme, but not sure which one? This page compares the BSc in Soil, Water, and Atmosphere with our other environmental Bachelor’s programmes.
Compare the programme in Wageningen
During the bachelor environmental sciences, you learn to solve environmental and sustainability problems. These problems are solved by approaching the problems from the natural sciences, technological and social sciences perspectives. By combining the three above you learn to find sustainable solutions to environment related problems. During the bachelor Soil, Water, Atmosphere you also learn to find solutions to environmental problems, the difference is that the social sciences perspective is not used in this program to find a solution. In Soil, Water, Atmosphere only the natural sciences domain is used.
BSc International Land and Water Management
During the bachelor program International Land and Water Management you learn about land and water use and how use it sustainable. With this knowledge you provide a sustainable use and fair distribution of land and water, in international context. During the program, International Land and Water Management natural sciences are important, but additionally social economics are also important factors. The last is not the case for the study Soil, Water, Atmosphere, here only the natural sciences perspective is used. The Study Soil, Water, Atmosphere puts more emphasis on the natural sciences and approaches this from a broader context.
During the bachelor program Marine Sciences, you get to understand how marine ecosystems work. During the broad bachelor you learn about the ecological processes in the sea, the value of the sea as a food source and how important the oceans are for humans. During the program of Soil, Water, Atmosphere you also learn how marine ecosystem works, for example ocean currents and CO2 exchange are part of the program. Social and ecological marine processes are not present in the Soil, Water, Atmosphere program.
Compare the programme with other universities
Study programmes which compare to Soil Water Atmosphere can be found both in the Netherlands as outside the Netherlands. Comparable programmes are for instance Civil Engineering, Geology, Earth Sciences or Meteorology. However, these programmes only take into account a particular part of the domain. Soil, Water, Atmosphere focusses on all three domains and their interconnectedness making it a unique programme throughout Europe. Below you can find to English bachelors on a comparable subject given on two other Universities in the Netherlands.
Applied Earth Sciences, TU Delft
Applied Earth Sciences is an earth sciences program with it focus on technology. The program combines knowledge on planet earth with technology to for example monitor and predict the effects of climate change, and how we can use our planet more sustainable. Soil, Water, Atmosphere puts more emphasis on learning how the soil, water and atmosphere are influencing each other. The study themes are comparable, but the solving approach is different.
Global Sustainability Science, Utrecht University
Global sustainability science is a combination between social sciences and Earth Sciences. Within the Earth Science domain, the study has multiple topics in common with the program of Soil, Water, Atmosphere. But additionally, social science plays an important role within the program. Because of this the knowledge gained in the Earth sciences domain is less elaborated compared to the program of Soil, Water, Atmosphere.