MSc Environmental Management for Agriculture
Course Overview
This MSc program equips students with the advanced skills to tackle modern agriculture's core challenge: balancing productive food systems with environmental stewardship. The course provides a holistic framework for implementing sustainable practices and mitigating on-farm environmental risks. Graduates are prepared for leadership careers in advisory, policy, and research roles within the agri-food sector.
Key Program Highlights
- Earn professional accreditation from IEMA, including free student membership and a pathway to Graduate status (GradIEMA)
- Master practical tools like environmental auditing, life cycle assessment, and impact assessment for farm management
- Develop interdisciplinary expertise to identify environmental risks and develop sustainable, practical solutions
- Complete a supervised research project focused on a real-world agricultural challenge
- Balance scientific theory with the practical demands of farming and food production
Course Overview
This MSc program equips students with the advanced skills to tackle modern agriculture's core challenge: balancing productive food systems with environmental stewardship. The course provides a holistic framework for implementing sustainable practices and mitigating on-farm environmental risks. Graduates are prepared for leadership careers in advisory, policy, and research roles within the agri-food sector.
Key Program Highlights
- Earn professional accreditation from IEMA, including free student membership and a pathway to Graduate status (GradIEMA)
- Master practical tools like environmental auditing, life cycle assessment, and impact assessment for farm management
- Develop interdisciplinary expertise to identify environmental risks and develop sustainable, practical solutions
- Complete a supervised research project focused on a real-world agricultural challenge
- Balance scientific theory with the practical demands of farming and food production
Requirements
Modules
- Research Methods
- Environmental Management Tools and Methods
- Integrated Farm Management
- Environmental Management for Agriculture Individual Research Project
- Integrated Crop Protection
- Sustainability & Environmental Systems
- Foundation In Environmental Auditing
- Agriculture and Environment
- Understanding & Managing Change
- Study Skills
- Environmental Policy and Governance
- Integrated Waste & Pollution Management
- Water Pollution Control
- Ecology & Conservation
- Water Resources
- Sustainable Energy
