MSc Environmental Sciences
Course Overview
This MSc programme offers a comprehensive and flexible exploration of the complex interactions between society and the physical environment, with a specific focus on climate change. Students can tailor their postgraduate degree by drawing on the wide-ranging expertise within the School of Environmental Sciences, culminating in a significant research project or professional placement. The course is designed to equip graduates with the advanced skills needed for impactful careers in environmental sectors, research, and beyond.
Key Program Highlights
- Flexible programme structure allowing for a personalized curriculum
- Focus on the critical societal challenges of environment and climate change
- Diverse teaching methods including fieldwork, seminars, and lab work
- Capstone research dissertation or professional placement opportunity
- Strong graduate employment in consultancies, research, government, and PhD studies
Course Overview
This MSc programme offers a comprehensive and flexible exploration of the complex interactions between society and the physical environment, with a specific focus on climate change. Students can tailor their postgraduate degree by drawing on the wide-ranging expertise within the School of Environmental Sciences, culminating in a significant research project or professional placement. The course is designed to equip graduates with the advanced skills needed for impactful careers in environmental sectors, research, and beyond.
Key Program Highlights
- Flexible programme structure allowing for a personalized curriculum
- Focus on the critical societal challenges of environment and climate change
- Diverse teaching methods including fieldwork, seminars, and lab work
- Capstone research dissertation or professional placement opportunity
- Strong graduate employment in consultancies, research, government, and PhD studies
Requirements
Modules
- Field Skills in Environmental Science
- Research in Anthropocene Environments
- Coastal Environments: Spatial and Temporal Change
- Quantitative Research Methods in Environmental Sciences
- Politics of the Environment
- Environmental Assessment of Policies, Plans, Programmes and Projects
- Applied Geographic Information Science
- Conserving the Marine Environment
- Project Design and Management
- Conservation Management
- Introduction to Quaternary Micropalaeontology
- Environmental Planning and Management Project
- Monitoring Urban Air Pollution
- Business and the Environment
- Analysing Climate Processes and Variability
- Dissertation - Environmental Sciences
