Masters in Managing the Environment

Our Managing the Environment Master's Degree could be the passport to your new career. This exciting new Masters programme has been designed to meet the challenges of the future and will provide you with the vocational and professional skills needed for the career you have always wanted.

To prepare you for these challenges we have designed an Master's programme with a core of key management skills which you then tailor to your own needs and interests by following one of our five specialist pathways:

  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Marine and Freshwater Systems
  • Habitat Restoration and Conservation
  • Risk Assessment of GM Crops
  • Bioenergy and Environmental Change

The new Master's programme combines vocational and professional training in environmental management with state-of–the-art technological advances. It delivers an innovative, fully integrated programme, at the cutting edge of the subject.


Overview

The new Master's programme combines vocational and professional training in environmental management with state-of–the-art technological advances. It delivers an innovative, fully integrated programme, at the cutting edge of the subject.

You will acquire the practical skills, field experience and knowledge necessary for a career in environmental management. This is a skills-based course taught over one calendar year comprising both core and pathway specific modules.

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Fact File

Duration:

Twelve months full-time. The academic year (September to September) is divided into three semesters: September to January; January to June; June to September.

Entry Requirements:

The minimum requirement for a taught Masters course is a lower second class honours degree.  Please contact the department for further details.

English Language Requirements:

If you have a Bachelor’s degree from a UK University, you do not need to take an English proficiency test.

Non-native English speakers who do not meet this requirement must take a University-recognised test of academic English language proficiency. For further information please see our English Language requirements page

Course Fees:

 Please see the tuition fee pages for current tuition fees. Please note that all fees are subject to an annual increase.

Careers

You will acquire the practical skills, field experience and knowledge necessary for a career in environmental management. This is a skills-based course taught over one calendar year comprising both core and pathway specific modules.

Core modules for all Pathways:

  • Professional Skills in Managing the environment
  • Data Management and Handling
  • Issues & Developments in Managing the Environment
  • An Introduction to Environmental Law
  • Environmental Impact Assessment Theory and Practice
  • Critical Evaluation in Environmental Management

Funding

There may be funding available!
Please see our to check. 
 

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