Human Geography and Chinese Studies MSc

Study modes: Full time

Course description: The course is based upon the research strengths of the School of Geography within the broad field of human geography; and the language skills and other training provided by the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies; the course provides general and specialist training in research methods, and is recognised by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as a ‘2-plus-3’ training route.(read more)

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Oceanography MSc

Study modes: Full time

Course description: This programme combines formal instruction with a period of individual research; the programme includes introductory modules, boat-based practicals in local waters to introduce measurement, and analysis techniques in the marine sciences; students may opt to maintain a multidisciplinary structure to your studies or choose a specialised pathway in: Marine biogeochemistry; marine biology/ecology; marine geophysics; ocean remote sensing.(read more)

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Quaternary Science MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: This MSc provides specialist training in the scientific study of past environmental change, including laboratory and field techniques. The programme is offered jointly with UCL; NERC studentships available.(read more)

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Applied Marine Geoscience MSc

Study modes: Full time

Course description: Provides theoretical, and practical training in measuring, quantifying, and understanding the physical processes within geological marine environment; design, and execute marine surveys: Geophysical; sedimentological; geological; explain the processes that form, and characterise a wide variety of sedimentary environments: littoral zone to the deep ocean; study controls:dynamical; chemical; climatic;geological.(read more)

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Applied Geospatial Technology MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: The course covers the fundamentals of techniques for acquiring, processing, classifying, visualising and analysing spatially-referenced data of the earth, and their application to study of the earth's surface features; included are techniques such as land survey, photogrammetry, global positioning systems (GPS), airborne and satellite remote sensing, digital image processing, GIS and geovisualisation.(read more)

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Geology and Petroleum Geology MSc (Res)

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

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Geography MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: This programme provides a general grounding in geography; in addition to a compulsory dissertation, students choose from a wide range of thematic items; the distinction between the MA and the MSc arises from the modules taken; the MA is awarded for degrees that focus on human geography, including fields such as environment and development, environmental policies and politics, geopolitics, urbanisation and globalisation.(read more)

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Environmental Management and Earth Observation MSc

Study modes: Full time

Course description: The course is aimed at geography and science graduates, industrial practitioners, military and government personnel; through an intensive practical and theoretical programme students develop expertise and depth of understanding, and learn how to formalise any practical experience in the areas of environmental management and earth observation.(read more)

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Human Geography Research MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: The programme combines hands-on experience of planning and executing research projects in the social sciences with a critical overview of debates in methodology; it offers the ideal grounding for students wishing to pursue a PhD in human geography and may form the 1st year of an ESRC 1+3 studentship award.(read more)

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Marine Science Policy and Law MSc

Study modes: Full time

Course description: This programme provide students with specialised training in the skills required for the development of international science-based policy in areas related to the protection and management of the marine environment – an area in which there is a recognised shortage of graduates; students acquire broad knowledge of multidisciplinary science and international law, and develop key skills in evidence-based policymaking.(read more)

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Geospatial Intelligence MSc (Res)

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Modules for MSc in GIS: Fundamentals of geographical information science; geospatial analysis; GIS study skills; image processing for remote sensing; programming for spatial sciences; visualisation; environmental remote sensing; frontiers in GI science; geocomputation; managing geospatial information; professional GIS: consultancy project; research methods for GI scientists; mobile and field GIS.(read more)

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Geography and Environmental Sciences MSc (Res)

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Research falls into 3 main categories: Human geography: health and medical geography; health and GIS; geographies of religion; demographics; urban geography; transport geography and travel planning; physical geography: geohazards, glaciology, arctic and alpine environments; climate change; high and low pressure environments on human physiology; environmental sciences: environmental history; environmental monitoring of pollution; aquatic ecology.(read more)

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Integrated Petroleum Geoscience MSc

Study modes: Full time

Course description: Components of the course focus on all aspects of 'upstream' geoscience, from initial exploration for new prospects, through field appraisal and development, to maximising recovery from mature and declining fields; topics covered include skills of seismic interpretation, geochemical evaluation, petro-physical analysis, and reservoir modelling, as well as more conventional areas such as sedimentology and structural analysis.(read more)

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Marine Environment and Resources MSc

Study modes: Full time

Course description: This programme is a multiple European postgraduate degree, with the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) and the University of Bordeaux-1 (with the AZTI Foundation and the Oceanographic Foundation of Guipúzcoa, Bilbao, Spain); students spend at least 1 semester each in Southampton, Bilbao and Bordeaux, and study in English.(read more)

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Applied Meteorology and Climatology MSc

Study modes: Full time

Course description: This course provides the skills necessary to work within the area of meteorology and climatology to face the challenges of today and tomorrow; the course provides a unique programme of study through a combination of theory, practical work and business applications that provides students with a set of comprehensive skills which enhance the employability of its graduates.(read more)

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Marine Resource Management MSc

Study modes: Full time

Course description: This Master’s introduces graduate students with science or engineering backgrounds to basic concepts in marine science, which are then augmented by an understanding and application of resource management issues; close relationships with stakeholders and employers ensure that students are exposed to employment opportunities and career progression from the outset.(read more)

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Applied Physical Oceanography MSc

Study modes: Full time

Course description: Provides theoretical, and practical training in measuring, and interpreting the structure, and dynamics of the ocean; basic, and advanced theory; observational methodology, and data analysis techniques; problems of the marine physical environment: coastal, and estuarine; introduction to physics of the ocean, role in the climate system.(read more)

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Global Transformations MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Programme provides understanding of globalisation and the ways in which it is transforming social, political and economic life; reviews key ideas in social theory, international relations and political economy about the consequences of living in a shrinking world.(read more)

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Human Geography MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: The course balances research training in human geography with formal research training in generic social science provided by a number of Schools in the Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences.(read more)

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Marine Resource Management MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: The course aims to provide students with broadly based expertise in the management of marine and coastal resources including but not limited to fisheries and bioresources and oil and gas; it is designed to enable graduates and professionals from a variety of backgrounds to extend their skills and knowledge to encompass the sustainable development, use, conservation and general management of marine resources.(read more)

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