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Environmental Risk Management (Dumfries Campus) MSc

Environmental Risk Management (Dumfries Campus) MSc

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Full time | Dumfries Campus | 12 months | 23-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

12 months

Start date

23-SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Environmental Studies Risk Management Environmental Management

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

This interdisciplinary programme will allow you to acquire an in-depth understanding of how risks from natural hazards materialise and affect societies globally and to develop conceptual and analytical skills to assess and propose innovative solution. The programme is delivered through a mixture of approaches including lectures, seminars, field classes and experiential learning. Students have the opportunity to undertake a work placement with a wide range of organisations and apply theoretical and practical skills developed throughout the core courses.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

  • You will be studying in the South of Scotland where the landscape offers opportunities for multiple field visits to study real case examples of risks linked to natural hazards (in the sea, on the coast, on land)
  • There will be a choice between a dissertation or work placement in the last semester
  • The opportunity to hear from guest lecturers from government and non-government organisations, from international agencies and from academia
  • You will develop subject-specific knowledge of environmental risk management with broad-application from local to global levels.

CAREER PROSPECTS

The set of skills you will acquire in the programme will allow you to pursue a diversity of careers in the private sector including consultancies; public organisations, in particular those dealing with issues related to disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and sustainable development; non-governmental organisations and intergovernmental organisations; or you can proceed to undertake PhD research and a potential academic career.

Modules

Responding to Risks in Terrestrial Environments (20 Credits) - Core
Theories, Practice and Policies in Environmental Risk and Management (20 Credits) - Core
Research Methods in Environmental Risk and Management (20 Credits) - Core
Responding to Risks in Aquatic Environments (20 Credits) - Core
Dissertation (60 Credits)

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£10,650

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£24,000

Entry requirements

2:1 Honours Degree or equivalent in Geography (both physical and human), Environmental Science/Studies, Water Science or Engineering, Geoscience, Geology, Hydrology, Energy & Environment, Natural Resource Management, Disaster Management/Science and other related subjects (e.g. ecology, forestry, agriculture).

University information

The University of Glasgow is one of four ancient universities in Scotland, founded back in 1451. Alumni include seven Nobel Prize winners, Scotland’s First Minister and a Prime Minister, while Albert Einstein gave a seminal lecture on the theory of relativity there in 1933. The university consists of four colleges: College of Arts College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences College of Science and Engineering College of...more