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MSc Pollution & Environmental Control

MSc Pollution & Environmental Control

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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

Pollution / Pollution Control Environmental Studies

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Course description

Our course provides you with a strong grounding in the quantitative and qualitative skills required to address environmental questions in addition to subject-specific knowledge and understanding.

Following the taught element you have the opportunity to apply your skills and knowledge in a research project.

Aims

The aim of this programme is to

  • provide interdisciplinary foundation training for students from a natural science or engineering background intending to pursue a career, with or without further postgraduate training, in pollution control, environmental management or resource conservation.
  • provide an understanding of the nature of explanation in social science, natural science and engineering as applied to research or other investigative activity in pollution control and environmental management.
  • provide generic and subject-specific training in research design and methods of data collection and analysis.
  • provide subject-specific training in the social, economic, legal, planning and engineering dimensions of environmental protection and resource conservation tailored to the student's research interests and/or career needs.
  • provide subject-specific training on how natural systems function and the perturbations to those systems arising from human activity, again tailored to the student's research interests and/or career needs.
  • meet the needs of employers that require an ability to bring sound science and current thinking to environmental problems.
  • foster interdisciplinary study within the School and within the University through provision of high quality students to carry out projects.
  • enable the student systematically to research the area of environmental pollution via the literature and create an ordered structured report on a subject of relevance to the course and their own interests.

Career opportunities

Governments, industry and society, in all countries, are increasingly aware of the importance of securing sustainable development through cost-effective pollution controls and resource conservation. As a result, there is a growing need, internationally, for suitably qualified personnel in the environmental authorities of central and local government, industry and commerce, consultancy and research. Moreover, the resulting legal requirements on the part of governments and industry to conform to national and international agreements and regulations means that such demand will remain even during periods of economic austerity and retrenchment.

Employers are increasingly requiring environmental science graduates to have a strong grounding in the quantitative and qualitative skills required to address environmental questions in additional to subject-specific knowledge and understanding. Our programmes address these requirements through a core of skills-based modules with the emphasis on synthesis.

Modules

The unit is run as a series of lectures and practical's where the focus is on preparing the student to be able to select the appropriate modelling technique to apply to water movement studies. Each week a new modelling approach will be introduced in a lecture under one of the water movement themes and students will then gain hands-on experience in applying models and interpreting model output during a computer practical. Modelling approaches taught in class include river modelling, forecasting modelling, dam breach modelling, dam and reservoir operation modelling, water resource modelling, modelling of urban drainage systems, water quality and pollution modelling using case studies from different climate zones from around the globe.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£15,500

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£33,500

Entry requirements

Applications are welcome from students with an upper second class bachelor's degree or equivalent in a natural science, environmental science, environmental engineering, water science engineering or other related scientific or technological discipline from a recognised university. When assessing your academic record we take into account the grades you have achieved, your academic references and the standing of the institution where you studied your qualification.