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MSc Environmental Protection and Management

  • DeadlineStudy Details:

    1 year full time, 2-3 years part time

Course Description

Your chance to play a vital role in protecting and conserving the environment starts here.

We continue to have a significant impact on our planet through actions such as:

  • the use of natural resources
  • deforestation
  • soil erosion
  • the release of pollutants and pathogens
  • invasive species
  • the increase in greenhouse gases

These are the result of human behavior and are all examples of pressures that have potentially severe consequences for humanity and other life on Earth.

The MSc Environmental Protection and Management will give you an in-depth understanding of natural resource management based on a scientific understanding of the issues that is also linked across disciplines.

We will equip you with advanced skills and knowledge about the processes that give rise to environmental degradation and the strategies to affect sustainable change.

Entry Requirements

A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in biological science, environmental science, physical science, geography, engineering, economics or other relevant subject.

We may also consider a UK 2:2 honours degree, or its international equivalent, with relevant industry experience.

Fees

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Student Destinations

Our graduates have a strong record of finding employment in the environmental sector around the world.

Global climate change, our growing population and unprecedented consumption of finite resources are rising higher and higher on the political agenda across the world.

Graduates with the knowledge to apply the principles of effective management of limited resources with the protection of our fragile environment are in high demand to find answers and solutions to problems such as:

  • reducing environmental footprints
  • deforestation
  • pollution
  • soil erosion
  • natural resource management

Module Details

You must take these courses
Atmospheric Quality and Global Change
Land Use/Environmental Interactions
Dissertation – Environmental Protection & Management
Professional and Research Skills in Practice
Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Environment

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