Our Environmental Monitoring, Research and Management MSc is designed to help you gain a sound theoretical and practical understanding of environmental processes and systems. For more information about part-time study patterns, please contact the School/Department.

In each module you will develop your theoretical understanding, learn new skills and practice new techniques. The relative importance of the different elements will vary between modules, but all modules will have a significant practical component. Some laboratory work will rely on prior collection of samples in the field and in turn, some analysis will rely on data generated in a laboratory. The dissertation module will begin with a series of workshops that distil what has been learned so far and facilitate the development of dissertation proposals.

Compulsory

The aims of this module are for the student to:

  • Acquire an understanding of the temporal variability of lake ecosystems over a range of timescales.
  • Acquire the necessary skills to be able to undertake environmentally relevant monitoring and surveying of lake ecosystems.
  • Develop the ability to evaluate critically a range of physio-chemical limnological data.
  • Become aware of the importance of temporal variability for lake management.

The aim of this module is to enable students to:

  • Acquire an understanding of the hands-on fundamentals of GIS.
  • Apply GIS techniques to analyse environmental data, generate and present useful information and support decision making processes.
  • Appreciate and explain the key benefits and limitations associated with the use of GIS and its underpinning data.

The aims of this module are for the student to:

  • Acquire an understanding of the dynamic linkages between fluvial sediment transport, river hydraulics and river ecology.
  • Obtain the theoretical understanding and practical training necessary to make measurements and/or estimates of key geomorphological and ecological characteristics.
  • Gain the appropriate skills to design and execute research programmes in fluvial  hydromorphology and river ecology.
  • Develop the ability to quantitatively analyse and critically evaluate geomorphological and ecological data from rivers.
  • Become trained in the application of techniques appropriate for the solution of practical problems in river management.

The aim of this module is to develop knowledge, understanding and skills required to apply the conceptual foundations of sustainability to environmental research, monitoring and management issues. The module addresses key concepts in sustainability before exemplifying them in the context of contemporary pollution issues.

Compulsory

The aim of this module is to provide students with a critical theoretical understanding of the principles which underpin nature-based solutions and to equip students to design and perform whole-system assessment of nature-based solutions for climate change resilience.

The aims of this module are for students to develop knowledge, understanding and skills in research for both academic and management applications. First, students develop dissertation projects and present them as proposals. Then they study approaches used to evaluate the effectiveness of environmental management interventions, including a field visit to a long-term ecological experiment.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Introduce students to the measurement and modelling of some important earth-surface processes and their impacts.
  • Practise the simulation of natural hazards; to apply hazard simulation in geospatial models of risk.
  • Develop understanding of wind-related processes, their impact on landscapes and their management.
  • Acquire understanding and skills necessary to measure and monitor the work of the wind in different environmental systems.

The module will provide an opportunity for students to develop an understanding of the benefits and limitations of various measuring and modelling approaches.

The principal aim of this module is to produce an original piece of research specific to the programme on which a student is registered, using appropriate theoretical material, research methodologies and skills in data collection, analysis, interpretation and writing-up.

Compulsory

The principal aim of this module is to produce an original piece of research specific to the programme on which a student is registered, using appropriate theoretical material, research methodologies and skills in data collection, analysis, interpretation and writing-up.