The MSc in Sustainable Water and Climate Resilience offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary curriculum that covers key areas.
Compulsory modules
Research Methods (15 credits)
The aims of this module are for the student to become familiar with and comprehend the wide range of research methods and skills needed to investigate, understand, communicate and execute a research project.
Water and the Natural Environment (15 credits)
The aims of this module are to:
- Provide a critical understanding of, and skills relating to, aquatic environments, examining quantities, qualities and ecologies of natural water resources and how these relate to society's needs.
- Demonstrate need for and processes of environmental assessments in low- and middle-income countries.
Climate Futures (15 credits)
The aim of this module is to develop an understanding of alternative climate pathways, to use data and tools to define probable climate futures (with a focus on the UK over the 21st century), and to rehearse strategies for communicating future change.
Sustainability: Concepts and Practice (15 credits)
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 modules
Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience (15 credits)
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.
Geographic Information Systems and Data Management (15 credits)
The aims of the module are to:
- Introduce the theory and practice of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing techniques.
- Equip students with the key concepts and skills required to perform GIS workflows from data collection, representation, manipulation, analysis and visualisation.
Disaster Risk Management (15 credits)
The aims of this module are to:
- Introduce general built environment professionals to sustainable, culturally sensitive, and inclusive Disaster Risk Management (DRM) activities (structural and non-structural) worldwide.
- Explore the links between engineering, architecture, and planning interventions, their impact on the socio-cultural, natural, and physical environment, and subsequent increases or decreases in disaster risk (within the context of the challenges posed by climate change).
Flood Modelling and Management (15 credits)
The aim of this module is to develop an advanced understanding of the drivers of flooding, what flood risk is and how it might change in the future, and the tools and strategies available to manage flood risk.
Compulsory modules
Research Dissertation (60 credits)
The aim of this module is to provide the student with experience of the process and methodology of research by defining and studying (on an individual basis) a complex problem in a specialised area relating to their programme of study.