School of Environmental Sciences

Postgraduate

> Research degrees

Please see the Research Institute web-site for PhD and MRes details.

> Taught courses

We offer a series of postgraduate diploma (PgDip) and Masters (MSc) courses as distance-learning and on-campus options. Click on this link to see what some of our past students say about our courses.

> Fees info

Course fees are calculated on a credit point basis depending on the number of modules you study. There is a price per credit point and this is multiplied by the number of credits for a particular module. You only pay for the modules you study in each academic year (September to August) and there is an instalment plan available.

The PgDip/MSc are linked courses. You must successfully complete the PgDip (120 credit points) before transferring to the MSc (a further 60 credit points), i.e. to get the full MSc you complete 180 credit points in total.

Academic year 2013/2014

	Home/EU	Overseas
credit point price	£ 23.85	£ 57.75
15 credit point module	£ 357.75	£ 866.25
30 credit point module	£ 715.50	£ 1,732.50
PgDip (120 credit points)	£ 2,862	£ 6,930
MSc (180 credit points)	£ 4,293 (this includes the £2,862 already paid for the PgDip)	£ 10,395 (this includes £6,930 already paid for the PgDip)

PgDip/MSc in Coastal Zone Management

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Course Director Prof Andrew Cooper Download brochure

The objectives of the course are to investigate the physical, biological and cultural aspects of coasts as the foundation on which rational environmental management should be based. On this basis, it assesses current practice in coastal zone management in Europe and beyond and seeks, through case studies, to impart an understanding of current problems and potential solutions.

PgDip/MSc in Marine Spatial Planning

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Course Director Dr Wes Forsythe Download brochure

This online part-time course is designed to provide an advanced education in the principles and practice of marine spatial planning. Graduates of the course are expected to have a broad overview of the management of the marine and coastal resources and allied fields of integrated coastal zone management. The award is intended to provide students with an appreciation of the scientific basis underpinning the management of coastal land and water resources and to enable those successfully completing the course to operate at a professional level in the emerging field of marine governance, planning and management.

PgDip/MSc in Coastal and Marine Tourism

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Course Director Dr Wes Forsythe Download brochure

This online part-time course is designed to provide an advanced education in the planning, development and management of coastal and marine tourism (CMT). Graduates of the course are expected to have a broad overview of the environmental base for coastal and marine tourism, to have extensive knowledge of policy development that applies to these tourism types, and be able to operate at a professional level in planning, development and the management of tourism in this specific context.

PgDip/MSc in Environmental Management

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Course DirectorDr Paul McKenzie Download brochure

Environmental management techniques are integral to conservation, agriculture, forestry, industry and countryside planning. This course is designed for new graduates who lack professional experience in environment management and people already in environment-related employment, who wish to develop their careers by updating their knowledge and skills. It aims to satisfy an industrial and public sector demand for science-qualified environmental management personnel.

PgDip/MSc in Environmental Management with/and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

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Course Director Dr Paul McKenzie Download brochure

This online course in Environmental Management programme with/and GIS aims to provide an advanced education in environmental management, specialising in environmental impact assessment, biodiversity management, pollution monitoring and GIS techniques. The course aims to teach students the principles and practice of environmental management and the contribution of empirical and case study scientific research. The aim of this programme is to teach how a range of environmental management tools, such as impact assessment, site conservation planning, environmental management systems and ecological monitoring and GIS are applied in making knowledge-based decisions on managing the environment. This is considered in context of environmental legislative/policy frameworks within which industry, government and voluntary bodies work.

PgDip/MSc in Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Monitoring

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Course Director Dr Richard Douglas Download brochure

This programme provides advanced training in environmental toxicology, monitoring techniques and evaluates both US and EU environmental legislation. It fulfils the demand for trained personnel in the environmental regulatory agencies, in companies subject to such regulation and those involved in providing support services such as monitoring and consultancy. The course is offered in part-time online mode and suits people already working in the environmental field or those wishing to pursue a career in this area.

PgDip/MSc in Geographic Information Systems

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Course Director Dr Sally Cook Download brochure

TThe School of Environmental Sciences offers a postgraduate course in Geographic Information Systems which may be taken either on campus or by fully online distance learning, studying full-time or part-time.

The course is designed to provide a broad-based education in the principles and practice of GIS, leading to the award of Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert), Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) or Master of Science (MSc). PgDip modules cover issues such as the representation, acquisition, management and manipulation of spatial data, spatial analysis and modelling, remote sensing, GIS in the commercial environment, databases and programming. Concepts and techniques are illustrated using a variety of applications. Students can take one optional module from a choice of GIS work experience / work-based project, GIS for environmental management, GIS for health and health care, and customising GIS. Students gain extensive practical experience using a variety of software, including ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, SPSS and a number of GIS extensions and plug-ins.

Full details are available via the link above.

Environmental Masters Level Short Courses

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Contact Mrs Linda Allen Download brochure

The School of Environmental Sciences offer a wide range of fully online postgraduate modules which are available to students to study on an individual basis. If a module is successfully completed this can be ‘cashed in’ towards an academic award within five years. All short courses are validated at an appropriate academic level and number of credit points. The following modules are available to study as short courses but not all these modules run every semester.

Module	Module
Environmental Impact Assessment	Geography and Management of Coastal Land Resources
Water Management	Principles of GIS
Environmental Data Analysis	Remote Sensing
Biodiversity Management	GIS in Business and Society
Environmental Toxicology	Programming for GIS
Management of Coastal Water Resources	GIS Databases
Pollution Monitoring	Research Methods
Marine Spatial Planning	Coastal and Marine Tourism

The modules available are:-

Short courses running in semester 1 - starting 23rd September 2013

EGM802 – Environmental Data Analysis
SUR820 – Marine Spatial Planning
HTM801 – Coastal and Marine Tourism
EGM711 – Principles of GIS
EGM713 – Remote Sensing
EGM717 – GIS Databases

Short Courses running in semester 2 - starting 27th January 2014

EGM714 - GIS in Business and Society
EGM715 - Programming for GIS
EGM801 - Biodiversity Management
EGM820 - Environmental Toxicology
EGM809 - Management of Coastal Water Resources