MSc-PGDip-PGCert in Environmental Studies

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  • Academic title
    MSc/PGDip/PGCert in Environmental Studies
  • Course description

    The David Livingstone Centre for Sustainability (DLCS) is a specialist postgraduate unit, dedicated to the provision of cross-disciplinary environmental programmes and is a leading centre for interdisciplinary research in the areas of strategic environmental assessment, environmental policy and management, and sustainable development.

    DLCS is based within the Faculty of Engineering, merging recently with the Department of Civil Engineering. The Centre was recently rated Excellent for the quality of teaching and learning by SHEFC, DLCS has extensive collaborative teaching and research links across the University and with external academic, governmental and private sector organizations across the UK, Europe, sub-Saharan Africa and India.

    Through the unique gateway offered by DLCS, Masters students can take advantage of a wide range of classes offered by the five distinct faculties at the University: Science, Business School, Education, Arts & Social Sciences, and Engineering.

    It is widely recognized in private and public sector organizations that there is a need for an "appropriately trained, highly skilled and environmentally aware workforce" to respond to the challenge of sustainable development. Meeting this need requires an interdisciplinary education. The DLCS programmes, with their flexible structures, are set up to allow students from a variety of UG disciplinary backgrounds to widen and deepen their knowledge & understanding of the contribution that many disciplines can make to the solution of environmental problems.

    DLCS has successfully seen its graduates capitalize upon a wide range of employment opportunities within the private, public and voluntary sectors. Output figures for the period 1997 - 2004 highlight 80% of our graduates have found permanent employment within six months of completion of the degree programme, with a further 9% choosing to continue their studies within the Higher Education Sector.

    Degree / Diploma Programme Structure

    The Degree and Diploma programmes structures are made up of individual classes, each 12 weeks in length (equating to approx. 24 hours of direct teaching class contact), which are taught during one of the two annual semesters (September - January & February - May).

    PG Diploma

    Candidates must undertake a curriculum based on the accumulation of no fewer than 110 credits of which not more that 10 credits can be at the UG Advanced level. The COMPULSORY classes comprise 48 credits, and the remaining 62 credits are to be met by a selection from the optional electives available.

    MSc Degree

    Candidates require 120 credits as described above, and a further 60 credits by the submission of a project report/dissertation (Level PG2 - max. of 16,000 words) which is completed between June-Sept.

    Environmental Studies Programme Structure

    Principles of Sustainable Development
       
    Applied Strategic Environmental Assessment
       
    Research Methods & Participatory Approaches
       
    International Environmental Governance
       
    Instructional Programme - Elective Options
       
    Ecology, Biodiversity & Sustainability
       
    Biotechnology & the Environment
       
    Pollution & Rehabilitation of Degraded Ecosystems
       
    UK & EU Environmental Law
       
    Environmental Economics
       
    Environmental Management Systems
       
    Energy Resources and Policy
       
    Water & Environmental Management

    Solid Waste Issues
       
    Business Strategy & the Environment
       
    Environmental Impact Assessment

    Spatial Query & Analysis using GIS
       
    Atmospheric Pollution Impact Assessment
       
    Air Pollution Control
       
    Environmental Modelling (Weeks 7-12 only
       
    Pollution Control Policy (Weeks 1- 6 only)
       
    Transport, Development & Sustainability
       
    Notes:

    Although most modules will be available, please note that this is a provisional listing for the forthcoming academic year.

    Admission Criteria & Duration of Study

    PG Diploma

        * A degree of a UK University, in any discipline, or a qualification from a recognized institution, deemed to be equivalent.
        * Supportive academic references

    MSc Degree

        * A first of second class Honours degree of a UK University, in any discipline, or a qualification from a recognised institution deemed by Senate to be equivalent.
        * Supportive academic references
        * Informal Interview

    In all cases, for candidates whose first language is not English, documentary evidence of an appropriate level of competency of written and spoken English must be provided. The minimum standards are a TOEFL score of 600 or an IELTS score of 6.5.

    Awards & Transfers

    (i) Awards

    PG Diploma

        * No fewer than 120 PG credits; and a
        * Minimum final mark of 50% across all 10 classes of the taught component of the programme.

    MSc Degree

        * No fewer than 180 PG credits, of which 60 must have been awarded in respect of the dissertation;
        * Minimum final mark of 60% across all 10 classes of the taught component of the programme; and
        * A mark of 60% or higher in the dissertation.

    MSc Degree with distinction

        * Satisfy the requirements of the regulations governing the award of the degree of MSc; and
        * Attain a minimum mark of 70% in both the taught & dissertation components of the programme.

    (ii) Transfers
    Progress to and Transfer between these awards is set out in the General Regulations and also in the course regulations by instruction for this programme

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