MSc Environmental Management (Work Experience)

Course summaryOur MSc Environmental Management course prepares you for a career in the environment sector. You’ll tackle global challenges by creatively applying environmental knowledge, critical analysis of evidence and collaborative engagement with wicked problems, in often complex and complicated socio-environmental systems.How you learnThis interdisciplinary course prepares you to tackle grand global challenges alongside other graduate students from a broad range of backgrounds..Applied teaching and learning outcomes are strongly aligned to the development of professional competencies for a career in the water and environmental management sector. Our syllabus is set within the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the latest environmental policy frameworks at international, national and local levels.You’ll explore and critically assess the core skills, tools, ethics and practices of environmental management. Your learning will be assessed through coursework in a wide and accessible range of forms.You learn through:large group lectures to introduce core themesexpert practitioner guest speakerssmaller group seminars and workshopsIT laboratories and field visitspractical exercisesprofessional skills portfoliosacademic essayspresentationsa published book chaptera major independent projectKey ThemesYou’ll explore primary and secondary data gathering, processing and analysis using Geographical Information Systems. You’ll present and interpret spatial data and its integration in decision-making processes. You’ll also examine modern environmental management case studies from around the world, exploring the ethics, values and motivations that drive action.You’ll extend your practical skills to core areas of environmental management practice, such as environmental management systems, habitat assessment, water safety planning, life-cycle assessment and multi-hazard disaster risk reduction. You’ll develop your understanding of the major global environmental challenges that environmental managers face, identifying solutions through systems-level change, underpinned by the cultures and dynamics of human-environment relationships.