Environmental and Earth Resource Management MSc: Course features
What this course offers you
- This course will train you in the understanding, management and sustainable development of our natural resources.
- You can focus on your own interests by choosing to replace a taught module with a self-study module on contemporary issues in environmental and Earth resource management.
- The independent MSc research project gives you the chance to further specialise. You study an area of interest in greater depth and gain valuable research skills. Our students often find this an excellent selling point when looking for a job or promotion.
- The course provides you with the skills applicable to a career in:
- any aspect of resource management and development; or
- monitoring the environmental impact of resource development.
- We regularly review our courses to make sure they remain up-to-date and that you graduate as a marketable industry professional. Our close links with industry also mean you benefit from visiting speakers, who help contextualise your studies.
- The taught modules aim to prepare you for the job market. Alongside your academic studies, you gain skills in:
- problem solving and organisation;
- data collation, review and synopsis;
- communication (oral, written and electronic);
- time management;
- computing; and
- co-operation and teamwork.
- You will have access to a number of specialist research laboratories and analytical facilities, backed up by technical support (read more in the Facilities section).
- We offer flexible timetables and part-time options to help you fit your studies round other commitments.
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Our links with industry provide a practical base for our courses. They also help us to ensure your studies are kept up to date and relevant to the working environment.




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