MSc in Resource and Environmental Management


Director of Studies: Dr Nigel Watson. Duration: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time. Entry Requirements: At least a second class honours degree, or its equivalent, in a relevant discipline, or professional qualifications or experience. Assessment: Combination of coursework, presentations and dissertation/research placement. IELTS: 6.5 Funding: Faculty and department bursaries may be available - see also page 213. Further Information: www.lec.lancs.ac.uk/postgraduate/


The management of land, air, water and other resources is a major challenge for the 21st century. This very popular MSc provides you with a critical understanding of how natural resources and the wider environment can be sustainably managed by applying tools and techniques for appraisal, monitoring, protection and restoration. The course is distinctively multi-disciplinary in its approach to resource and environmental management. It draws on the wide range of environmental expertise in the Lancaster Environment Centre and more widely in the University.


The MSc equips you with knowledge and skills (technical, vocational and interpersonal) for future employment. You can tailor the MSc to your individual needs and interests through your choice of optional modules. The placement option allows you to experience applying your new skills in a real-world situation, which can help start your career. Graduates from this scheme go on to PhDs and to a wide range of management and professional posts with UK and overseas firms, agencies and NGOs.


MSc in Sustainable Water Management


Director of Studies: Dr Nick Chappell. Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time. Entry Requirements: At least a second class honours degree, or its equivalent, in an appropriate subject. Assessment: Combination of coursework, presentations, examinations and dissertation. IELTS: 6.5 Funding: Faculty and department bursaries may be available - see also page 213. Further Information: www.lec.lancs.ac.uk/postgraduate/


It is predicted that the 21st century will see an unprecedented


increase in pressures on water resources through significant changes in water demand, quality and availability. As a result, optimal management of water resources has become vital for the national economy and environment. Central to this management are people with a thorough understanding of the fundamental hydrological, water quality and ecological processes influencing water resources.


This MSc provides training in the quantitative and practical skills required to address the challenges water managers have to face on a daily basis. The course is taught by internationally recognised experts in hydrology, water quality and ecology, and capitalises on the links with the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the Environment Agency that are integral to the Lancaster Environment Centre. The course


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develops high-level skills that include flood forecasting, prediction of contaminant migration within groundwater, measurement of hydrological, chemical and ecological characteristics, and methods of policy development in response to drivers such as the EU Water Framework Directive.


The programme comprises six core training modules, combined with an extended research project typically linked with an external agency in the water sector. Links with the water regulators, companies and research agencies are further developed by external seminars and other activities specific to the MSc.


MSc in Volcanology and Geological Hazards


Director of Studies: Dr Hugh Tuffen. Duration: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time. Entry Requirements: At least a second class honours degree, or its equivalent, in an appropriate science subject. Assessment: Combination of coursework, presentations, examinations and dissertation. IELTS: 6.5 Funding: Faculty and department bursaries may be available - see also page 213. Further Information: www.lec.lancs.ac.uk/postgraduate/


This unique MSc provides you with the opportunity to study with the largest group of volcanologists and environmental scientists in the UK, and will allow you to specialise in volcanology or to take this in combination with courses in other geological hazards. You will undertake modules that provide training in volcanic processes from a theoretical, laboratory-based and field perspective and courses that deal with the science behind other geological hazards. Related modules include Risk Assessment and Management, Geo- risk Warning Systems, Environmental Informatics and many others. The MSc also allows you the chance to undertake research on a topic that you can define in collaboration with one of the many potential internationally-recognised experts in the Lancaster Environment Centre.


This MSc is designed to attract students from a wide range of backgrounds. In addition to the taught modules, we offer those with a less numerate background the chance to develop their mathematical skills through a non-assessed support module designed specifically for Masters students.


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