Course summary

This programme draws on our world-class reputation for environmental research and offers an industry-relevant education for highly-skilled environmental scientists. It will teach you to accurately monitor species diversity, change, population abundance and distribution. You’ll learn how to apply these skills to protect the world’s ecosystems and habitats. On completing the course, you should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: the importance of environmental concepts, terms, principles and methods; the value using techniques and ideas in different subject disciplines; the socioeconomic context of environmental issues and the legal framework through which environmental regulation is facilitated; current issues, paradigms and approaches within a specialist subject area of the environmental sciences; the contribution of science, engineering or communication to the identification, understanding of environmental issues and concerns; the human causes and consequences of environmental impacts, and responses to such impacts general environmental concerns. You’ll have the chance to apply geographical information systems, modelling and spatial analysis and acquire the interdisciplinary skills required for effective research project management.