MSc Environmental Assessment and Management (Part time)
Master
In Norwich
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Master
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Location
Norwich
There has been a rapid growth in Environmental Assessment (EA) requirements around the world, at both project and strategic levels, which has generated a need for additional personnel. In Europe thousands of environmental assessments are carried out annually, and new legislation has placed obligations on many organisations to carry out strategic environmental assessments of their plans and programmes without the trained personnel to do so.
EA places demands upon those involved in both planning and authorising development proposals. Scientists must use their technical expertise to provide inputs into EAs; lawyers must establish and operate the procedures; developers must formulate their proposals within the legislative framework; agencies must review the adequacy of EAs; and decision makers must learn how to respond to the increased breadth and depth of information on potential impacts.
The focus of environmental assessment has shifted from the project level, where the implications of individual project proposals are assessed, to the strategic level, where the implications of policies, plans and programmes are assessed. Strategic EA Practice varies around the world and at different levels of decision making. Some jurisdictions focus on environmental aspects only, whereas others undertake sustainability appraisal which balances the environmental impacts alongside social and economic (including health) impacts. Whatever the focus, there is a need to establish groundrules for the scope of the assessment, and a need to apply suitable assessment methods to fully understand the potential outcomes of policy, plan or programme development.
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Degree Subject This programme is open to students with a first degree in a related discipline and/or relevant work experience. Related disciplines cross the sciences, social sciences and arts.Please contact us if you are unsure about the suitability of your background. Degree Classification Good first degree (minimum 2.1 or equivalent)Students for whom English is a Foreign languageWe welcome applications from students whose first language is not English. To ensure such students benefit from postgraduate study, we require evidence of proficiency in English . Our usual entry...
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Subjects
- Personnel
- Staff
- Biodiversity
- Climate Change
- University
- School
- Project
- Part Time
- Environmental Economics
- Climate
Course programme
Year 1
Compulsory Study (60 credits)
- ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT EFFECTIVENESS
- RESEARCH SKILLS
- THEORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
Option A Study
- CLIMATE CHANGE: PHYSICAL SCIENCE BASIS
- ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
- ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION - SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
- EVIDENCE-BASED GLOBAL CONSERVATION
- GIS AND ITS APPLICATIONS FOR MODELLING ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
- MODELLING ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES
- NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
- OIL AND GAS ENGINEERING
- RESEARCH TOPICS IN EARTH SCIENCE
- SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND SUSTAINABILITY
- STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
- STATISTICS AND MODELLING FOR SCIENTISTS USING R
- SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
- TEAM ENERGY PROJECT
Year 2
Compulsory Study (80 credits)
- DISSERTATION
- RESEARCH SKILLS
Option A Study
- CLIMATE CHANGE: PHYSICAL SCIENCE BASIS
- ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
- ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION - SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
- EVIDENCE-BASED GLOBAL CONSERVATION
- GIS AND ITS APPLICATIONS FOR MODELLING ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
- MODELLING ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES
- NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
- OIL AND GAS ENGINEERING
- RESEARCH TOPICS IN EARTH SCIENCE
- SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND SUSTAINABILITY
- STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
- STATISTICS AND MODELLING FOR SCIENTISTS USING R
- SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
- TEAM ENERGY PROJECT
MSc Environmental Assessment and Management (Part time)