Sustainable Water Management : MSc
Master
In Lancaster
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Lancaster
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Duration
12 Months
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Start date
Different dates available
With a strong emphasis on practical study, you will be taught by both University academics and industry professionals, and will gain the key skills and professional training required for a rewarding career as a practitioner or researcher.
Our programme is unique in that it is taught jointly by University academics and professionals from leading environmental consultancy JBA Consulting, the Environment Agency and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, which has a one of its major research facilities based at Lancaster. Graduates gain the skills and knowledge to progress careers with a water consultancy, water regulator, water company or research organisation.
You will study six modules and complete a dissertation project. The jointly-taught core modules have been professionally accredited by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management and will provide you with the key skills of a water professional by addressing the principles of catchment hydrology, sustainable surface water management, groundwater assessment, methods of catchment protection, principles of lake ecology, managing coastal flooding, flood forecasting, the design of river structures and the restoration of river channels. Optional modules covering wider environmental and social science skills are also available.
Practical work is an important component of the programme, with modules including challenging fieldwork in Cumbrian and Lancashire catchments, and laboratory work involving the use of flumes, water quality analyses and computer models.
We encourage you to undertake your dissertation research project with an external partner in the water sector or as an integral part of our ongoing research activities in water resources. Each year we offer a large selection of possible projects with external partnership or internship opportunities including JBA Consulting, the Environment Agency, United Utilities and many other organisations.
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About this course
Graduates wishing to increase their skills and competencies to gain employment and a career in the water sector (water consultancies, water regulators, water companies or research organisations) as a practitioner or researcher.
2:1 (Hons) degree (UK) or equivalent in Environmental Science, Hydrology, Water Management, Chemistry, Geography or a similar degree
IELTS: Overall score of at least 6.5, with no individual element below 6.0
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Subjects
- Forecasting
- Ecology
- Restoration
- Hydrology
- Consulting
- Lake Ecology
- Groundwater
- Resources and Protection
- Environmental Processes
- River Hydraulics
Course programme
You will study a range of modules as part of your course, some examples of which are listed below.
Core
- Lake Ecology
- Groundwater Resources and Protection
- Catchment Protection (field course)
- Modelling Environmental Processes
- Dissertation Project
- River Hydraulics: Processes, Structures and Modelling
- Sustainable Floodplain Management and Restoration
- Coastal Erosion and Flood Risk Management
- Catchment Hydrology and Assessment
- Integrated Systems for Sustainable Surface Water Management
- Forecasting and Extreme Event Response
Optional
- Contaminated Land and Remediation
- Perspectives on Environment and Development
- Data assimilation and integration
- Geoinformatics
- Environmental Governance and Management
- Behaviour of Pollutants in the Environment
- Environmental Sampling and Analysis for Trace Organics
- Pollution Microbiology
- Sustainable Soil Management
- Numerical Skills
Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.
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Sustainable Water Management : MSc