Water: Science & Governance

Postgraduate

In London

higher than £ 9000

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

Entry requirements & how to apply
Minimum requirements 2:1

Minimum standard is a 2:1 degree. Candidates who do not achieve a 2:1 but have professional or voluntary experience will also be considered.

In order to meet the academic entry requirements for this programme you should have a minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree with a final mark of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme. If you are still studying you should be achieving an average of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme.


International requirements   Visit our admissions webpages to view our International entry requirements.
English Language requirements Band B Visit our admissions webpages to view our English language entry requirements.
Application procedure

Applications must be made online using King’s online application portal apply.kcl.ac.uk and a non-refundable application fee of £60 applies.

We run a rolling admissions system. We aim to process all complete applications within four weeks; during February and March and over holiday periods, applications may take longer to process. There is no set deadline.

Please note that as part of the evaluation process of your application you may be required to undertake a Skype interview.

Personal statement and supporting information

You will be asked to submit the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

Supporting document  Yes

Please provide a writing sample of around 500 words, answering the following questions. Please note this an essential requirement and supporting statements which do not answer the questions below will not be assessed as part of your application. 

Why you are applying for this specific programme, and how does it fit in with your future plans? (max 250 words)

How does your experience and education make you a suitable candidate for this programme? (max 250 words)
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Please write these questions as separate answers, with a clear title for your answer to each question

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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10 Cutcombe Road, SE5 9RJ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • International
  • English
  • English Language
  • Management
  • Security
  • Governance
  • Environment
  • Science
  • Social research
  • Water
  • Environmental Processes
  • Aquatic Sciences
  • Water Policy

Course programme

Course detail Description

This is an interdisciplinary course that combines pure and applied research methods from the social and environmental sciences. We aim to give you cutting-edge knowledge, analytical skills and practical experience to prepare you for a career in the field of water science, policy and governance. We will help to develop your initiative and independent critical judgement in identifying, analysing and solving problems at an advanced level. You will learn about a wide range of theories within a sustainability framework and discover how the diverse needs of society, the economy and environmental/ecosystem services are addressed and mediated by both political and technical processes.

Through lectures and seminars you will meet water scientists and professionals from the public and the private sectors as well as from civil movements and NGOs. A key feature of the course is the opportunity to engage with environmental scientists, policy makers and professionals working in a variety of practical contexts in the water sector. This engagement allows you to critically analyse current water issues and to gain insights into the different assumptions of stakeholders using, managing and regulating the global water environment and its services.

Course purpose

The aim of the course is to develop an ability to evaluate critically current and advanced scholarship as well as the practical experience of those working in the fields of water science and governance. It promotes initiative and the exercise of independent critical judgement in identifying, analysing and solving problems at an advanced level. Participants will acquire a wide range of relevant theory within a sustainability framework. They will discover how the diverse needs - of society, of the economy and of the environmental/ecosystem services provided by water - are addressed and mediated by political processes.

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Course format and assessment

Teaching

We will teach you through a combination of lectures and seminars, and you will typically have 20 hours of this per module. We also expect you to undertake 180 hours of independent study for each module. For your 12,000 word dissertation, we will provide four workshops and five hours of one-to-one supervision to complement your 587 hours of independent study. Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.

Assessment

Performance on taught modules in the Geography Department is normally assessed through essays and other written assignments, oral presentations, lab work and occasionally by examination, depending on the modules selected. All students also undertake a research-based dissertation of 12,000 words.

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Structure

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules, and students on this course take modules totalling 180 credits.

If you are studying full-time, you will complete the course in one year, from September to September. If you are studying part-time, your course will take two years to complete. You will take the combination of required and optional modules over this period of time, with the dissertation in your second year.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on this course page for updates.

Required Modules You are required to take the following modules:
  • Dissertation in Water: Science & Governance (60 credits)
  • Applied Aquatic Sciences (20 credits)
  • Water, Security & the Environment (20 credits)
You are also required to take one of the following modules:
  • Water Resources & Water Policy (20 credits)
  • Environmental Processes & Management (20 credits)
You are also required to take one of the following modules:
  • Practising Social Research (20 credits)
  • Methods for Environmental Research (20 credits)
Optional Modules In addition, you are required to take 20 credits from a range of optional modules. Modules may typically include:
  • Environmental Remote Sensing (20 credits)
  • Modelling Environmental Change at the Land Surface (20 credits)
  • Geopolitics of Natural Resource Disputes (20 credits)
  • Environmental Science & Policymaking (20 credits)
  • Any Level 7 (master’s) modules offered in the Department of Geography, including the list of optional modules given above.
  • Up to 20 credits from Level 7 modules offered across the university, subject to approvals.

Water: Science & Governance

higher than £ 9000