入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：Applications are welcome from students with a good first degree (minimum 2.1 or equivalent) in a scientific or technological discipline from a recognised university. First degrees in other subject areas or people with degree-equivalent qualifications may also be considered for entry.
英语要求：a minimum IELTS score of 6.5
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £14,200
课程特征 Course Features：
This degree course is designed to meet the growing international need for scientists who can understand and solve environmental problems.
Since most environmental problems are interdisciplinary in nature, the course is founded upon a variety of environmental science, engineering and social science disciplines. Established over 20 years ago, it now has high-profile international status, attracting students - mainly with good first degrees in a science or engineering discipline - from all across the world.
Key employers of graduates from this course include private companies and public enterprise, central and local government, consultancies, education and research.
Course aims
The aim of this programme is to
•provide interdisciplinary foundation training for students from a natural science or engineering background intending to pursue a career, with or without further postgraduate training, in pollution control, environmental management or resource conservation.
•provide an understanding of the nature of explanation in social science, natural science and engineering as applied to research or other investigative activity in pollution control and environmental management.
•provide generic and subject-specific training in research design and methods of data collection and analysis.
•provide subject-specific training in the social, economic, legal, planning and engineering dimensions of environmental protection and resource conservation tailored to the student's research interests and/or career needs.
•provide subject-specific training on how natural systems function and the perturbations to those systems arising from human activity, again tailored to the student's research interests and/or career needs.
•meet the needs of employers that require an ability to bring sound science and current thinking to environmental problems.
•foster interdisciplinary study within the School and within the University through provision of high quality students to carry out projects.
•enable the student systematically to research the area of environmental pollution via the literature and create an ordered structured report on a subject of relevance to the course and their own interests.
课程内容 Course Content ：
The one year programme consists of a seven month taught component and a project lasting five months. The course may only be taken on a continous full-time basis. The taught component has a broad core covering concepts of pollution damage and economics, research methods and analytical techniques. Students are then able to specialise in
•Environmental earth, water or atmospheric sciences
•Engineering
•Regulation
The teaching methods include formal lectures but also place a considerable emphasis on interdisciplinary group work, practicals and industrial/field visits. The programme is taught by nearly twenty recognised specialists from Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences, Economic Studies, Planning and Landscape, Engineering and Law.
The research project involves you undertaking research in any area related to pollution and environmental management. The project may be desk, laboratory or field-based depending upon the individual requirements of the student. Projects are carried out under the guidance of staff within the University and may involve collaboration with the regulatory bodies, environmental consultancies, industry and universities overseas.
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Career opportunities
The pattern of employment varies between years, according to the changing pattern of job opportunities. However, graduates from this programme have been very successful in obtaining relevant environment-related employment in areas such as industry, local and central authorities, consultancies, and education and research. Typically, 20-30% of students completing the course then undertake postgraduate research. A student who has successfully completed this masters programme to a good standard can be admitted to the doctoral programmes in Biology, Social Science and Environmental Engineering without being required to undertake foundation training in the first year of study.