MSc Environmental Management

Start date: September and January

Course length: full time: one year, part time: two-three years.

Campus: Kedleston Road site, Derby Campus

This course is available to international students

We've developed this course in response to the national and international need for environmental officers and flexible postgraduate training.

You will develop a strong theoretical understanding of environmental management, and build up the skills you'll need to identify environmental issues and find practical solutions. If you're already working in this area, many of the topics you'll study will be directly relevant to your workplace.

You can also take a specific pathway which allows you to study certain modules related to Climate Change.

You can start this flexible course in either September or January, and study it full time or part time. So you'll be able to fit your studies around your interests and career needs.

You'll be assessed through your coursework only. This includes reports, audits, case study scenarios, essays, and problem solving assignments.

You'll be taught by a highly qualified team who have specialist expertise in this area and professional qualifications including Chartered Scientist, Charted Environmentalist status and a range of professional memberships including the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, the Institution of Environmental Sciences, Institute of Acoustics, the British Society for Geomorphology, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Institute of Leadership and Management.

All our staff are very supportive, friendly and approachable, so you'll get the help you need with any academic problems during your course.

We offer you five core modules:

• Critical Issues in the Environment

• Environmental Policy and Law

• Environmental Pollution and Management Strategies

• Environmental Management and Audit

• Independent Scholary Activity

And four optional modules:

• Environmental Impact Assessment

• Environmental Noise Assessment

• Regulation of Noise and Vibration

• Waste Management Control

UK/EU students

• £495 per module (you usually take 9 of these modules in total)

International students

• Full time: £10,760 (in total)

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

How you'll learn

On-campus students attend lectures, workshops, practical (field and lab based) sessions, tutorials and site visits in the individual modules where appropriate.

Distance learning students access the course notes and assignment details online. In addition, the University has a well resourced learning centre and provides extensive on-line support for distance learning students.

How you're assessed

All coursework based.

The role of the environmental manager has become more important as industry is required to manage and control the interaction between themselves and the wider environment, so the skills you learn on this course will be in high demand.

Students who have graduated from this course have gone on to employment with a range of organisations such as the local authorities, Government bodies, private companies in industry, or consultancies. And some have chosen to move on to a higher degree such as a PhD.

"The Masters course gave me the necessary skills and knowledge needed to kick start my career in what is an incredibly diverse and varied field." 
Phil Cumming, Sustainability Manager, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, who studied on campus.

"I have acquired a lot of knowledge and practical skills on how to conduct environmental research. It is a milestone in my career as a young lecturer. The tutors and other supporting staff were friendly and accommodating."
Ahmed Sabo, Lecturer, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Nigeria - an overseas student who studied on campus.

"The facilities, including access to materials, were excellent. My intention in studying for the MSc in Environmental Management was to change my career. I would not be doing my current job as Climate Change Projects Officer if I had not taken this course."
Bridget Bradley, Climate Change Projects Officer, Derby City Council, who studied on campus.

"The programme was delivered in a manner that was thoroughly interesting, by an obviously motivated team of lecturers. I hope to study further modules and have recommended the programme to others within my organisation and externally."
Steve Witney, East Midlands Trains, who studied online.