Natural Resource Management

Duration:

1 year full-time
2-5 years part-time 

Overview:

Increases in global population and standards of living and greater awareness of our environmental impact, mean we must learn to manage both our natural resources (biodiversity, soil, land and water) and ourselves in new ways. As future natural resource managers, we need to integrate a scientific understanding of environmental processes with a mature appreciation of the role of institutions and socio-economics.

Accredited by the Landscape Institute, this course aims to provide the knowledge and skills to apply social, economic, scientific and engineering principles to plan, implement and evaluate sustainable natural resource management projects and programmes. It provides training in the use of geographic information systems (GIS), stakeholder analysis and environmental impact assessment.

Students benefit from dedicated state-of-the-art facilities including GIS and remote sensing laboratories, land resource planning laboratory, and soil and water laboratories.

Course Structure:

The MSc course comprises eight assessed modules, a group project module, an integrated group project and an individual project. Students undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) complete the eight modules and the two group projects. Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) students complete five modules, a project and a personal development portfolio.

Modules include lectures and tutorials, and are assessed through written examinations and assignments. These provide the tools required for the group and individual projects.

• Ecosystem Services - Living with Environmental Limits
• Soil Plant Environment Science
• GIS Fundamentals
• Environmental Remote Sensing
• Environmental Auditing
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Soil and Watershed Management
• Land and Social Resource Survey and Planning

Group project:

• Improving Land-based Ecosystem Service Delivery

Entry requirements:

Candidates must possess, or be expected to achieve, a 1st or 2nd class UK Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline such as agriculture, biological sciences, earth sciences, economics, environmental science or geography. Other relevant qualifications, together with significant experience, may be considered.

English language requirements - our normal minimum requirement is a TOEFL score of 580 (paper test) or 237 (computer test), essay rating 4.5 or 92 (Internet test), all skills 19 or an IELTS 6.5 with 6.0 for writing, a TOEIC overall score of 830, or a Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English grade C or Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English grade C, although a number of our programmes require higher scores.

Want to find out more?

Contact our Enquiries Office for further details on all the courses we offer by either email: appliedsciences@cranfield.ac.uk or phone +44 (0)1234 758008. You can also visit our website.

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