Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time
Develop the skills needed by today’s environmental managers, policymakers, consultants and scientists to tackle environmental issues at local, regional and global levels.
Our Masters in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management prepares you for a wide range of careers across the public and private sectors. Equally, it provides a good basis for further study at PhD level.
You’ll gain knowledge of environmental and ecological economics and the interactions between economic, social and ecological systems. At the end of the course, you’ll be equipped to incorporate environmental feedback into economic decision making in a way that satisfies both ecological managers and economists.
This course is suitable for students from a wide range of backgrounds, including economics, human geography, business, sociology, politics, environmental science and more. You’ll be taught by a range of interdisciplinary staff with varied environmental research interests.
2:2 or equivalent. We will also consider your application if you have relevant work experience. Ideally you will have studied both some ecology and some economics as part of your degree but applications from students from either discipline are welcome. If you did not have a significant quantitative component to your degree you may also be considered with a requirement to attend a Summer School in Microeconomics and Quantitative Methods.
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You’ll develop the skills and knowledge you will need to follow an environmental career in both the public and private sectors. The Masters in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management also provides an ideal basis to progress to further study at PhD.
Core modules
Environmental Economics
Ecosystem Services, Conservation and Protection
Applied Economic Methods
Research Skills and Methods
Option modules
You will study two option modules. Examples can be found below. Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.
Environmental Management in Practice
Spatial Analysis and Modelling for Flood Risk Management
Climate Science and Policy
Sustainability Clinic
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
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