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University of East Anglia UEA: Environmental Assessment and Management

Institution University of East Anglia UEA View institution profile
Department School of Environmental Sciences
Web https://www.uea.ac.uk
Email admissions@uea.ac.uk
Telephone 01603 591515
Study type Taught

Summary

Overview

Prepare for a career in environmental management with this vocational course that focuses on the key skills involved.

You’ll learn from international experts how to properly evaluate the potential impacts of proposed policies, plans or projects, drawing on best practice from around the world. Learn through doing, based on an approach of applying theory in practice on a weekly basis, and through a field course.

This course is ideal for anyone who values the socio-ecological environment and wishes to contribute to sustainable development.

You’ll develop your research, communication, teamwork, and analytical skills – giving you the necessary skills for a career with environmental consultancies, decision-makers, regulators, statutory consultees, and NGOs, amongst others.

About This Course

On this MSc course, you’ll explore why and how we use environmental assessment, the consequences of good and bad practice, and what different stakeholders expect from it.

You’ll investigate case studies to clearly illustrate how environmental assessment works to deliver more sustainable outcomes. These include (amongst others):

  • Planning a strategy for a new deep coal mine

  • Planning a stakeholder engagement strategy

  • Working out the likely impacts of a biomass power station

  • Conducting a phase 1 habitat survey

  • Carrying out a sustainability appraisal of a land use plan

You’ll learn to connect the environmental process with the operational stages of development by examining environmental management plans to ensure the findings are implemented. And you’ll experience the challenges associated with developing and applying practical skills by conducting fieldwork in all weathers, interviewing members of the public, presenting findings in front of your peers, and writing environmental management plans including allocating responsibilities and timings.

This course is relevant whether your background is earth sciences or social sciences. There are no specific prerequisites, as the focus is on understanding and improving environmental assessment through the core modules, and a wide range of optional modules that offer additional employability skills associated with specific impact-prediction practice.

Disclaimer

Course details are subject to change. You should always confirm the details on the provider's website: www.uea.ac.uk

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