About the programme
The Environmental Protection and Management program aims to provide you with the skills to devise and enact strategies to protect and conserve various environments.
Mankind’s actions have had and continue to have a significant impact on the Earth.
These actions include:
- deforestation
- soil erosion
- agriculture
- construction
- pollution of surface and ground waters
- pathogen contamination of potable waters
- increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
The Environmental Protection and Management programme will teach you a fundamental understanding of the issues affecting the Earth.
Programme objectives
The programme aims to:
- develop a scientific understanding of some of the major processes which influence the quality of land, air and water resources
- improve knowledge of the most effective methods of environmental protection
- develop expertise in the design and implementation of programmes of environmental protection
- provide the opportunity to study the integrated protection and management of particular ecosystems or resources
Teaching and Assessment
MSc teaching is executed through a range of teaching and assessment modes all of which are designed to prepare the student the for the master's dissertation and employment outside of academia.
Teaching modes vary with courses but may include:
- formal lectures on targeted topics and case studies from around the world
- informal lectures with questions and group discussion
- reading lists from key peer-reviewed social and natural science literature
- practical classes including computer and decision tree modelling on some courses
- verbal feedback on previous practical work
- a chance to question lecturers on their expert topics
Assessment modes vary with courses but may include:
- short written responses and reviews of key readings and literature
- formal essays demonstrating critical thinking and analytic of complex topics;
- essay based exams on key content of courses
- group and individual visual and verbal presentations on case study topics
- group and individual poster session materials on case study topics
Please contact us with any enquiries.
Mr
Mark
Hocart
Senior Tutor
Scottish Agricultural College
University of Edinburgh
Scottish Agricultural College
Peter Wilson Building
The King's Buildings
Edinburgh,
EH9 3JG
Tel:
+44(0)131 535 4084
Email:
mark.hocart@sac.ac.uk
Dr.
Oliver
Knox
Programme Director
Environmental Protection & Management
Tel:
+44(0)131 535 4066
Email:
oliver.knox@sac.ac.uk
This article was published on Jan 10, 2011