Environmental Assessment
and Management MSc (one year full-time or two to three years part-time)
3 good reasons to study Environmental Assessment and Management at Salford • Opportunities for project work with public, private and voluntary sector organisations • Participate in the North West Sustainability Mentoring Scheme • Contributions from visiting practitioners and interactive site visits to a range of facilities and locations
Programme details
This programme offers a broad-based curriculum studying the relationships between human and natural components of the environment. It is designed to produce graduates sufficiently equipped to play a leading role in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of environmental policy initiatives within the environmental industries.
Practical exercises develop skills to perform environmental assessment at different phases including planning, environmental management systems and product life cycle assessment. Students are taught to deal with complex environmental issues systematically and creatively in diverse situations.
This programme enables you to develop essential knowledge and skills to progress to a professional career in environmental management, regulation or consultancy.
Module titles
Core modules: • Policies for Environmental Management • Techniques for Environmental Assessment and Management
• Environmental Sustainability • Research Methods • Plus two options from: • Sustainable Waste Management • Risk - Nature and Assessment • Environmental Impact Assessment • Environmental GIS
• And two options from: • Air Quality Management • Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation
• Integrated Water Resource Management
• Project on Environmental Impact Assessment
• Environmental Management Consultancy
Suitable for
People who wish to enter or are already employed in environmental roles such as advisers, consultants, environmental managers or regulators in local government, and national and multinational businesses.
Career potential
This programme is intended to prepare graduates for employment in the environmental technologies sector. Examples of employers include: Environment Agency (regulators, policy advisors, technical staff), local authorities (regulators, environmental protection officers, policy advisors, planning assistants), multinationals (environmental managers, technical staff), advisory and consultancy services (specialist functions including EIA, EMS, auditing, waste minimisation and management).
International students can apply
Geographical Information
Systems MSc (three years distance learning) PgDip (two years distance learning) PgCert (one year distance learning)
• Flexible to fit round work commitments – web-based distance learning • Well-respected established programme, widely known by employers
Programme details
The application of GIS is growing rapidly, which opens up a range of opportunities for graduates of this programme.
As a UNIGIS student you will be joining an extensive community with representatives in over 30 countries.
By selecting from the range of taught modules available in the second year, students effectively determine which of the four MSc degrees they will ultimately be awarded:
• Geographical Information Systems • Geographical Information Science • Geographical Information Systems and Environment
• Geographical Information Systems and Management
Module titles Core modules: • Fundamentals of GIS • Database Theory • Geodata capture, Standards and Quality • Research Methods • GIS in Organisations • Plus two options from: • Programming and Modelling for GIS • Databases for Enterprise GIS • Environmental Impact Assessment and GIS
• Remote Sensing for GIS Applications • GIS Project Management • Spatial Analysis Workshop • Internet GIS • GIS for Society • Visualisation
Suitable for This programme is for those already working with GIS who wish to broaden their understanding and further develop their skills, but those wanting to study GIS in order to change career paths are also catered for, irrespective of prior knowledge of GIS.
Career potential
Students studying on these programmes come from a variety of backgrounds including analysts/programmers, cartographers/surveyors, consultants, GIS specialists, information technology/ information systems, lecturing, marketing, oil exploration, planning and project management.
Distance learning only
International students can apply
3 good reasons to study Geographical Information Systems at Salford • UNIGIS - teaching and research expertise of staff from three universities: Salford, Huddersfield and Manchester Metropolitan Universities
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