Environmental Management (Countryside Management/ Protected Area Management) (MSc / Postgraduate Diploma) - 2013/2014 entry

This programme will enable you to acquire and develop a broad understanding of the knowledge and skills needed for managing protected areas of the environment, including natural, cultural and recreational sites. It will provide you with the key skills and management tools necessary for resolving conflicting pressures and demands in protected areas.

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• Offers opportunities for career progression for anyone working, or planning to work, in the management of local, national or international protected areas.
• Flexible study pattern, with a mixture of core teaching based on occasional weekends in London and a spring residential school.
• A wide range of professional training modules available, with a broad interdisciplinary focus.

Core modules:

• The Countryside Resource: the physical and ecological background to the countryside, including key habitats and landscapes, and strategies for their management
• People and the System: the social and political framework of countryside management, focusing predominantly on the users of the countryside, and the social and legislative framework within which it is managed.

Choose two specialist modules, which may include:

• Coastal Zone Management
• Cultural Landscapes
• Ecological Survey and Monitoring
• Introduction to GIS
• Conservation Management Planning
• Environmental Communication.

Dissertation: this gives you the opportunity to pursue an independent project under expert supervision.

We offer student support and have a range of research resources.

If you are interested in further research, we offer a PhD/MPhil in Geography.

Graduates go on to careers in countryside management, conservation, environmental education, tourism, planning and policy-making.

• Applications are welcome at any time.
• Interviews held between May and September.