First term - core modules
The first term Core Course comprises modules in:
- Ecology in Context
- Environmental Pollution and Control
- Environmental Policy and Management
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Economics
- Quantitative Skills and Uncertainty
Second term - the Options
This broad training of the core course is followed by an in-depth education in many specialised areas, whilst maintaining the course's interdisciplinary nature. The specialist options in the second term are designed to cater for a variety of individual interests and career requirements. A strong case study approach is employed with emphasis on working in teams, decision-making, strong analytical skills and report preparation. The eight specialist options currently offered on the course include:
- Business and environment (B&E)
- Environmental resource management (EM)
- Energy policy (EP)
- Environmental analysis and assessment (EA&A)
- Environmental economics and policy (EE&P)
- Global environmental change and policy (GECP)
- Pollution management (PM)
- Water management (WM)
Third term - projects
Specialisms are further developed in the final five months of the course, during which an in-depth individual research project is conducted. Projects vary widely in their nature, including desk, field and laboratory.