Environmental Conservation and Management (MSc)

Society is increasingly sensitive to anthropogenic effects on the natural environment and the public perception is that we do not always weigh the benefits of activities against the associated environmental cost. Such themes are significant within environmental conservation and management.

The disciplines here help deal with many challenges facing our planet, country and locality which are central to the future of society.

Why choose this course

• A supportive learning environment, with personal attention afforded to all students.
• A successful and enjoyable learning experience is at the very core of our vision to produce first-class professionals with high employability skills.
• We are situated in an urban/maritime environment very close to Britain’s first designated ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’ and with many interesting buildings and cultural assets nearby. We are in close proximity to magnificent natural and physical resources of the south, mid and west Wales and the University and its staff play a major role within the conservation and heritage management of these and other similar national assets.
• As class sizes are generally less than 15, this engenders a culture and environment that listens to and supports individual student needs.
• Our teaching is informed by research in subjects that extend right across our portfolio, suitably supplemented by external experts from around the world.
• We believe in engaging with employers to develop, deliver and review courses that enhance our graduate’s employability credentials in a manner that is central to our vision for students, the city and region.

Assessment

We believe that course content should involve the combined consideration of academic and vocational intent for students to develop a skill and knowledge set which is fit for the workplace.

Hence, this MSc was designed with environmental managers and applies current ‘live’ assessments/events to keep the content responsive to the ever-changing needs of employers, their employees, and the ever-changing environmental agenda.

Career Opportunities

Postgraduates from our Environmental Conservation and Management MSc have embarked on careers with a wide variety of employers within the environmental management sector, including environmental consultancy, Natural Resources Wales, Local Authorities, waste management, water companies, teaching and environmental NGOs both in the UK and across the globe. Graduates have also successfully completed doctoral-level studies in various Universities around the world.