MSc Environmental Change, Impact and Adaptation

Our MSc in Environmental Change, Impact and Adaptation is an innovative, bespoke, multi-disciplinary programme that addresses the challenges that climatic and other environmental changes pose to society. It draws on world-leading expertise in the department in both the natural and social sciences to cover a range of topics including: desertification, terrestrial carbon cycles, flooding, risk management, records of palaeo-environmental change, environmental hazards, policy response, sea-level rise, and the impacts of warming and changing rainfall on ecosystem processes.

Overview

Aberystwyth DGES is home to a variety of research groups with interests directly related to the programme, including Environment and Society, Earth Observation and Ecosystems Dynamics, Rivers and Quaternary Research

· The Department of Geography and Earth Science is top in Wales, with 78% of its research classified as either ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ - REF 2014

· Aberystwyth DGES is in the top ten of UK Geography departments with regards to research power, which provides a measure of the quality of research, as well as of the number of staff undertaking research within the department

· DGES receives funding from organisations such as United Nations, WHO and the European Research Council

· Opportunity to study the latest understanding of environmental change and our efforts to plan for and manage future change

· Opportunity to undertake advanced training in environment based topics from one of the UK's leading research departments

· Aberystwyth is located in a high quality outdoor physical environment and comprises a multi-national community.

Careers

Upon completion of the course, you will be a highly competent contributor to any work relating to:

human impacts on and management of terrestrial ecosystems

environmental risk assessment

environmental policy analysis

disaster relief.