MSc Environmental Consultancy

at University of Plymouth

Programme overview

Our MSc is designed by practising professionals from within the consultancy sector and reflects all of the key skills you need to thrive as a professional within the field of environmental consultancy and management 
 

Learn from our environmental management expertise in areas such as data handling, environmental impact assessments including field survey work, environmental systems, professional practice, legislation and regulation as well as geographical information systems which are a key skill within the
sector.
 

Module choice, placement organisation and dissertation project tailor your MSc to provide the strongest possible CV with which to gain the job you seek. Our close relationship with employers within the sector via our work placements ensures the MSc is fully up to date to provide you with the best possible for starting your career. 

Core modules

Work Placement Project (ENVS5004)
This module is concerned with the acquisition of professional practice knowledge and skills through work experience with a professional consultancy organisation. It will allow students to apply their knowledge and training to real projects and gain an insight into potential careers within the environmental sector.
 

Professional Practice in the Environmental Sector (GEES515)
This module examines the place of sustainability and environmental management in modern business practice, and prepares students for professional work experience in semester 2. It also provides students with a critical understanding of the principles, ethics and methods of environmental law and regulation, and examines the role of economics in characterising and addressing human interaction with the environment
 

Environmental Assessment (GEES517)
This module examines current legislation and guidance on, and methods of, environmental assessment, focussing on strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and environmental impact assessment (EIA). Through critical investigation of case studies, students will learn how to use methodologies to evaluate impacts on environmental receptors and communicate outcomes, including impact statements, to professional standards.
 

Environmental Knowledge: From Field to Stakeholder (GEES519)
This module reviews qualitative and quantitative research methods relevant to professional and academic investigations in the field of policy-making, planning, management and consultancy in the built and natural environments. It encompasses the complete lifecycle of research (design, planning, data collection, knowledge dissemination and application), including stakeholder engagement across these stages.
 

MSc Dissertation (GEES520)
The student will complete an independent research project that they have designed in semester 1 as part of their research skills development. The record of the research will communicate the project aims, research problem, methodology, data analysis, interpretation, discussion/synthesis and conclusions in the format specified and to a professional standard.

UK/EU
 

You will normally be a graduate with an upper second class (2:1) degree or higher from an environmental, geographical, chemistry, marine, geology or biological subject discipline who is looking for environmental sector training. If you apply with a 2:2 and relevant environmental management experience, this would also be acceptable.
 

Equally, you could be a graduate from related disciplines who have worked within the environmental sector and is looking to gain a specialist qualification. If you apply without recent formal qualifications you may still be accepted.
 

INTERNATIONAL
 

If you are an overseas applicant you can check the comparability of your qualifications with the UK equivalent through Ecctis, who provide an advisory service.

The minimum IELTS score for acceptable English proficiency for entry is normally 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each element).

International - £16,700