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University of GreenwichThe award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
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MSc, PG Cert, PG Dip | Full-time | 1 year | find out | find out | find out |
MSc, PG Cert, PG Dip | Part-time | 2 years | find out | find out | find out |
This programme equips graduates with the skills required for professional roles involving collection, management, analysis and presentation of landscape ecology and environmental conservation datasets using Geographical Information Systems.
In both the UK and overseas the concept of landscape scale land management has gained acceptance over the last decade. The implementation of environmental conservation policies and strategies based on a landscape ecology approach is increasingly dependent on spatial data that are managed and manipulated within a GIS. As a result, the Ecological Skills Gap Project has identified a clear need for ecologists with experience of GIS and for GIS specialists with an understanding of the environmental data they are being asked to manage and manipulate within a GIS.
This programme is designed to address these skills gaps and is structured around three compulsory conservation courses that integrate theoretical and practical aspects of contemporary conservation and environmental management, and three compulsory courses covering the principles and implementation of GIS. Additionally students take a compulsory Professional Practice for GI course, and one optional course. The MSc programme culminates in a third term with the dissertation, an individual piece of research focused on the application of GIS techniques to a specific landscape ecology problem.
The aims of the programme are:
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Geography and Environmental Science
Learn about the world around you - its nature, environment, society and cultures. Explore the problems we’re facing such as climate change and pollution and get hands on experience at home and abroad.
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