Environmental Management of Urban Land and Water

Certificate, Diploma, MSc

Summary Information

The course covers a range of relevant science, environmental engineering and management disciplines; students develop the skills required to assess, restore and manage the quality of urban land and water for urban regeneration and development.

Entry requirements

Minimum 2.2 Honours degree in a relevant science, engineering or management subject; professional qualifications and work experience considered on an individual basis; applicants whose 1st language is not English require IELTS 6.5 (with no less than 6 in each component), or a TOEFL score of 575 with TWE 4.5 (paper-based test), or 232 in CBT with WTE 4.5, or TOEFL iBT score of 90–91.

Course modules

Core modules: dissertation planning and paper presentation; water resources and hydrology; water flow in pipes, open channels and aquifers; environmental chemistry; environmental microbiology; environmental sampling and data analysis; dissertation (msc only); plus 6 options from: hydrogeology; asset management and whole life costing; soil/groundwater risk assessment; risk analysis and extreme events; fate and transport of pollutants; modelling water distribution; field investigation methods; environmental river processes; landfill engineering and environmental management; design and performance of urban drainage; natural attenuation of pollution; stormwater management.

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