MSc Environmental Resource Management
Dublin, Ireland
MSc
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 29,100 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* EU fee per year - € 10430; non-EU fee per year - € 29100
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Key Summary
The MSc Environmental Resource Management is an established programme designed for those who wish to undertake advanced studies in the pursuit of a career in the environmental sciences.
Sustainable management of our environmental resources is at the heart of some of the key challenges facing humanity today; food security, climate change, biodiversity loss, and the protection of water and soil resources. During this MSc particular emphasis is placed on exploring these globally important environmental issues, in agriculture and other land use systems. Graduates will gain the knowledge necessary to address these needs through a combination of environmental science, policy and management expertise.
The programme fosters in its graduates the qualities of self-motivation and critical thinking. Core elements of the programme include: literature review and knowledge assimilation; core lab, field and IT skills including use of GIS and remote sensing software; experimental survey design, quantitative data analysis and communication skills.
Individual and group work assignments are designed to develop individual, teamwork and leadership skills. These skills will culminate and be tested further in the final semester, when students complete a supervised research project. Fieldwork is involved in many of the modules offered, including visits to leading extension, advisory and research programmes in the area of sustainable environmental resource management.
The minor thesis component offers a very broad choice of research topics that allows students to focus on a specific subject area of interest. Students are assigned an academic supervisor with research interests and expertise in the thesis subject area.
Who should apply?
Full-Time option suitable for:
- Domestic (EEA) applicants: Yes
- International (Non-EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region: Yes
Please note that UCD offers a number of graduate scholarships for full-time, self-funding international students, holding an offer of a place on a UCD graduate degree programme. For further information please contact our Admissions team!
What modules can I take?
Stage 1 - Core
- Human Impact on the Environment
- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- Communication for Research
- Geographic Information Systems
- Environmental Assessment
- Data Analysis for Biologists
- Soil, Plant & Water Resources
- Practical Research Skills
- Ecosystem Monitoring
- Ecological Modelling
- Research Project (AESC) 2
Stage 1 - Option
- Wildlife Conservation
- One Health
- Carbon & Sustainability
- Apply learned skills and competencies in environmental consultancy, evaluation and assessment.
- Appreciate the functional benefits of natural processes within managed rural ecosystems.
- Combine the use of core lab, field and IT skills in scientific study and evaluation.
- Devise and interpret environmental studies/evaluations involving the collection, appropriate analysis and reporting of resulting observations.
- Evaluate the wider environmental issues and challenges of food production and security, and appreciate the objectives of national, EU and international policy.
- Integrate scientific understanding in sustainable management and policy approaches.
- Interpret the ecological processes and cycles that underpin sustainable management of natural resources.
- Understand the key terrestrial ecosystem services such as climate and water regulation and nutrient cycling, and how they may be promoted by effective and sustainable land management practice.
Careers & Employability
The career prospects for graduates from the MSc Environmental Resource Management are wide-ranging, with environmental management increasingly fundamental to industrial, service and public sectors. Graduates secure roles in the private and public sectors across government agencies, local authorities, county councils and others.
This programme has a successful track record with the Irish Aid Fellowships.
Graduate Roles:
- Environmental Consultancy
- Environmental Advisory
- Environmental Engineering
- Regulatory Authorities
- Policy
- Research