MSc Marine Resource Management

This 12 month taught postgraduate programme is one degree within the Environmental Management Programme (EMP) run jointly with the School of Civil Engineering and the Environment. The umbrella (EMP) programme delivers a portfolio of postgraduate degrees within the Environmental Sciences and is supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

Graduate students from a variety of science and engineering backgrounds are introduced to basic concepts in marine science which are then augmented by an understanding and application of resource management issues. Students can choose to specialise in particular pathways through the programme including environmental and resource-based approaches to the subject.

In Semester 1 students must complete:

Environment Audit & Risk Assessment
Contemporary Topics

Depending on the students background knowledge, they must complete either two or four of the introductory modules leaving one/two option(s) to be chosen from an approved list.

Introductory Modules

Introduction to Biological Oceanography
Introduction to Physical Oceanography
Introduction to Chemical Oceanography
Introduction to Marine Geology

Module Options

Coastal Sediment Dynamics
Contemporary Global Environmental Issues
Applied & Marine Geophysics
Large Scale Ocean Processes
Biogeochemical Cycles in the Earth System
Deep Sea Ecology
Zooplankton Ecology & Processes
Introduction to Remote Sensing
International Maritime and Environmental Law

In Semester 2, all modules are short intensive courses delivered over a three week period.  There are two compulsory modules and a choice of one further module from:

Applied Sediment Dynamics
Global Ocean Monitoring
Radar Remote Sensing of the Oceans
Structure & Dynamics of Marine Communities
Applied Biogeochemistry & Pollution
Environmental Radioactivity & Radiochemistry
UN Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS)