The Earths resources are under strain from a growing population. Now, more than ever, we need to monitor, manage and maintain our environment. This vocationally relevant Masters provides you with an in-depth critical understanding of today’s major environmental challenges.<br/><br/>You can keep your learning broad or you can specialise in one of four areas:<br/>- Food Security<br/><br/><br/>- Energy<br/><br/><br/>- Pollution<br/><br/><br/>- Ecology<br/><br/><br/>There are specific core modules for each specialist area.<br/><br/>Several modules include field trips to the beautiful and topographically varied countryside around Lancaster, and beyond.<br/><br/>All options include a dissertation project, which will enhance your practical and analytical skills and give you the chance to apply your learning to a real-world challenge. Our many research projects and partners across the globe provide exciting possibilities when you are choosing your dissertation subject. Alternatively, you can do a six-month research placement with a private sector company, government body or voluntary sector organisation instead of a traditional dissertation. Examples of previous dissertations include:<br/><br/><br/>- Using acoustic surveys to assess rainforest mammal communities<br/><br/><br/>- Plant productivity and nutrient use efficiency under diffuse solar radiation<br/><br/><br/>- The geopolitics of deep-sea mining<br/><br/><br/>- Urban deprivation and flood exposure in the Brazilian Amazon<br/><br/><br/>- Go Wild – How much carbon could we gain by re-wilding the uplands?<br/><br/><br/>- More crop per drop: does “little and often” improve crop water use efficiency<br/><br/><br/>This very popular course will equip you to pursue a broad range of careers including environmental monitoring, resource management and consultancy.