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Waste and Resource Management – (M.Sc.)
Cranfield University
School of Applied Sciences
| Location: | Cranfield / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Cranfield University
Suitable for graduates with science, engineering, environmental or related disciplines keen to develop their careers in the environment sector. It is also suitable for candidates working in waste management. The part-time option allows practitioners to extend their professional development within their current employment.
Takes you on to employment in the waste and resource management industry, waste regulation, local authorities, environmental consultancies, process contractors, equipment manufacturers and suppliers serving the international waste and environment sectors. Graduates also go on to research degrees in waste and resource management.
You will be taught by members of research and academic staff within the Centre for Resource Management and Efficiency, staff from other academic departments and industrial representatives.
Course description
A shortage of suitably trained, high-calibre graduates available to join the waste and resource management sector will jeopardise its ability to implement the changes required to meet aggressive business targets. The waste industry recognises that it urgently needs well-qualified, technical staff with management expertise who can meet the challenges of any future agenda. This course has been developed, with considerable input from the sector, to address this demand. The course is accredited by the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) and the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM).
The Centre for Resource Management and Efficiency has access to a number of major research facilities including laboratories at the University. We also have access to major waste management operations in the region. Students go on site visits to industrial facilities, including a three-day UK/international study tour.
The MSc course comprises eight one-week assessed modules, a group project, and an individual design project. Students undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) complete eight modules and a design project. Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) students complete five modules and a group design project.
Group project
The group project experience is highly valued by both students and prospective employers. It provides students with the opportunity to take responsibility for a consultancy-type project, while working under academic supervision. Success is dependent on the integration of various activities and working within agreed objectives, deadlines and budgets. Many projects are supported by external organisations. For part-time students a thesis can replace the group project.
Individual design project
Students select the individual design project in consultation with the Course Director. The individual project, usually in collaboration with an external organisation, allows students to demonstrate their ability to carry out independent research, think and work in an original way, contribute to knowledge, and overcome genuine problems. An integral part is the production of a journal paper as part of the thesis.
Modules:
* Principles of Sustainability
* Evaluating Sustainability
* Process Emissions and Control
* Environmental Regulation in Practice
* Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery
* Waste Treatment Processes
* Risk Management, Toxicology and Health
* Pollution Prevention and Remediation Technologies
The modules include lectures and tutorials and are assessed through either a written examination or assignment. These provide the tools required for the group and individual projects.
Contents
The course comprises eight assessed modules, a group project and an individual research project.
The modules include lectures and tutorials, and are assessed through practical work, written examinations, case studies, essays, presentations and tests. These provide the 'tools' required for the group and individual projects.
The three elements of the course are assessed as follows:
MSc
Taught modules - 40%
Group project * - 20%
Individual project - 40%
PgDip
Taught modules - 80%
Group project * - 20%
PgCert
Taught modules - 80%
Group project * - 20%
*A dissertation replaces the group project for part-time students.
The full-time course is of 12 months' duration. The modular format of the taught element permits a high degree of flexibility of attendance at Cranfield for part-time students who may commence the course at any time during the year.
Part-time
Part-time programmes are structured in a similar way to the full-time programme and comprise eight one-week assessed modules, a group project (or dissertation), and an individual project, which results in the production of a thesis. Part-time students are normally expected to complete their MSc in two to three years. The modular nature of the programmes allows students a degree of flexibility in the number and order of modules completed each year. Students may commence the course at any time during the year.
Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip)
Delivered and assessed at Masters level, the PgDip represents the taught element of the associated MSc. Students are expected to complete eight modules and a group project.
Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert)
Delivered and assessed at Masters level, the PgCert comprises a subset of the syllabus for the taught element of the associated MSc/PgDip course. Students are expected to complete six modules.
Advanced Professional Master of Technology (MTech)
The innovative MTech programme is unique to Cranfield. It combines taught course MSc study, company-based research, professional development and industrial experience. The total study period is two years and offers teaching and research to develop effective academic expertise as well as directly relevant industrial research experience to progress your career in your chosen sector.
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Requirements
Candidates must possess, or be expected to achieve, a 1st or 2nd class UK honours degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline. Other relevant qualifications, together with considerable experience, may be considered.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
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