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Environmental Health – (M.Sc.)
University of Strathclyde
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| Location: | Glasgow / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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The MSc in Environmental Health has been designed to allow graduates from a range of life science disciplines to develop and extend specialist knowledge in risk-based assessment and management of environmental influences on human health.
The Programme and its International Context
Environmental Health is the assessment and management of environmental influences on human health. This includes the study of:
* Environmental protection (including control of air, water & land pollution)
* Food safety & hygiene (including production, distribution & fitness for human consumption)
* Occupational health & safety (including investigation & control of work-related accidents & ill health)
* The built environment (including homes, workplaces & public spaces).
The above examples highlight the important and highly worthwhile nature of environmental health work. Many environmental health students are motivated by a desire to directly improve living and working conditions to the benefit of a wide range of people. Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) in Scotland are involved in all of the above areas of environmental health together with continually emerging issues in public health.
The MSc in Environmental Health is the only programme of its kind in Scotland and is accredited by the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS).
Students develop expertise in current methods for examining factors that affect human health, assessing and managing the risks involved, and meeting the challenges resulting from changes in the interaction between people and the environment. The wide scope of Environmental Health and the corresponding breadth of the degree reflect rapid technological progress. Environmental impact assessment, sustainable development, air, water and noise pollution are increasingly important and there is a pressing need for graduates with skills in these disciplines.
Correspondingly, the course provides an emphasis on teaching subjects that are relevant to contemporary problems faced by communities, government, industry and commercial organisations. For example, external professionals work together with academic staff and students in the teaching of case studies of outbreaks of water-borne and food-borne diseases and also in urban and industrial air quality management.
Teaching is based on a core of conventional lectures and tutorials, complemented by group projects, laboratory classes, student-led seminars and fieldwork. The course can be studied over 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time or up to 5 years via Open Access.
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Career Prospects
Graduates in Environmental Health are well prepared for a wide range of professions that require intellectual flexibility and analytical skill. Many graduates from the Strathclyde programme have highly successful careers in environmental consultancy, health and safety management, food industry, public water utilities, waste management, and housing sector. There is increasing recognition by employers in the private sector that graduates in Environmental Health have skills and backgrounds that are well suited to management roles in a range of related business activities, including the specialist field of Corporate Social Responsibility.
One option is to develop a career as an Environmental Health Officer (EHO), where the variety & nature of work, salaries, working conditions, job security and fringe benefits in this field compare very favourably with other graduate-level disciplines.
Other options include careers as Environmental Protection Officers (EPOs) working for the Environment Protection Agencies (Scottish Environment Protection Agency [SEPA] and the Environment Agency [EA]). Indeed, the majority of EHOs, and many EPOs, in Scotland today hold the BSc (Honours) degree in Environmental Health from the University of Strathclyde.
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Admission Requirements
Minimum requirements for entry to the MSc in Environmental Health are a first or second-class Honours degree from a UK University (or equivalent overseas qualification) in a relevant science or engineering discipline. Applicants with alternative qualifications are welcome to apply: each application is judged on its own merits.
In addition to academic qualifications, you must also be able to show that you have a sufficient grasp of English. If English is not your first language you will need to provide evidence of your proficiency before you can begin the course, and you are strongly advised to take the IELTS or the TOEFL test examination. The University's general entry requirements are IELTS 6.5, TOEFL 600 (including the Test of Written English), TOEFL 250 (computer based test) and TOEFL 100 (internet based test).
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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