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Environmental Impact Assessment
Oxford Brookes University
Department of Planning
| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Location: | Oxford / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 190 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Oxford Brookes University
The Master of Research in Environmental Impact Assessment is primarily a research training course and is recognised for Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 1+3 funded studentships. It is designed primarily, although not exclusively, to enable students to link a course of substantive research training to the subsequent pursuit of a doctorate.
The course is modular in structure and includes training in environmental assessment and in research methods and methodology. You will undertake a dissertation of 15,000 words and will also have the opportunity to become involved in research projects of our Impact Assessment Unit.
Why Brookes?
Oxford Brookes has offered a graduate environmental assessment course in Oxford for 15 years, and is acknowledged as a leading provider of environmental assessment education in the UK. We have over 10 teaching and research staff in the field of EIA and our students are drawn from across the British Isles and around the world. Our reputation is built on:
* our student-centredness
* our teaching and research excellence
* our record of key publications in the field
* innovation and service to the community and professional organisations
* our educational philosophy, which seeks to embrace environmental assessment education in its widest sense.
Research staff are drawn primarily from the Impact Assessment Unit and the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, but with some contributions from other schools, reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the subject. Visiting speakers from business and industry, regulatory bodies, and environmental consultancies and research bodies provide further input.
The results of the UK-wide Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008 show that Built Environment at Brookes is a major player in international research in the fields of Architecture and the Built Environment and Town and Country Planning. They also show that the Department of Planning, which includes the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development (OISD) as its primary research vehicle, is ranked fifth in the country in terms of research power.
Contents
Course length
Full-time: 12 months: the full-time route is concentrated with lectures and seminars delivered on two days per week.
Part-time: 24 months
The MRes consists of five modules, an optional module and the dissertation, representing 190 master's-level credits in total. The PGDip and PGCert are available as exit awards only. Students need to achieve 130 credits for the PGDip and 70 credits for the PGCert.
The two core substantive modules are:
* Environmental Assessment
* Environmental Law and Decision Making.
Research methods modules are:
* The Philosophy of Research
* Qualitative Methods and Inquiry by Design
* Statistical Research Using SPSS.
The dissertation comprises the Research Design and Strategies module, and the dissertation itself.
The optional module can be chosen from a range of modules in the environmental assessment field offered within the school, such as GIS and Environmental Modelling, Strategic Environmental Assessment, and Principles of Environmental Assessment and Management.
NB As courses are reviewed regularly, the module list you choose from may vary from that shown here.
Teaching, learning and assessment
Teaching methods reflect the wide variety of topics and techniques associated with environmental assessment and research, and include lectures, seminars, workshops, field trips and research project shadowing.
The majority of the assessment is based on coursework, such as essays, seminars, presentations and the dissertation.
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Requirements
The MRes in Environmental Impact Assessment attracts students from a wide range of backgrounds and nationalities. Applicants are welcome from any academic discipline, as well as those in work and seeking continuing professional development.
Admission is normally open to those with a good honours degree (2:1or equivalent), a postgraduate diploma or an equivalent professional qualification.
English language requirements
* IELTS level 6.5 in the academic test, with a minimum score of 6.0 in reading and writing
* TOEFL score of 79 (internet-based), with 4.5 in the Test of Written English (TWE).
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 79 |
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