The term technology in the course title refers to the application of scientific knowledge, policy, and engineering to solve environmental problems.
The program is run from the Imperial College London from the Centre for Environmental Policy (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/pg/environmental-policy/)
The student will acquire a diverse range of discipline-specific problem – solving frameworks for tackling contemporary environmental issues while combining the natural and social sciences with engineering and medicine in a truly interdisciplinary manner.
A major emphasis of the course is on the way environments function and on the compatible tools, alternative technologies, and policies for sustainable environmental management.
Program Structure
The MSc program has a duration of 1 year and separately in three terms
Term 1
1. Ecology in Context:
This module aims to provide grounding in both the key concepts of ecological theory, referring to the dynamics at several interacting scales, and to some of the applications of ecology in several different scientific disciplines. It will draw upon case studies and illustrate situations where ecological theory has been applied successfully
2. Environmental Economics: The course aiming:
- To introduce the broad principles of economic reasoning in relation to environmental problems and solutions
- To illustrate how economics can help explain the causes of current environmental problems
- To describe how economics can be used to mitigate environmental damage
3. Environmental Law: The course aiming:
- To provide a detailed understanding of how the UK, European Union (EU) and international sources of law are used to solve environmental problems and emerging challenges;
- Teach critical legal and other reasoning skills in order to reveal the significant inadequacies that exist in conventional institutional environmental problem solving;
- Convey a new and effective framework for environmental problem solving by teaching MSc candidates how to think about and resolve environmental problems and conflicts
4. Environmental Policy and Management: Τhe course aiming:
- To introduce environmental governance and the ideas, policy processes and institutional structures surrounding it;
- To review the role of environmental planning and key assessment and management tools in environmental policy implementation.
5. Environmental Pollution and Control:
This module introduces pollution and degradation of environmental quality as an example of the interactions between natural and human systems. It aims to enable students to understand environmental problems, looking at causal linkages between pollution sources, exposure pathways, and impacts to environmental quality and human health.
6. Quantitative Skills and Uncertainty:
This is an essentially quantitative course; however, understanding sustainability requires that we can make sense of the myriad ways in which knowledge is constructed. Science, the humanities, and personal knowledge all have important roles to play in the sustainability discourse and yet they tell different stories about what the world does and can look like. In the first lecture, we will explore how disciplinary knowledge is constructed and used and ways in which it can be combined to create inter-disciplinary sense.
From this basis, we move to developing a sound understanding of both how some of the standard statistical tests work and when to apply these. Building on this we develop an understanding of probability and uncertainty in the answers to ecological management questions. Further training in social science and more qualitative methods is provided in the summer term.
Term 2
The option term runs from January until Easter and is when students break up into their chosen specialist option groups. There are nine options in total covering all aspects of law, economics, ecology & resources, energy, business, pollution, health and legacy issues from past environmental pollution and emissions from industrial processes.
- Bussiness and environment
- Energy policy
- Environmental analysis and assessment
- Environmental economics and policy
- Environmental resource management
- Global environmental change and policy
- Health and the Global Environment
- Pollution management
- Water management
Term 3
The third part of the course provides the opportunity to undertake rigorous independent research; to apply knowledge and understanding of environmental disciplines in the widest sense to practical problems; and to develop and demonstrate interdisciplinary, transferable skills with specific emphasis on project management and presentation (oral and written) skills.
Links with Industry
The MSc in Environmental Technology has developed very strong links with employers and research organizations and maintains strong links with alumni in the business sector. Most of our links are with R&D (Innovation) departments in industry or bodies such the Environment Agency and Defra.
In general, industry participation in teaching is appreciated by many students and can deliver real benefits as it connects the theory of academia with the reality of practitioners in the field. Although in most other courses, the industry involvement is often delimited to occasional guest lecturers or study visits and as such, it supplements the traditional, academic teaching activities, our course has been developing a different, more integrated approach. Through a series of mechanisms, the engagement of industry is secured through fellowships, visiting chairs, funding of research projects, and providing bursaries.
The Link Between the program and The Mind of Nature
The program will begin in October, and the readers of The Mind of Nature will be able to attend classes through live-stream presentations via The Mind of Nature Channel at Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy7J2d8Ndj_-4DOS4Igyftw?
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy7J2d8Ndj_-4DOS4Igyftw?
Also, notes of each lesson in pdf format will be posted. For more information about the program, please follow the link below:
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