Water education programs

Flood and Coastal Risk Management

Offered by: Lancaster University
Location: Lancaster, UK
Program type: MSc

Program location

Program description

As the UK recovers from the impact of flooding and coastal storms, following the wettest winter in almost 250 years, society is recognising the importance of understanding and managing risks to our environment in the face of increased frequency of extreme weather and climate change.

In partnership with JBA Consulting, a specialist water environment and flood risk management consultancy, we have developed flexible and accessible training for water and environmental practitioners focused on the application of technical skills and best practice techniques.


Flexible and accessible postgraduate training that works around you
Flexible delivery enables you to continue working whilst studying.
Gain technical skills and knowledge that can be directly applied to a wide range of roles and disciplines in the water, environment and flood risk management sector.
Start at any time throughout the year.
Delivered by practitioners who are experts in their field.
Leads to a Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits) with options to progress to a Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits) or an MSc (180 credits).
Single modules can also be taken as CPD.


Modules
The course is designed to be flexible and can be taken part-time over a maximum of five years. Delivery can be tailored to individual needs to provide accessible training and allow the course to be taken whilst working. Delegates can choose from the following core modules, each of which is worth 15 credits:

Catchment Hydrology and Assessment (LEC.444)
River Hydraulics: Processes, Structures and Modelling (LEC.445)
Forecasting and Extreme Event Response (LEC.447)
Integrated Systems for Sustainable Surface Water Management (LEC.446)
Sustainable Floodplain Management and Restoration (LEC.449)
Coastal Erosion and Flood Risk Management (LEC.448)
Groundwater Resources and Protection - new for 2016-17 (LEC.466)
Catchment Protection - new for 2016-17 (LEC.467)

Each module comprises five days of teaching which will be delivered at Lancaster Environment Centre in blocks of two or three days. This includes seminars, workshops, practical demonstrations, case studies and site visits and is focused on the practical application of skills and techniques.
Background reading and learning resources will be provided to allow you to complete pre and post-course learning in your own time.

Levels of Study
Postgraduate Certificate
For a Postgraduate Certificate, delegates must achieve 60 credits by completing four of the modules listed above.
Postgraduate Diploma
For a Postgraduate Diploma, students must achieve 120 credits by completing all eight modules listed above. You may choose to swap up to two of the modules listed above for two alternative MSc modules on the Sustainable Water Management MSc.


MSc
If you meet the entry requirements for MSc programmes in the Graduate School for the Environment, you may request to transfer your credits from the PgCert/PgDip FCRM programme to the MSc Sustainable Water Management programme and complete a 90-credit dissertation project in addition to the 90-credits from 6 of the taught modules in the PgDip FCRM programme.

Application deadline:

More information (external link to the program)

Source: LANCASTER.AC.UK

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