Course contact details
Student Recruitment Team
Email:general-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Phone:0300 303 5303
Open University
Student Recruitment Team
PO Box 197
Milton Keynes
MK7 6BJ
If you’re interested in designing and participating in effective environmental management, this diploma is for you. It’s suitable for many contexts, from government, commerce and industry to voluntary, local and community organisations. You’ll consider the everyday concerns of environmental protection, natural resource management, and rapidly changing environmental legislation and policy, in global and local contexts – gaining the skills to unpack these issues and play an active, creative role in improving environmental performance. You’ll choose option modules from project management, environmental science, innovation management and systems thinking.
Key features of the course
Meet the challenges of environmental management in the context of sustainable development
Develop your ability to make informed decisions about environmental issues, whether at work, in your community or at home
Top up to the MSc in Environmental Management in just one more year
To gain this qualification, you need 120 credits. You'll study three compulsory 30-credit environmental management modules and choose 30 credits from a range of option modules.
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
There are no entry requirements for this qualification.
However, some option modules do have entry requirements. We’ll ask you to prove you meet them when you register for any of these modules:
Advance your independent learning (YXM830)
Although this qualification has no entry requirements, we recommend you have:
A UK honours degree (or equivalent) in a science or engineering discipline.
Minimum IELTS (International English Language Testing System) scores of:
Reading: 5.5
Writing: 5.5
Speaking: 5.5
Listening: 5.5
Overall: 6.0.
You’ll also need the skills and knowledge to:
Write technical essays and reports at a high level.
Carry out calculations using logarithms and the exponential function.
Analyse numerical data.
Understand and apply scientific principles in relation to chemical reactions, biological processes and energy conversion.
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
As fees for individual modules can vary, the total cost you pay for your qualification depends on the modules you choose to study. For further information about fees, please refer to the course description on The Open University website.
Email:general-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Phone:0300 303 5303
Student Recruitment Team
PO Box 197
Milton Keynes
MK7 6BJ
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