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Students must take 20 credits optional modules from any Level 7 (Masters) modules offered in the Geography Department. Students who wish to take greater than 180 credits overall (for a maximum total of 210 credits) will require approval from the Programme Director using the Module Amendment Form available from the Department Office. However, it is not necessary to take these additional credits and it is strongly advised that students generally restrict themselves to the minimum number of credits required.
Please note that the above programme structure is subject to formal approval.
Aquatic Resource Management
|MSc
|Full Time
| Admissions status: OpenSTRUCTURE OVERVIEW
Core programme content
Core module (60 credits):- 7SSG5133 Dissertation in Aquatic Resource Management (Project Placement) (60 credits) (must Take and Pass)
Compulsory modules (100 credits):
- 7SSG5110 Methods for Environmental Research (20 credits)
- 7SSG5117 River Processes and Management (20 credits)
- 7SSG5162 Freshwater and Estuarine Resources: Science, Management and Policy (20 credits)
- 7SSG5172 Functioning, Assessment and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems (20 credits)
- 7SSG5175 Marine Resource Management (20 credits)
Indicative non-core content
Optional modules (20−50 credits):Students must take 20 credits optional modules from any Level 7 (Masters) modules offered in the Geography Department. Students who wish to take greater than 180 credits overall (for a maximum total of 210 credits) will require approval from the Programme Director using the Module Amendment Form available from the Department Office. However, it is not necessary to take these additional credits and it is strongly advised that students generally restrict themselves to the minimum number of credits required.
Other Optional Modules Available to Students on this Programme:
- Any Level 7 (Masters) modules offered in the Geography Department. Please click here for a full list of the modules offered in the 2013/14 academic year.
- Up to 20 credits of Level 7 modules from any KCL Departments or Institutes outside of Geography.
Please note that the above programme structure is subject to formal approval.
FORMAT AND ASSESSMENT
Lectures; small group seminars and workshops; computer and problem-based learning exercises; poster presentations; extensive field and laboratory work including four weeks at the University Marine Biological Station Millport, Scotland and one week in Shropshire.MODULES
More information on typical programme modules.
NB it cannot be guaranteed that all modules are offered in any particular academic year.
NB it cannot be guaranteed that all modules are offered in any particular academic year.
Module code: 7SSG5162
Credit level: 7
Credit value: 20
Semester: Semester 2 (spring)
On completion of the module, students will be able to demonstrate substantive knowledge and critical appreciation of:
Credit level: 7
Credit value: 20
Semester: Semester 2 (spring)
On completion of the module, students will be able to demonstrate substantive knowledge and critical appreciation of:
- The functioning of freshwater, estuarine and coastal systems, and of the management and sustainable exploitation of their resources
- The current and emerging issues and priorities in freshwater and estuarine management. Such issues include, inter alia, the implications of climate change; the development of approaches to water resource exploitation that balance human and environmental needs; the scientific underpinning of methods for management, enhancement and restoration; the development and monitoring of targets for ecosystem integrity; the interface between scientific tools for environmental management / assessment and their application in decision and policy making.
- Contemporary and controversial issues in water management is informed and enhanced by external experts and practitioners, who either contribute directly as external lecturers or with whom regular liaison is maintained, and by student visits to agencies and enterprises involved in water management or exploitation.
Module code: 7SSG5172
Credit level: 7
Credit value: 20
Semester: Semester 1 (autumn)
This module will provide a general introduction to the MSc programme in Aquatic Resource Management, with emphasis on the practical application of biological and physicochemical field techniques including survey and sampling methods; laboratory and statistical analysis of field samples and survey data; and interpretation of the results obtained. To provide direct hands-on experience at the outset of the MSc programme. In addition to these scientific and educational aims, the one week residential field course promotes integration of the student group and provides a valuable opportunity for staff and students to get to know each other.
Credit level: 7
Credit value: 20
Semester: Semester 1 (autumn)
This module will provide a general introduction to the MSc programme in Aquatic Resource Management, with emphasis on the practical application of biological and physicochemical field techniques including survey and sampling methods; laboratory and statistical analysis of field samples and survey data; and interpretation of the results obtained. To provide direct hands-on experience at the outset of the MSc programme. In addition to these scientific and educational aims, the one week residential field course promotes integration of the student group and provides a valuable opportunity for staff and students to get to know each other.
Module code: 7SSG5175
Credit level: 7
Credit value: 20
This module provides knowledge and understanding of the stresses affecting the marine and estuarine environments, by reference to four main topic areas or themes, namely: biodiversity and conservation; mariculture and hydrography; environmental stresses and pollution; and environmental microbiology. The module develops knowledge and understanding of the management and sustainable exploitation of marine and estuarine resources; an understanding and experience of methods for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of coastal and offshore habitats and biota; an awareness and understanding of current and emerging issues and priorities in marine and estuarine research and management.
Students who are not enrolled on the MSc Aquatic Resource Management programme are advised that the module has a field fee, and will require discussion with the module leader to ascertain necessary background.
Credit level: 7
Credit value: 20
This module provides knowledge and understanding of the stresses affecting the marine and estuarine environments, by reference to four main topic areas or themes, namely: biodiversity and conservation; mariculture and hydrography; environmental stresses and pollution; and environmental microbiology. The module develops knowledge and understanding of the management and sustainable exploitation of marine and estuarine resources; an understanding and experience of methods for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of coastal and offshore habitats and biota; an awareness and understanding of current and emerging issues and priorities in marine and estuarine research and management.
Students who are not enrolled on the MSc Aquatic Resource Management programme are advised that the module has a field fee, and will require discussion with the module leader to ascertain necessary background.
Module code: 7SSG5110
Credit level: 7
Credit value: 20
Semester: Semester 1 (autumn)
This module aims to provide a background in issues and methods involved in doing environmental research, including research methods and design. To achieve this, the module consists of a series of lectures, seminars, and practicals giving an overview of methods in designing, analyzing, presenting and evaluating environmental research. A subcomponent of this module will be an additional unassessed but required set of practicals and seminars giving a overview of laboratory and field equipment available in the KCL Department of Geography. On completion of this module, the student will be able to define the features of environmental problems and will be able to assess environmental investigations in terms of their design strategies for collection of data, data analysis, and results presentation. When taken with 7SSG5111 the students will be fully equipped to carry out their own independent research into environmental problems using these methodologies.
Credit level: 7
Credit value: 20
Semester: Semester 1 (autumn)
This module aims to provide a background in issues and methods involved in doing environmental research, including research methods and design. To achieve this, the module consists of a series of lectures, seminars, and practicals giving an overview of methods in designing, analyzing, presenting and evaluating environmental research. A subcomponent of this module will be an additional unassessed but required set of practicals and seminars giving a overview of laboratory and field equipment available in the KCL Department of Geography. On completion of this module, the student will be able to define the features of environmental problems and will be able to assess environmental investigations in terms of their design strategies for collection of data, data analysis, and results presentation. When taken with 7SSG5111 the students will be fully equipped to carry out their own independent research into environmental problems using these methodologies.
Module code: 7SSG5117
Credit level: 7
Credit value: 20
Semester: Semester 2 (spring)
This module aims to provide the key knowledge and understanding necessary to support the development of management strategies for rivers. It therefore embraces three complementary topics: the dimensions of catchment and river system processes, particularly the connectivity between catchment, river and their floodplain processes and the interdependency of hydrological, geomorphological and ecological processes; the ways in which human activities at a range of spatial and temporal scales impact on the fluvial system and how these impacts propagate through the catchment, river system and floodplain; the options available for environmentally-sensitive management of rivers, their catchments and floodplains.
Credit level: 7
Credit value: 20
Semester: Semester 2 (spring)
This module aims to provide the key knowledge and understanding necessary to support the development of management strategies for rivers. It therefore embraces three complementary topics: the dimensions of catchment and river system processes, particularly the connectivity between catchment, river and their floodplain processes and the interdependency of hydrological, geomorphological and ecological processes; the ways in which human activities at a range of spatial and temporal scales impact on the fluvial system and how these impacts propagate through the catchment, river system and floodplain; the options available for environmentally-sensitive management of rivers, their catchments and floodplains.
Module code: 7SSG5129
Credit level: 7
The module aims to provide knowledge of the basic biology of fish and of capture, culture and recreational fisheries. Topics covered include, inter alia: the range of living fishes, their functional morphology and the factors that influence feeding, growth, reproduction and mortality; Methods and mathematical models for the assessment of fish stock abundance and for measuring vital population statistics. Recreational fishery management; Effects of climate change and fishing practices on global fish stocks; Use of marine protected areas to enhance fish stocks; Culture of fin fish to meet the world demand for fish; Environmental implications of fin fish culture; Current problems of fishery resource management.
Credit level: 7
The module aims to provide knowledge of the basic biology of fish and of capture, culture and recreational fisheries. Topics covered include, inter alia: the range of living fishes, their functional morphology and the factors that influence feeding, growth, reproduction and mortality; Methods and mathematical models for the assessment of fish stock abundance and for measuring vital population statistics. Recreational fishery management; Effects of climate change and fishing practices on global fish stocks; Use of marine protected areas to enhance fish stocks; Culture of fin fish to meet the world demand for fish; Environmental implications of fin fish culture; Current problems of fishery resource management.
KEY FACTS
Programme leader/s
Dr Michael Chadwick
Accreditation
Extensive links with governmental and private sector organisations dealing with aquatic resource management who provide placement (internship) opportunities and visiting lecturers. An external advisory board of senior water management personnel and aquatic scientists advises on curriculum development and delivery.
Awarding institution
King's College London
Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent)
UK 180/ECTS 90
Duration
One year FT, September to September.
Location
Strand Campus; marine modules at University Marine Biological Station Millport, Scotland; internships in UK and overseas.
Student destinations
This vocational programme has an outstanding employment record with 95 per cent of graduates gaining employment or undertaking research within water management. Many graduates now occupy senior management positions in the UK and overseas.
Year of entry 2013
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