MSc students complete compulsory modules (70 credits); optional modules (30 credits); and a dissertation (80 credits); diploma students complete the same compulsory modules; 1 optional module (10 credits); and a 40-credit dissertation; compulsory modules may include: Integrated river basin management; computation and hydroinformatics; data and hydroinformatics; sustainability and water resources; hydrosystems and hydroinformatics; quantitative methods in engineering; optional modules may include: environmental engineering for developing countries; groundwater assessment; hydroecology; hydrological risks and climate change; groundwater modelling; catchment and river modelling; hydroinformatics systems development. The flexible learning route follows the same taught modules (with the exception of research methods) as the full-time route, through a combination of distance learning and residential courses.
Other courses at Newcastle University
MSc Environmental Impact Assessment and Management