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Programme structure: Water and Environmental Management (MSc) - what's running in 2012/13

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Environmental Systems EFMGM3401 15 Mandatory AYEAR
Environmental Quality EFMGM3402 15 Mandatory AYEAR
Environmental Policy and Regulation EFMGM3403 15 Mandatory AYEAR
Environmental Management EFMGM3404 15 Mandatory AYEAR
Masters Dissertation EFMGM1001 60 Mandatory AYEAR
Students take 60 credits from the following:
Water Resources EFMGM3405 15 Optional AYEAR
Water Pollution Prevention Control EFMGM3408 15 Optional AYEAR
Operational Management & Customer Services EFMGM3409 15 Optional AYEAR
Waste and Contaminated Land Management EFMGM3410 15 Optional AYEAR
Industrial Environmental Management EFMGM3411 15 Optional AYEAR
Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries EFMGM3413 15 Optional AYEAR
Potable Water Treatment EFMGM3414 15 Optional AYEAR
Wastewater Treatment Systems EFMGM3415 15 Optional AYEAR
Coastal Engineering and Shoreline Management EFMGM3416 15 Optional AYEAR
River Engineering EFMGM3417 15 Optional AYEAR
PG Certificate/PG Diploma   120    

Progression/award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7(M) unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Exit awards

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to exit from the programme with a postgraduate diploma or certificate.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.

Degree classifications:

An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds. An exit award with Merit or Distinction may be permitted where students are prevented by exceptional circumstances from completing the intended award.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.

Diploma/certificate stages:

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.

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