The course will be offered through the School of Environmental and Information Sciences. It aims to produce graduates who have an in-depth understanding of a particular discipline area of natural and cultural resource management.
Graduates develop a capacity for independent research and problem analysis and solution.
Students undertaking the course will develop their knowledge and understanding through formal coursework and a program of independent reading. Their research, analytical and problem-solving skills will be developed through analysis and review of research literature and completing a research project in their dissertation. Student learning is supported by contact with university staff by telephone, fax or e-mail and study days or summer schools held at the university. DMU is one of Britain's largest universities with over 30,000 students, and centres at Bedford, Leicester, Lincoln and Milton Keynes. The distributed institution is supported by an infrastructure of modern communication facilities including telecommunications, IT networking and video-conferencing facilities.