Built Environment courses at the University of Glamorgan
At the University of Glamorgan we have a suite of MSc Awards with focus upon issues about the Built Environment, Quality, Environmental Management and/or Health and Safety. More information about them can be found on our website – here is a little more info about each:
MSc Building Information Modelling and Sustainability:
This postgraduate construction course is designed for graduates who wish to develop the knowledge and skills to pursue a career in the rapidly evolving area of Building Information Modelling, used throughout the construction project and the property life-cycle. It is also ideal for those currently employed in industry and who wish to develop new skills and adapt their professional abilities in line with the government’s proposal.
MSc Environmental Management
Environmental management is becoming more and more important to all types of businesses throughout the world and there is a growing need for qualified environmental managers. MSc Environmental Management has been designed for people who want a career in environmental management and for professionals who already have experience in this area.
MSc Safety, Health and Environmental Management
This MSc produces health and safety practitioners, who can identify, assess and solve health, safety and environmental problems by applying the principles of good management
MSc Sustainable Business Risk Management
This MSc Sustainable Business Risk Management is unique because it integrates subject areas that are becoming inter-related in the workplace. You will benefit most from this course if you are an existing or prospective manager with a role in this area, or if you wish to enter this field.
MSc Total Quality
MSc Total Quality degree covers the complete spectrum of total quality, from systems and tools to the development and motivation of people across an organisation. It is unique in the way it integrates subject areas that are rapidly becoming inter-related in organisations, plus you will get to apply appropriate models and theories to quality management.
What it’s like learning here
If you’d like to take a look at what it’s like to study on some of our courses, take a look here: http://youtu.be/oU3bktPxZUM - this film shows Senior lecturer Trevor Price talking about one of his courses.
There are other related films (here: http://www.youtube.com/theproacademy) produced by our Professional Academy colleagues showing different aspects of life at the University of Glamorgan. Here (http://uniglam.adobeconnect.com/p305gw9o8vb/) is a film focused upon our MSc Building Information Modelling and Sustainability course.
Timetabling and how our courses are delivered
For part-time students, which take 3 years to complete an MSc, we run our courses on one day of the week – usually Wednesdays (1st year of study) or Mondays (year 2) for the taught parts of the course. The dissertation comes in the final year, which is worked on in negotiation with your supervisor – it depends upon the type of research project you do.
During each year, you will need to complete 60 credits – this we break down into 3 modules (worth 20 credits each). This equates to 3 timetabled ‘session’ per week. This means that all your timetabled sessions are fitted into one day, which is usually quite a long day, but gets it all done in that one day. How each session is run is down to the lecturer responsible for that module. Some require you to attend a classroom for the full session, some use technology enhanced learning techniques to guide your learning differently; perhaps for example, extensively using online technologies.
We also run what we call ‘block mode’ delivery – which means that we ask you to complete each module within a ‘block’ of 8 weeks.
TO APPLY:
Apply online, here: www.glam.ac.uk/apply
