This course is designed to meet the needs of practitioners within the environmental sector who wish to achieve a Master's; the modular approach allows students to progress at a pace to suit them, within defined boundaries; students collect credits for work completed giving the flexibility to stop and start as work and home life dictate; the course focuses on UK and European legislation and techniques suitable for a temperate climate; the course has been developed and restructured to meet the needs of a changing and demanding environmental field; 2 modules from 6 are completed for the postgraduate certificate and 4 for the postgraduate diploma; the final Master�s year involves a dissertation.