Environmental Systems and Climate Change

The postgraduate programme provides opportunities for graduates with backgrounds in physical, engineering and environmental disciplines to enhance their knowledge of the physical phenomena relating to the environmental systems. Degrees offered are M.AgSE and PhD. AgSE in Environmental Systems and Climate Change. The programme is designed to provoke a multidisciplinary approach in tackling the complex issues of the environment and to train a new breed of scientists capable of effectively managing environmental issues, and mitigating the risks posed by the climate change to the environment. The training involves theoretical, practical, computational and internship components that will be needed to address emerging environmental challenges. A PhD programme in Environmental Systems and Climate change shall be by a combination of taught courses, seminars, supervised teaching and research. Every PhD student is expected to take and obtain satisfactory performances in all compulsory courses (except if there is evidence of having previously undertaken some courses in which case they shall be exempted) in addition to Seminars and Internship:

Philosophy

The philosophy of the programme is to foster multidisciplinary research on the issues of environmental sustainability with a view to improving agricultural development under different climate change scenarios. Degrees offered are M.AgSE and PhD.AgSE in Environmental Systems and Climate Change with options in Hydrology and Climate Change, Environmental Geophysics, Remote Sensing and Climate Change, and Environmental Safety.

Objectives

Deriving from the foregoing philosophy the major objectives of this programme are as follows:

• To train graduates who would be sufficiently knowledgeable in different applications of the environmental systems.
• To produce graduates who are practically and theoretically adept in environmental aspects that meet the needs of agro-industries.
• To produce skilled and competent graduates who will effectively manage and critically assess information and issues relating to environmental safety.
• To produce skilled professionals capable of developing environmental early warning systems and prediction for sustainable agriculture and national development.
• To develop a crop of well-equipped manpower that will strive to sustain the environment even in the face of the risks posed by the issues of climate change.

Links to Related Information

• ESC Course Module Description
• ESC revised course work
• ESC Staff, Citation, External, Moderator and research focus
• ESC Students-Industrial Linkage Policy

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List of Programme-Specific Courses and Units

M.Sc. General Courses

 

First Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Units
ACE 801	Climate and Agriculture	2
GED 803	Short French Language Course	2
ACE 893	Internship 1	2
ACE 895	Seminar 1	1
ACE 899	Dissertation	6
	Total Units	13
Second Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Units
ACE 802	Information Systems and Agricultural Knowledge Management	3
ACE 804	International Trade and Commercial Policy	3
ACE 894	Internship 2	2
ACE 896	Seminar 2	2

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M.Sc. Specific Courses

 

First Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Units
ESC 801	Mathematical Methods and numerical applications	3
ESC 803	Fluid Mechanics	2
ESC 805	Hydrological Measurements and Analysis	3
ESC 807	Environmental Simulation Modeling	3
ESC 809	Climate Change Processes, History and Contemporary Issues	2
ESC 811	Remote Sensing, GIS and Land Management	3
ESC 813	Waste Water Management and Pollution Control	3
	Total Units	19
Second Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Units
ESC 802	Environmental Economics	1
ESC 804	Environmental Safety and Protection	2
ESC 806	Soil Processes Assessment and Management	2
ESC 808	Climate Change Impacts, Ecosystem Management and Sustainability	2
ESC 810	Environmental Impact Assessment and Safeguard Policies	2
	Total Units	9

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Ph.D. General Courses

 

First Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Units
ACE 801	Climate and Agriculture	2
GES 803	Short French Language Course	2
ACE 993	Internship 1	2
ACE 995	Seminar 1	1
ACE 999	Thesis	10
	Total Units	17
Second Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Units
ACE 802	Information Systems and Agricultural Knowledge Management	3
ACE 804	International Trade and Commercial Policy	3
ACE 994	Internship 2	2
ACE 996	Seminar 2	2
ACE 998	Seminar 3	2
	Total Units	11

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Summary of Course Requirements

M.AgSE Programme

For the Masters programme (M.AgSE), the option has a total of 45 units courses including Centre courses (10 units), Internships I and II (4 units), seminars I and II (2 units) and Dissertation (6 units). In the first semester, programme specific courses include four core courses and three electives (ESC 807, ESC 811, ESC 813) out of which students must register for two. In the second semester, programme specific courses include two core courses and three electives(ESC 804, ESC 806, ESC 810) out of which students must register for two. Total unit courses
for masters is 23

PhD.AgSE Programme

For the PhD programme, students will undertake Centre courses of (10 units), Internship I and II (4 units), Seminars I, II and III (4 units) and Thesis (10 units). Students would be expected to audit any relevant programme specic course that will be prescribed by the Programme leader.