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Taught Degrees
MSc Applied Geospatial Technology
Designed for anyone who wishes to pursue a qualification in the application of geospatial technologies to the geosciences, this programme will enable you to learn the fundamentals of techniques and tools for acquiring, storing, processing, classifying, visualising and analysing spatially referenced data of the Earth, and their application to the study of the Earth. This includes databases, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), digital mapping and cartography, airborne and satellite remote sensing, digital image processing, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Internet mapping, field data capture and mobile GIS.
www.abdn.ac.uk/agt
MSc Geospatial Information Systems
This programme will develop your proficiency in computing skills relevant to the geospatial data handling and analysis; enable you to practice complementary geospatial technology skills in an integrated project; and help you become more aware of the growing importance of geospatial information to commerce and government.
www.abdn.ac.uk/gis
MRes Human Geography (MRes)
This degree programme, ACCREDITED BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, will provide you with a thorough grounding in generic and subject specific research skills whilst commencing work on your own research project. Most students following this degree programme, in its entirety or only the components leading to the award of a Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods in Human Geography, do so during their first year as a doctoral research student. Successful completion of the programme (or part of it if you have been exempted from some courses) is a pre-requisite for progression to year 2 of the PhD.
www.abdn.ac.uk/mreshumangeography
MLE Land Economy (Rural Surveying)
ACCREDITED BY THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS (RICS). This programme will provide you with a thorough understanding of the management of land and its resources, rural businesses and their associated activities and interests. Students develop a range of knowledge and skills integrated to meet the future challenges facing landowners and land managers. You will expand your understanding of traditional land management and emerging land uses, combined with an understanding of the business skills necessary for successful decision-making and rural business management.
www.abdn.ac.uk/mle
MSc Sustainable Rural Development
Nationally and internationally respected as one of the leading inter-disciplinary postgraduate qualifications in rural development and management in the UK, you will develop a critical appreciation of the concept of sustainable development in the rural environment and an understanding of related social science theories. You will also develop a knowledge and understanding of rural policy making and management approaches to promoting more sustainable rural environments and lifestyles. We offer a degree pathway ACCREDITED BY THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS (RICS) to broaden students' employment prospects by preparing candidates for entry to the Environmental Faculty of the Institution.
www.abdn.ac.uk/srd
MSc Integrated Petroleum Geoscience
This programme has achieved an excellent reputation as one of the world's top vocational training pathways in this area. You will learn the geoscience skills needed for hydrocarbon exploration and production, so that you are ready to embark upon a petroleum industry career; develop the knowledge needed to communicate with and work alongside specialists in the other engineering and scientific disciplines involved in hydrocarbon exploration and production, in small, multi-disciplinary teams; and enhance your inter-personal and transferable skills relevant to the hydrocarbon industry today; to develop presentation and report-writing skills; to encourage team work; to stimulate creative thinking and problem-solving ability; and to foster initiative and self-discipline.
www.abdn.ac.uk/ipg
MSc Oil & Gas Enterprise Management
In studying on this programme you will be provided with a broad training in oil industry matters; especially those pertaining to how relatively small oil companies can work with National Oil Companies and energy ministries to better exploit their hydrocarbon resources. In this respect the training provided in commercialisation, economics and law is important, as is the understanding you will develop of how science and technology can be applied at the cutting edge to improve hydrocarbon exploration success and recovery.
www.abdn.ac.uk/ogem
MSc Rural Planning & Environmental Management
An MSc ACCREDITED BY THE ROYAL TOWN PLANNING INSTITUTE AND ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTED SURVEYORS. As land comes under increasing pressure and sustainable development part of everyday language, rural land use planning and environmental management is developing as a specialism. This degree programme synthesises both topics to provide you with flexible training in both specialist and generic issues, enabling you to work in a wide range of spatial planning contexts. We offer a 24 month part-time mode of study for those wishing to gain a professional degree while still in employment.
www.abdn.ac.uk/rpem
MSc Urban Planning and Real Estate
ACCREDITED BY THE ROYAL TOWN PLANNING INSTITUTE AND ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTED SURVEYORS, and devised in discussion with employers, you will receive training which combines urban planning skills and real estate concepts to provide you with a highly sought qualification. The programme seeks to deliver graduates not only with a sound technical background in planning and real estate but with real sense of practical real life experiences.
www.abdn.ac.uk/upre
Research Degrees
Research students in the School may undertake the following degrees:
- Master of Science by research - MSc by research (12 months full-time/ 24 months part-time)
- Master of Philosophy - MPhil (24 months full-time/ 48 months part-time)
- Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (36 months full-time/ 60 months part-time. The requirements of those three different research
Postgraduate research students are an important and highly valued element in the School of Geosciences.
PhD studentships are routinely advertised for projects within the School's discipline areas - please visit www.abdn.ac.uk/cops/graduate/phds to view the latest ones.
The University of Aberdeen's College of Physical Sciences also has funded places available for students who can propose a topic for a 3 year PhD-level study in the Geosciences.
Current projects students are working on include:
- The Archaeology of Icelandic Emigration to Canada
- Modelling the Evolution of Large-Scale River Systems through Detrital Mineral Assemblages
- The Sedmientology and Minerology of Meteorite Impact Ejecta
- Labour, 'Agency' and Social Reproduction: Considering Call Centres
- The Transition to Regional Delivery of Transport Investment in Scotland
- Refreezing and Runoff at the Surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet
- The Palaeoecology of the Eastern European Palaeogene
- Within-Catchment Variation in Stream Invertebrate Growth Patterns: Influence of Riparian Cover and Stream Temperatures on Baetis Rhodani (Ephemeroptera)
- Upscalling and Understanding of the Hydrological & Biogeochemical Functioning of Larger Catchments
- Overcoming the 'Cultural Cringe' in the Celtic Fringe: the 'Gaelic Labour Market' in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland
- Unravelling the depositional environments within the Midle Haima Supergroup (Lower Palaezoic) of East-Central Oman
- The Thread of Sorcery - Vicking Age Ritual Performers in a Cross-Cultural Context
