Environmental Management

Entry requirements

There are no entry requirements for this qualification.

However, some option modules do have entry requirements. We’ll ask you to prove you meet them when you register for any of these modules:

• Advance your independent learning (YXM830)

Although this qualification has no entry requirements, we recommend you have:

• A UK honours degree (or equivalent) in a science or engineering discipline.
• Minimum IELTS (International English Language Testing System) scores of:
  • Reading: 5.5
  • Writing: 5.5
  • Speaking: 5.5
  • Listening: 5.5
  • Overall: 6.0.

Our free course, Succeeding in postgraduate study, helps you develop the skills and confidence to manage the requirements and demands of postgraduate study.

You’ll also need the skills and knowledge to:

• Write technical essays and reports at a high level.
• Carry out calculations using logarithms and the exponential function.
• Analyse numerical data.
• Understand and apply scientific principles in relation to chemical reactions, biological processes and energy conversion.

While Environmental monitoring and protection (T868) may not be the module you study first, the T868 diagnostic will help you assess if you’re ready for this qualification.

Months of entry

May, November

Course content

Fees and funding

For more information about fees and funding, please visit The Open University website.