Overview
Status: Not on offer
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Major Award
Duration Part Time: 3 Academic Year(s)
Total Credits: 90
Delivery Method: Online
Work-Integrated Learning (Including Placement):
No
The MSc in Freshwater Quality Monitoring and Assessment is a part-time programme delivered online over three academic years. The programme is offered on a cyclical basis with an intake of students every second year.
Students take 90 credits over three academic years. All modules are delivered online with the exception of the elective module EV6004 in Year 2 which is a residential or virtual fieldwork module.
Postgraduate Certificate in Freshwater Quality Monitoring and Assessment (NFQ Level 9, Minor Award)
Upon successful completion and passing of modules to the value of 30 credits, students may opt to exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Certificate in Freshwater Quality Monitoring and Assessment.
Postgraduate Diploma in Freshwater Quality Monitoring and Assessment (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
Upon successful completion and passing of modules to the value of 60 credits, students may opt to exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma in Freshwater Quality Monitoring and Assessment.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| EV6001 | Monitoring Programme Design for Freshwater Bodies | 10 |
| EV6002 | Quality Assurance in Freshwater Quality Monitoring Programmes | 10 |
| EV6003 | Data Handling and Presentation for Freshwater Quality Monitoring Programmes | 10 |
| |
| EV6005 | Monitoring and Assessment of Surface Waters | 10 |
| EV6007 | Monitoring and Assessment of Groundwater | 10 |
| 10 |
| Freshwater Quality Monitoring in the Field (5) 1 | |
| Water Quality Monitoring using Biological and Ecological Methods (5) | |
| Freshwater Quality Monitoring with Particulate Material (5) | |
| |
| EV6010 | Dissertation in Freshwater Quality Monitoring and Assessment (not on offer in 2022/23) | 30 |
| Total Credits | 90 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for MSc (Freshwater Quality Monitoring and Assessment) (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Describe the steps involved in designing a monitoring programme and the different factors that must be considered in each step of the design.
- Recommend appropriate monitoring approaches and select appropriate monitoring stations for specific monitoring objectives;
- Select suitable methods for use in the field and laboratory and prepare the appropriate operating procedures;
- Explain how hydrological, ecological and chemical features of rivers, lakes, reservoirs and groundwaters might influence water quality and the interpretation of water quality monitoring data;
- Produce a quality assurance plan for a monitoring programme;
- Analyse monitoring data using a range of graphical, statistical and GIS-based approaches;
- Write a water quality assessment report suitable for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Plan, research, execute and oversee a substantial research project, critically analyse and interpret the data and effectively disseminate the results.
