The programme has a modular structure with the award of credits for successful completion of each course and the project. A total of 180 credits (120 from taught modules plus 60 from the project) are required at a satisfactory level of achievement in all courses for the award of the Master's degree. Taught material will be supplemented by site visits and by seminars given by invited lecturers.
The titles of each course running in 2010/11 are given below and these will normally be taken by all students. With the permission of the Course Director, students who have studied equivalent courses at undergraduate level may be permitted to select alternatives from the list of further courses. Please note that the Institute for Energy Systems reserves the right to change the details of any course. Further details of the programme and its organisation are available in the current MSc Handbook.
Further Courses
Subject to timetable and quota constraints, further courses are offered from those available in Engineering as well as the GeoSciences/SAC, Mathematics, and Social and Political Studies masters programmes (course descriptors can be found in the MSc Handbook. Examples courses include:
- Power Electronics
- Power Systems and Machines
- Energy Systems
- Engineering Project Management
- Integrated Resource Planning
- Human Dimensions of Environmental Change and Sustainability
- Energy Policy and Politics
- Integrated Resource Management
- Participation in Policy and Planning
- Applications in Environmental Economics
- Dynamic and Integer Programming & Game Theory
- Operational Research Modelling in Energy
- Management Accounting
- Financial Risk Management
Dissertation
In the three month period following the end of the second semester students will undertake a dissertation or project worth 60 credits. This will often be supervised by a member of staff within the Institute but, with acceptable supervisory arrangements, this may be undertaken as an internship in industry or in other suitable institutions. More information on, and brief descriptions of, recent dissertations can be found here.
