MSc Engineering Surveying and Geodesy

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University of Nottingham

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• Objectives
  Through an intensive practical and theoretical programme, we aim to develop your expertise and depth of understanding, and to formalise any practical experience in the areas of high precision surveying and advanced geodetic techniques. The practical field course helps develop team-working, management skills and on-the-spot problem solving capabilities. The course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES) and we are an Approved Learning Provider for the HM Forces Enhanced Learning Credit Scheme, which applies to this course.
• Entry requirements
  This course is aimed at science and engineering graduates, industrial practitioners, military and government personnel.
• Academic title
  MSc Engineering Surveying and Geodesy
• Course description
  Key facts
  
  -The Institute, formerly known as the Nottingham Surveying Group, has been active for almost 40 years, covering major advances in terrestrial opto-mechanical equipment, automated acquisition systems, and the development of satellite-based systems such as Transit, GPS and GLONASS, EGNOS and the European Galileo system.
  -The Institute has excellent facilities for teaching and research with lecturers drawn from a group of highly respected academics and external experts. We work closely with industrial partners and government agencies and this provides excellent opportunities for our graduates to find employment with high profile organisations
  
  Course Content
  
  Core modules are:
  
  -Fundamentals of Satellite Positioning
  -Advanced Satellite Positioning
  -Analytical Methods
  -Geodetic Reference Systems
  -Physical Geodesy
  -Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  -Practical Field Course
  -Engineering Surveying
  
  Once you have completed the core modules, you will undertake a supervised dissertation over 3 months. This independent research aims to stimulate creative thinking and improve your powers of critical analysis.
  
  Course Structure
  
  This MSc can be taken full-time in one year or part-time over two to three years. It is taught in one-week modules over the 8-month academic year; this structure has proved beneficial to candidates with work or family commitments. Candidates with specialist knowledge and/or qualifications may be considered for exemption from certain modules.
  
  Each module comprises lectures, seminars, practical sessions and tutorial work. The field course is residential and held off campus.
  
  Modules are assessed through coursework and examination.
  
  Course credits total 180; 120 for the taught modules and 60 for the dissertation.
  
  This course can be taken as a Postgraduate Diploma, which is the same as the MSc above but without the dissertation.
  

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