MSc (Full Time)
Year:13/14
UCAS Code:none
Minimum Length:12 Month(s)
Maximum Length:12 Month(s)
Credit Points:180
Director of Studies:Dr NM Watson
Compulsory Modules
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The student must take the following modules:
The student must take 2 modules from the following group:
Educational Aims: Knowledge, Understanding and Skills
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This Masters degree combines practical skills in resource and environmental management with a clear grasp of environmental management principles and an ethical underpinning for careers in this field. Based on up-to-date research, methods and policies, this degree scheme prepares students for a variety of high-level careers in this diverse sector. The option of a placement underlines the way this degree scheme prepares its graduates for key positions.
Learning Outcomes: Knowledge, Understanding and Skills
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Subject Specific: Knowledge, Understanding and Skills
On successful completion of this scheme of study students will:
- have been provided with significant and challenging experiences of research in the developing world, with the overseas placement acting as a crucial springboard;
- have received a theoretical and practical background, which will be invaluable for research and research-related jobs, for example, in NGOs;
- have been prepared to pursue PhD research in universities or to fill positions in environment agencies and development institutions concerned with the developing world;
- be equipped with specialist knowledge relevant to a broad disciplinary area of environment and development;
- have developed and consolidated cognate transferable skills and knowledge relevant to an academic or public/private sector research career;
?and, more specifically will be able to:
- demonstrate a broad knowledge of environmental and development policies, especially in less developed countries;
- plan, execute and write up a substantial dissertation on an aspect of environment and development within the context of developing countries;
- undertake effective research and fieldwork overseas;
- recognise and handle moral/ethical issues associated with the development and implementation of policies.
General: Knowledge, Understanding and Skills
On successful completion of this scheme of study students will:
- understand key theoretical, methodological and practical approaches to development and environment and the implementation of policies;
- have knowledge of the contribution of natural and social sciences to policy making and regulation in this field;
- have demonstrated competence in the taught and research elements of an advanced course;
- have developed transferable skills that they can use in careers within, and beyond, the environment and development spheres;
?and they will be able to:
- assess contrasting theories, concepts and arguments;
- carry out analysis, problem-solving and decision making;
- interpret, evaluate and critique evidence and arguments;
- abstract and synthesize information;
- develop reasoned argument;
- cope with and work within different cultural contexts.
