MSc Sustainability and Adaptation
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I think no other course in UK can offer similar range of theoretical and practical learning in such important issues.
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I think I love the people I’ve met on this course. Staff and tutor from CAT are great too, they have an optimistic and honest attitude to teaching the subject.
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Master
Blended learning in Machynlleth
Description
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Type
Master
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Methodology
Blended
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Location
Machynlleth (Wales)
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Duration
18 Months
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Credits
180
A flexible Master’s degree designed to develop a rigorous understanding of transformational responses to climate change. Taught at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), which pioneered sustainability practice and theory in the UK, this is the first MSc course to properly integrate and the social, political, economic and practical aspects of living with environmental change.
Important information
Government funding available
Facilities
Location
Start date
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About this course
The Sustainability and Adaptation masters degree gives students the knowledge and skills to plan for adapting to environmental change. The MSc programme provides the opportunity to develop confidence, aptitude and critical thinking. Graduates use their masters degree to put in place sustainability and adaptation principles in public, private and third sector organisations.
Future environmental change and the effectiveness of solutions are both uncertain. We teach students to integrate risk assessment into decision-making. The programme combines theoretical knowledge with practical and research experience. MSc students develop into rounded, self-reflective learners who can work with others with confidence and clarity.
Bachelor's degree.
Students who do not possess formal qualifications but who can demonstrate that they have gained appropriate knowledge and skills equivalent to degree standard and that they will benefit from and contribute to the programme, may be accepted.
Masters of Science
The MSc course uses the concepts of sustainability and adaptation transformation to frame an analysis of environmental and climate change policy and its implications for society. Students can then choose modules from a wide range that covers politics and economics, urbanisation, communities, biodiversity and ecosystem services, energy in buildings, sustainable materials, environmental assessment and renewable energy. It's taught in a practical environment, amongst innovative change makers and has the flexibility to be what you want it to be.
You will be contacted by the Graduate School Marketing Officer who can answer your questions.
Reviews
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I think no other course in UK can offer similar range of theoretical and practical learning in such important issues.
← | →
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I think I love the people I’ve met on this course. Staff and tutor from CAT are great too, they have an optimistic and honest attitude to teaching the subject.
← | →
Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
Former Student
Former Student
Subjects
- Design
- Materials
- Project
- Climate
- Sustainability
- Environmental Impact
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Awareness
- Policy and economics
- Building
Teachers and trainers (1)
Tim Coleridge
Joint Programme Leader
Course programme
MSc Dissertation
Optional Modules
Environmental Politics and Economics
Energy Flows in Buildings – Part A
Energy Flows in Buildings – Part B
Cities and Communities
Energy Provision
Ecosystem Services: Land Use, Water and Waste Management
Sustainable Materials in the Built Environment
Applied Project
Work-based Project
MSc Sustainability and Adaptation