Environment and Development : MA

Master

In Lancaster

£ 9,500 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Lancaster

  • Duration

    12 Months

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The need for sustainable development is a global concern. This flexible Masters degree prepares you to address the challenges faced in safeguarding natural resources, livelihoods and the alleviation of development problems. The focus is on societies undergoing change or faced with resource pressures, in developing and developed countries.

This programme is ideal if you want a career in international development or in an environmental field, in the private, public, or not-for-profit sectors. It can be taken as an MA or MSc depending on your dissertation topic.

You will be based within one of the largest groups of geographers, resource management specialists and environmental scientists in the UK and modules will be taught by world-leading researchers. Their expertise includes mining and extractive industries; livelihoods and moral economies; the politics of land, water, and ‘green’ grabbing; environmental justice and the relationship between climate change and existing social inequalities; migration; food security and agri-food systems including fishing and marine ecosystems; forest policy; sustainable transport; poverty and service delivery; the political economy of global environmental change; the workings of international development; trade (legal and illegal), and biodiversity conservation.

You will complete six taught modules and a dissertation research project, with individual supervision from a research-active expert. There are two or three core modules which give you a solid foundation in the key theoretical issues around the environment and development and you will develop the social science research skills needed to explore them.

We offer great flexibility with over 30 modules to choose from, spanning the social and natural sciences. This enables you to construct a degree that fits your interests and career ambitions and to put your learning in a wider cultural context.

Facilities

Location

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Lancaster (Lancashire)
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Lancaster University, LA1 4YW

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

You can gain key practical skills that are valued by employers, such as environmental analysis of development projects, data analysis and programming, geo-informatics and auditing. There are opportunities to gain work experience through one of our many government, civil society and private sector partners – including those in Asia, Africa, Oceania and South America.

Your dissertation project forms a substantial part of your Masters degree. It will enhance your practical and analytical skills and give you the opportunity to apply your learning to a real-world challenge. Dissertation topics are available in both environmental and development themes: our research projects and partners across the globe provide exciting possibilities and fieldwork opportunities when you are choosing your dissertation topic. Most dissertations are anchored in the social sciences but this is not a requirement.

Graduates wishing to increase their skills and competencies to gain employment and a career in environmental law, sustainability, developmental studies or similar.

2:1 (Hons) degree (UK) or equivalent in Social sciences (e.g. geography, developmental studies, sociology), Economics, Business or similar.

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Subjects

  • IT Law
  • Climate Change
  • Conservation
  • Climate
  • Law
  • Environment and development
  • Social Sciences
  • International Environmental Law
  • Conservation Biology
  • Geoinformatics

Course programme

You will study a range of modules as part of your course, some examples of which are listed below.

Core

    • Perspectives on Environment and Development
    • Research Methods in the Social Sciences
    • Dissertation Project

Optional

    • Wildlife Monitoring Techniques
    • Geoinformatics
    • International Environmental Law
    • Conservation Biology
    • Food Security, Agriculture and Climate Change
    • International Human Rights Law
    • Geological Hazards
    • Using the National Vegetation Classification
    • Global Change and the Earth System
    • Data Analysis and Interpretation
    • Behaviour of Pollutants in the Environment
    • Contaminated Land and Remediation
    • Chemical Risk Assessment
    • Pollution Microbiology
    • Modelling Environmental Processes
    • Data assimilation and integration
    • Sustainable Soil Management
    • Environmental Sampling and Analysis for Trace Organics
    • Catchment Protection (field course)
    • Environmental Governance and Management
    • Climate Change and Society
    • Data Analysis and Programming Skills
    • Habitat Management
    • The Rights of Peoples
    • Environmental Law
    • Major Approaches to the Study of International Relations
    • Theory and Concepts in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
    • Issues and Practice in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
    • Numerical Skills
    • Globalisation and Democratisation

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.

Additional information

Overseas Fee £20,500

Environment and Development : MA

£ 9,500 VAT inc.