Environment, Culture and Society : MA

Master

In Lancaster

£ 8,500 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Lancaster

  • Duration

    12 Months

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Students are encouraged to take a range of social and natural science modules offered by the Department of Sociology, the Law School and Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) and will acquire the skills to navigate, interpret and combine these different ways of knowing the environment. There is a strong emphasis on participatory and engaged research, making insights count in engagement with communities and policymakers.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Lancaster (Lancashire)
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Lancaster University, LA1 4YW

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

This is a degree aimed at those who want to engage critically, practically and creatively with global and local environmental problems through different disciplinary lenses. The course brings together theories, methods and insights from the social and environmental sciences and applies these to contemporary environmental issues, debates and controversies.

2:1 (Hons) degree (UK or equivalent) in a relevant social science or environment degree
IELTS - Overall score of at least 7.0, with no individual element below 6.0

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Subjects

  • IT Law
  • Law
  • Environment and Culture
  • Technology Studies
  • Dissertation
  • Science and Technology
  • Environment and development
  • Geoinformatics
  • Environmental Auditing
  • Auditing

Course programme

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

Core

    • Environment and Culture
    • Methods in Science and Technology Studies
    • Dissertation

Optional

    • Perspectives on Environment and Development
    • Geoinformatics
    • Environmental Auditing
    • Climate Change and Society
    • Food Security, Agriculture and Climate Change
    • Habitat Management
    • Wildlife Population Ecology
    • Wildlife Monitoring Techniques
    • Modelling Environmental Processes
    • Environmental Toxicology
    • Geological Hazards
    • Environmental Aspects of Renewable Energy
    • International Human Rights Law
    • The Rights of Peoples
    • Environmental Law
    • The Social Life of Science and Technology: Theories and Debates
    • Social and Cultural Theory
    • Cybercultures
    • Gender, Sex and Bodies
    • Mobilities, Society & Change
    • Critical Debates in Media and Cultural Studies
    • Gender and Violence
    • Capitalism and Crisis
    • International Environmental Law

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 £17,500

Environment, Culture and Society : MA

£ 8,500 VAT inc.