MSc/PGDip/PGCert Climate Change and Development

SOAS, University of London

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In City of London

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Start of programme: October / April
Mode of Attendance: Online Learning
It is now recognised that the level of greenhouse gas emissions that have already accumulated in the atmosphere means some climate change is inevitable, meaning that effectiveness in dealing with climate impacts is critical for the prospects of development. Climate change is the foremost challenge of the 21st century and is now being prioritised by governments, donor/development agencies and NGOs around the world. As such, the people working in them need a thorough grounding in the conceptual and practical dimensions both of adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, as well as the interlinkages between them.
The Climate Change and Development programme is designed to meet these needs so that organisations can be more effective in their efforts towards change. The modules in this programme draw from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, concepts and methods including economics, environmental science, human geography, social development, political economy and environmental law. The programmes cover key issues within climate change and development such as gender, social justice, energy access, poverty and social protection.
The core aims of this programme are to:
Offer critical insight into how current development models produce environmental problems, like (but not limited to) climate change, which themselves threaten the objectives of development
Pose the question of what magnitude of change is required to confront the problems of climate change: do we need reform or revolution?
Help you develop the analytical skills to solve adaptation problems and identify low carbon development options
Contribute to producing the next generation of environment and development professionals working on climate policy and practice
Provide the most academically gifted students with a route into PhD studies on climate change and development.

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Subjects

  • Climate
  • Climate Change

Course programme

Climate Change and Development is available as a Master of Science, Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate.

Modules will be completed one at a time, over a 16 week study session. Study sessions occur twice a year, beginning in April and October.

Programme structures*

MSc: four modules, comprising one core (30 credits), at least one elective module (30 credits each) from list A and up to two elective modules (30 credits each) from list B below. You will also be required to complete a dissertation (60 credits). In a typical two-year MSc programme cycle, the dissertation is completed in four eight week stages. These stages take place in between the normal study sessions, but study in term time is also permitted.

PGDip: four modules, as per the requirements for MSc students, but will not be required to complete a dissertation (thereby gaining 120 credits in total).

PGCert: one core module and one module from List A.

registration period
  • Climate change and development (30 credits)
  • Climate Change Adaptation (30 credits)
  • Low Carbon Development(30 credits)
  • Energy and Development(30 credits)
  • Biodiversity, Conservation and Development (30 credits)
  • Food Security and Social Protection(30 credits)
  • Gender and Social Inequality (30 credits)
  • Global Environmental Change and Sustainability (30 credits)
  • Political Economy of Public Policy (30 credits)
  • Understanding Poverty (30 credits)
  • Urban Sustainability (30 credits)
  • Water and Land Management for Sustainable Development (30 credits)

Sample two-year MSc schedule

The schedule below shows how your MSc will progress over two years, through the completion of four x 16 week subject modules and four x 8 week dissertation sessions.

Registration period

Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and MSc Students are registered for a maximum of five years, as per the University of London International Programme Regulations. If a student upgrades from a PG Certificate to PG Diploma or PG Diploma to MSc the five year registration period will apply from the date the students commences study on the first programmes.

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