Sustainable Development and Environmental Economics MSc
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Type
Master
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Location
St andrews (Scotland)
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Duration
1 Year
The MSc in Sustainable Development and Environmental Economics offers additional training and research opportunities in the field of environmental economics for students interested in making a change to society, environment and economy.
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The MSc in Sustainable Development and Environmental Economics is a one-year, full-time taught postgraduate programme run by the School of Geography and Sustainable Development.
Sharing teaching elements from the MSc in Sustainable Development, this programme takes an interdisciplinary approach and draws on economic analysis and thinking to understand the links between people and their environment, resulting in a programme of study which is both intellectually stimulating and highly relevant to today’s job market.
Sustainability impacts upon almost all aspects of life, and graduates from the Sustainable Development and Environmental Economics MSc pursue many different professional careers including:
international development
environmental economists working in agencies, ministries, energy and water companies, and consulting
sustainability advisers to supra-national bodies such as the United Nations, World Bank, European Union, and the OECD
sustainability in business management, engineering, planning, transport, waste, energy or environmental management
sustainability research and policy consultancy.
A good 2.1 Honours undergraduate degree. No previous training in sustainable development is required, and the course is open to those from a range of academic backgrounds including geography, politics, sociology, environmental sciences, biology, mathematics or economics.
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Subjects
- Sustainable Development
- Social Justice
- Human well-being
- Inter-generational
- Environmental
- Frameworks
- Environmental management
- Economics
- Project
- Environmental Economics
Course programme
- Development and Environment: introduces key concepts in economic development and natural resource management.
- Economics for the Environment: introduces the contributions that environmental economics can make to helping us understand and manage a wide range of environmental problems.
- Interrogating Sustainable Development: provides an introduction to sustainable development.
- Master Class in Sustainable Development: trains students to critically reflect on the potential and limitations of sustainable development.
- Public Policy and the Environment: introduces advanced debates in development and environmental economics.]
Students choose one to two optional modules. Alternative MSc-level modules may be taken from Schools across the University, with approval of the Head of School, in accordance with staff availability.
Recommended modules include:
- Being a Social Scientist: explores the fundamental skills required by all social scientists and prepares you for the research dissertation and professional development.
- Introduction to Geographic Information Science: introduces students to the basic principles of Geographic Information Science including the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
- Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences: introduces the basic theoretical approaches in the social sciences, encouraging you to make connections between the methodological and epistemological issues involved in conducting social scientific research.
- Qualitative Methods in Social Research: offers both a theoretical and practical introduction to the collection, analysis and writing of qualitative social science research
- Quantitative Research in Social Science: provides a user-friendly introduction to the fundamental concepts of quantitative analysis.
Summer Project
The summer project, unlike traditional research projects, offers a format that better suits students’ interests and career aspirations. As the culmination of your degree, the Advanced Study in Sustainable Development module gives you the opportunity to explore an area of sustainable development that interests you. You will then produce an academic literature review, a professional policy brief and a reflective essay based on your research. Advised by a member of academic staff, you will work across the summer months on your individual project.
If students choose not to complete the summer project requirement for the MSc, there is an exit award available that allows suitably qualified candidates to receive a Postgraduate Diploma. By choosing an exit award, you will finish your degree at the end of the second semester of study and receive a PGDip instead of an MSc.
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Sustainable Development and Environmental Economics MSc