Tourism, Environment & Development

King’s College London

Master

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

Study the complex relationships between tourism, the environment and development. Explore the advantages and disadvantages of tourism as a form of development and examine its environmental impact. Develop your own particular interests in tourism by choosing from a wide range of modules.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.

Key Benefits
A stimulating and enriching experience for students, not only because of its unusual approach to the study of tourism but because it attracts students from different countries, with different academic backgrounds and experience. There are currently around 20 students on the course, an ideal size for interactive teaching. Students usually get to know each other well during the year at King’s.
Students are encouraged to carry out fieldwork for their dissertations, which is a challenging and an extremely rewarding experience.
Students have been successful in gaining relevant employment following the course.

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London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

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Course programme

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules, and students on this the MA and MSc course take modules totalling 180 credits.

If you are a part-time student you would normally be required to take half of the course credits of required/optional modules in Year 1 and the remaining in Year 2, including the dissertation.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

  • Dissertation in Tourism, Environment & Development (60 credits)
  • Tourism & Development (20 credits)
  • Tourism, Conservation & the Environment (20 credits)
  • Practising Social Research (20 credits)

Students following the MSc route are also required to take the following module:

  • Advanced Quantitative and Spatial Methods in Human Geography (20 credits)
Optional Modules In addition, you are required to take one 20 credit optional modules from a range of optional modules which may typically include:
  • Water Resources & Water Policy (20 credits)
  • Development & Environmentalism in the ‘South’ (20 credits)
  • Environment, Livelihoods & Development in the ‘South’ (20 credits)
  • Disasters & Development (20 credits)
  • Community, Vulnerability & Disaster Risk (20 credits) (Prerequisite: Disasters and Development, either through taking the module fully or through auditing)
  • Climate Change & Culture (20 credits)
  • A Practical & Theoretical Evaluation of Sustainable Development (20 credits)
  • Up to 20 credits from Level 7 modules offered across the university, subject to approvals
You will then take enough credits to bring your total for the degree to a minimum of 180 from a wide range of optional modules that may include:
  • Any of the modules listed above.
  • Any Level 7 (Master’s) modules offered in the Department of Geography.
  • Up to 20 credits from Level 7 modules offered across the university, subject to approvals.

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