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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2015/2016

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Degree Programme Table: Environment, Culture and Society (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCENVCS1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Alternative option courses from those listed below may be substituted with the permission of the Programme Director.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PGGE11114 Values and the Environment (P) Semester 1 20
    Notes: Students who have previously taken the corresponding undergraduate level version of this course will be required to undertake an alternative core course selected in consultation with the Programme Director.
    GEGR11001 Political Ecology Semester 2 20
    Notes: Notes: Students who have previously taken the corresponding undergraduate level version of this course will be required to undertake an alternative core course selected in consultation with the Programme Director.
    PGGE11119 Dissertation - Environment, Culture & Society Full Year 60




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGGE11134    Archives: History, Geography, Politics   20  
    PGGE11004    Foundations in Ecological Economics   20  
    PGSP11358    Global Environment: Key Issues   20  
    PRGE11002    Research Design in Human Geography   20  
    PGGE11130    Human dimensions of environmental change and sustainability   20  
    PGGE11187    Understanding Environment and Development   20  
    PGGE11185    Encountering Cities (PGT)   20  
    ARCH11246    Topics in Environmental Humanities   20  
    THET11034    Economy, Ecology and Ethics   20  

    Notes:These courses are RECOMMENDED SEMESTER ONE options for the MSc in Environment, Culture and Society.
     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGGE11007    Atmospheric Quality and Global Change   20  
    PGGE11084    Distributed GIS   10  
    PGGE11195    International Development in a Changing World   20  
    SCIL11030    Key Concepts in Global Social Change   20  
    PGGE11183    Soil Protection and Management   20  
    PGGE11067    Principles of Geographical Information Science (Block1)   10  
    PGGE11181    Principles of GIS for Archaeologists   20  
    PGGE11050    Society and Development   20  
    PGGE11186    Marine Systems and Policies   20  

    Notes:These courses are additional semester one options for the MSc in Environment, Culture and Society.
     


    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11299    Global Environmental Politics   20  
    ENLI11193    Green Thoughts: Landscape, Environment and Literature (PG Version)   20  
    PRGE11001    Methodological Debates in Human Geography   20  
    PGSP11368    Urban Development   20  
    PGGE11194    Animals and Society   20  
    PGSP11416    Anthropology and Environment   20  

    Notes: These courses are RECOMMENDED SEMESTER TWO options for the MSc in Environment, Culture and Society.
     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11331    Biobusiness   20  
    PGGE11192    Case Studies in Sustainable Development   20  
    PGGE11009    Environmental Impact Assessment   20  
    PGGE11025    Forests and Environment   20  
    PGSP11359    Global Environment and Society   20  
    PGSP11293    ICT for Development   20  
    PGSP11296    Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices   20  
    PGGE11010    Land Use/Environmental Interactions   20  
    PGGE11165    Sustainability of Food Production   20  
    SCAN10066    Anthropology and Environment   20  

    Notes:These courses are additional semester two options for the MSc in Environment, Culture and Society.
     



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