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Degree Programme Table: Environment and Development (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCENVDE1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, 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 
    PGGE11187 Understanding Environment and Development Semester 2 20
    PGGE11211 Development: Principles and Practices Semester 1 20
    PGGE11051 Dissertation - Environment & Development 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 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGGE11170    Ecosystem Services 1: Ecosystem Dynamics and Functions   20  
    PGGE11164    Frameworks to assess Food Security   20  
    PGSP11281    Governing Mineral Extraction in Africa   20  
    PGGE11130    Human dimensions of environmental change and sustainability   20  
    PGGE11060    Principles of Environmental Sustainability   20  
    PRGE11002    Research Design in Human Geography   20  
    AFRI11001    Swahili 1A   20  
    PGGE11186    Marine Systems and Policies   20  
    PGSP11171    International Political Economy   20  
    SAST11002    South Asia: Roots of Poverty and Development   20  
    PGSP11418    Resource Politics and Development   20  

    Notes:These are RECOMMENDED SEMESTER ONE option courses for MSc in Environment and Development.
    Please note that School of Law students will be given preference in terms of places on the course EU and National Climate Change Law (LAWS11244).
    Please note that School of Social and Political Science (SSPS) students may be given preference in terms of places on some SSPS courses.
     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGGE11007    Atmospheric Quality and Global Change   20  
    PGGE11183    Soil Protection and Management   20  
    PGGE11223    Environmental Valuation   20  
    SSPS11003    Development, Science and Technology   20  

    Notes:These courses are additional semester one option courses for MSc in Environment & Development.
    Please note that School of Social and Political Science (SSPS) students may be given preference in terms of places on some SSPS courses.
     


    AND   

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

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGGE11009    Environmental Impact Assessment   20  
    PGGE11025    Forests and Environment   20  
    PGSP11225    Gender and Development   20  
    PGSP11359    Global Environment and Society   20  
    PGSP11162    International Security   20  
    PGGE11010    Land Use/Environmental Interactions   20  
    PGGE11016    Participation in Policy and Planning   20  
    GEGR11001    Political Ecology   20  
    AFRI11002    Swahili 1B   20  
    PGGE11012    Waste Reduction and Recycling   20  
    PGGE11018    Water Resource Management   20  
    PGGE11201    Marine Infrastructure and Environmental Change   20  
    PGGE11208    Energy & Society   20  
    LAWS11244    EU and National Climate Change Law   20  
    PGSP11299    Global Environmental Politics   20  

    Notes:These are RECOMMENDED SEMESTER TWO option courses for MSc in Environment and Development.
    Please note that School of Social and Political Science (SSPS) students may be given preference in terms of places on some SSPS courses.
     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11379    Anthropology of Global Health   20  
    PGGE11192    Case Studies in Sustainable Development   20  
    LAWS11203    Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law   20  
    PGGE11118    Integrated Resource Planning   20  
    PGSP11296    Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices   20  
    PGGE11166    Interrelationships in Food Systems   20  
    PGSP11343    The International Politics of Money   20  
    PGSP11416    Anthropology and Environment   20  
    PGGE11165    Sustainability of Food Production   20  

    Notes:These courses are additional semester two option courses for MSc in Environment & Development.
    Please note that School of Social and Political Science (SSPS) students may be given preference in terms of places on some SSPS courses.
     



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