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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2016/2017

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Degree Programme Table: Sustainable Development MA (Hons) (UTMAHSUSDE1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

  • Notes: After enrolling on your courses, please be sure to meet with your Personal Tutor. Your Personal Tutor will check that your course choices meet the requirements of your Degree Programme pathway and will confirm your attendance at University.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL08008 Sustainable Development 1a: Introducing Sustainable Development As available 20
    SCSU08004 Science and Society 1b: Nature and Environment As available 20




    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 exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedule J, as available

    Notes:Please choose all 40 credits from the Subject Area on which you wish to focus your studies. This will serve as your MAIN SUBJECT PATHWAY. Take your choices from one of these Subject Areas within SPS; International Relations; or Politics; or Social Anthropology; or Sociology.
    Otherwise, if you wish to follow the Geography pathway, see box below.

    Compulsory courses in each of the pathways are the same as those for the single honours degree in that subject, for instance Sustainable Development (Politics pathway)are the same as 1st year single honours Politics - please consult your PT, or the appropriate single honours DPT, for advice. You should also sign up for the Fundamentals courses for your pathway (non credit bearing courses that run in each semester). There are no Fundamentals courses on the Geography pathway in first year.

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    GEGR08007     Human Geography     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    GEGR08010     Physical Geography     (20 credits)

     



    AND   

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

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:See Appendix 2 in the Sustainable Development Programme handbook for recommended year 1 outside courses.
     



    Year 2, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    AFRI08001 International Development, Aid and Humanitarianism As available 20
    SCIL08009 Sustainable Development 2a: Perspectives on Sustainable Development As available 20




    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 exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PLIT08006    International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond   20  
    PLIT08008    Comparative Politics in a Globalized World   20  
    PLIT08009    Introduction to Political Data Analysis   20  
    SCIL08012    Sociology 2a: Thinking Sociologically   20  
    SCIL08013    Sociology 2b: Researching Social Life   20  
    SCAN08005    Ethnography: Theory and Practice   20  
    SCAN08011    Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts   20  

    Notes:Notes:Please choose your 40 credits from the MAIN SUBJECT PATHWAY that you focused your studies on during year 1, again taking your choices from one of these Subject Areas: International Relations; Politics; Social Anthropology; Sociology. You should also sign up for the Fundamentals courses for your pathway (non credit bearing courses that run in each semester). If following the POLITICS pathway or INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS pathway, you can chose between PLIT08008 and PLIT08009 in second semester, although you can take both if you wish to. If following the Geography pathway, please see box below
     

    OR   


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR08003    Economic and Political Geography   20  
    GEGR08001    Environmental Sensitivity and Change   20  
    GEGR08002    Geomorphology   20  
    GEGR08004    Social and Cultural Geography   20  

    Notes:Credits chosen from this box are appropriate for students following the Geography pathway.
     



    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 20 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    GEGR08009     Fundamental Methods in Geography     (20 credits)

    Notes:If you are taking the Geography pathway, you MUST take this course.
     


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


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:20 credits only for Geography pathway students. Please refer to Appendix 2 of the Sustainable Development handbook, for suggested courses.
     




    Year 3, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to third year normally requires successful completion of the first two years of the curriculum. Students must also normally achieve 50% or more in their first attempt in their second year sustainable development courses. In addition, students pursuing a main subject area within the School of Social and Political Science must also normally achieve marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second year courses for their main subject.
    For students on the POLITICS pathway and INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS pathway, the following course is compulsory: Approaches to Politics and International Relations (PLIT10060). For students on the SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY pathway, the following non-credit bearing course is compulsory: Imagining Anthropological Research (SCAN10037)
    Students on a Junior Year Abroad who do not take a field based course as part of their studies must take Cases in Sustainable Development on their return to Edinburgh in their senior honours year.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL10082 Responding to sustainability challenges: critical debates As available 20
    SSPS10014 Cases in Sustainable Development As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 60 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedule J, as available

    Notes:Select all 60 credits from your MAIN SUBJECT AREA. If the chosen main subject area requires core courses in honours years, sustainable development students must take at least 40 of these main subject required credits over the course of the two honours years.
    It is ESSENTIAL to refer to Appendix 1 of the Sustainable Development programme handbook to see precise course requirements for your chosen pathway.
    For Politics & IR students, Research Design in Politics & IR is compulsory.

     



    OR   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 30 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR09004    Quantitative Methods in Geography   10  
    GEGR09005    Qualitative Methods in Geography   10  
    GEGR09011    Research Design in Geography   10  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR09012    The Nature of Geographical Knowledge   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR09008    Geography Fieldwork: Foundations (Human)   10  
    GEGR09009    Geography Fieldwork: Foundations (Physical)   10  

     



    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: C  
    Select exactly 20 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:
    These courses should be chosen from those listed in Appendix 2 of the Sustainable Development handbook. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that they have met the pre-requisites for any courses they wish to take.

    For students in the Geography pathway, across years 3 and 4, students must enroll in at least 40 credits outside of Geography.

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students MUST take either: the Geography Dissertation in Sustainable Development (GEGR10111) OR the Dissertation in Sustainable Development, SPS (SSPS10015). They MUST NOT choose to write a dissertation in both Subjects.
    Students who were on a Junior Year Abroad and who did not take a field based course as part of their studies must take Cases in Sustainable Development on their return to Edinburgh in their senior honours year.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


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


    Select exactly 40 credits course level 10, as available
    SSPS10015     Dissertation in Sustainable Development, SPS     (40 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 10, as available
    GEGR10111     Geography Dissertation in Sustainable Development     (40 credits)

     



    AND   

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


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedule J, as available

    Notes:Select all 40 credits from your MAIN SUBJECT AREA. If the chosen main subject area requires core courses in honours years, sustainable development students must take at least 40 of these main subject required credits over the course of the two honours years.

    Precise course options depend on your chosen pathway: please refer to the Sustainable Development handbook Appendix 1, for further information.


     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Geography Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Courses chosen from this group are appropriate for students on the Geography pathway.
     



    AND   

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


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:Choose courses from the Main Subject Pathway, or other area (see Sustainable Development Programme Handbook for recommendations). Courses must be relevant for Sustainable Development. See Appendix 2 of the Sustainable Development handbook for list of appropriate courses.
     




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