DPT: Global Environment, Politics and Society (Msc) (Part-time) (PTMSCGLEPS1P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2

Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

To progress to the dissertation or project stage, students must achieve at least 50% in Global Environment: Key Issues and in at least one of: Environmental Risk: Politics, Ethics, and Communication; Global Environment and Society, or Global Environmental Politics in addition to the normal University of Edinburgh requirements for taught MSc progression.

Course choices should be confirmed with your Programme Director or Personal Tutor.
Not all electives may run in a given year and places may be limited.

Compulsory courses

Global Environment: Key Issues

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Semester 1

Course options

At least one of these courses must be taken in either Year 1 or Year 2

Selected courses must be passed at 50%

Global Environmental Politics

Global Environment and Society

Climate Change, Justice and Responsibility

AND

These courses are recommended by the Programme Director and will have priority enrolment for students on this programme.

Students may take up to 80 credits of these courses across the 2 year programme.

Political Ecology

Energy & Society I; Key Themes and Issues

Values and the Environment (P)

Understanding Environment and Development

Food, Animals and Society

Environmental Governance and Policy

Applied Research Skills in Environment and Society

Energy Policy and Politics (20 credits)

Science, Knowledge and Expertise

Public Engagement in Policymaking and Governance

Environmental Risk: Politics, Ethics, and Communication

AND

These courses offer a broader range of electives. Students on this programme will not have priority enrolment for these courses and spaces may be limited.

Students may take up to 40 credits of these courses across the 2 year programme.

Waste Reduction and Recycling

Development: Principles and Practices

Disasters and Development

Ecosystems and Global Change

Human Dimensions of Environmental Change

Marine Ecosystems and Policies

Gender and Development

Politics and Theories of International Development

Innovation in Sustainable Food Systems

Anthropology and Environment

Energy in the Global South

Human Rights, Global Politics and International Law

Humanitarianism and the Media

Globalization

Year 2 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

To progress to the dissertation or project stage, students must achieve at least 50% in Global Environment: Key Issues and in at least one of: Environmental Risk: Politics, Ethics, and Communication; Global Environment and Society, or Global Environmental Politics in addition to the normal University of Edinburgh requirements for taught MSc progression.
Course choices should be confirmed with your Programme Director or Personal Tutor.
Not all electives may run in a given year and places may be limited.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.