DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

These courses are recommended SEMESTER ONE options for the MSc in Ecological Economics. You must pick 20 credits from the choices below.

Category 1: For students who have not studied any environmental/ecological systems at the university level, we recommend you consider one of these:
-- Atmospheric Quality and Global Change PGGE11007
-- Ecosystems and Global Change PGGE11247
-- Environmental Survey and Monitoring PGGE11263
-- Marine Ecosystems and Policies PGGE11254
-- Soil Protection and Management PGGE11183

Category 2: For students who have not studied any social sciences, policy, or development issues at the university level, we recommend you consider one of these:
-- Development and Justice PGGE11295
-- Environmental Justice and Development PGGE11294
-- Values and the Environment PGGE11114
-- Economic Issues in Public Policy PGSP11246

Category 3: For students who wish to combine Ecological Economics with the study of food systems, we recommend you consider:
-- Frameworks to Assess Food Security PGGE11164

Category 4: For students who wish to combine Ecological Economics with a circular economy theme, we recommend you consider:
-- Resource Recovery and Circular Economy PGGE11300

Category 5: For students who wish to focus on sustainability, we recommend you consider:
-- Sustainable Marine Development PGGE11253

These courses are recommended SEMESTER TWO options for the MSc in Ecological Economics. You must pick 20 credits from the choices below.

Category 1: For students who wish to develop more their understanding of ecosystems, we recommend you consider one of these:
-- PGGE11250 Introduction to Environmental Modelling
-- PGGE11231 Corals in a Changing Ocean
-- PGGE11260 Polar Oceans: Science and Policy
-- PGGE11265 Nature-based Solutions

Category 2: For students who wish to continue developing social science or policy expertise, we recommend you consider one of these:
-- PGGE11257 Environmental Governance and Policy
-- PGGE11305 Public Participation in Policy
-- PGGE11276 Social Movements and the Environment
-- VESC11260 Making Science Relevant to Policy and Decision-making, ONLINE course

Category 3: For students who wish to combine Ecological Economics with a focus on development issues, we recommend you consider one of these:
-- PGGE11267 Professional Skills in Environment & Development
-- PGGE11276 Social Movements and the Environment

Category 4: For students who wish to combine Ecological Economics with the study of food systems, we recommend you consider:
-- PGGE11165 Sustainability of Food Production

Category 5: For students who wish to combine Ecological Economics with a circular economy theme, we recommend you consider:
-- PGGE11262 Circular Economy Principles and Practices

Category 6: For students who wish to gain skills related to data analysis, we recommend you consider one of these:
-- PGGE11272 GIS and Spatial Analytics for Health
-- PGGE11239 Visual Analytics

Category 7: For students who wish to focus on sustainability, we recommend you consider one of these:
-- PGGE11192 Case Studies in Sustainable Development
-- PGGE11265 Nature-based Solutions
-- PGGE11260 Polar Oceans: Science and Policy

Category 8: For students who wish to pursue a specialist topic (defined by the student) of relevance to Ecological Economics, we recommend you consider one of these:
-- PGGE11284 Advanced Topics in Ecological Economics
-- PGGE11270 Student-Led Individually Created Course (SLICC) - Level 11