Postgraduate Course: Professional Skills in Environment & Development (PGGE11267)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will provide students with the professional and practical skills and knowledge required by employers across a range of organisations working to tackle pressing environmental and developmental challenges around the world. Visiting professionals teach the key tools and techniques they employ on a daily basis, share their expertise and diverse experience, and bring ¿real-world¿ insight to complement the academic focus of other courses. |
| Course description |
This course will provide students with training in key professional and practical skills required by employers across a range of organisations working to tackle pressing environmental and developmental challenges around the world. Visiting professionals will be teaching the key tools and techniques they employ on a daily basis; sharing their expertise and diverse experiences; and bringing real-world insight to complement the academic focus of other courses.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 41 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
ASSIGNMENT 1 (60%): Group exercise on Project Management, please upload slides by 9am day of presentation. Due 9am, Thursday, week 10
ASSIGNMENT 2 (40%): Individual Reflective Essay, due 12:00 noon, Tuesday, week 11.
ASSIGNMENT 1 (60%): GROUP PROJECT MANAGEMENT: In small groups, students will be given a mock project call and subsequently mock project information to respond to. Drawing on class lectures, students will be marked on submissions and a presentation related to (a) the project proposal, (b) its management and MEL, and (c) its final reporting [corresponds to LO 1 and 2 and assesses student's technical skills and procedural knowledge
ASSIGNMENT 2: INDIVIDUAL REFLECTIVE WORK (40%): Students will be asked to write an independent reflective piece of work (2000 words) on how they personally approach and engage in professional environment and development work, considering their unique skills/enthusiasms and the techniques/approaches discussed in different lectures [corresponds to LO 2 and 3 and assesses students soft-skills and narrative knowledge |
| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Apply technical skills in the use of key tools and techniques employed by a range of organisations working to tackle environment and development challenges,
- Have transferable skills in teamwork, negotiation and facilitation
- Articulate their own personal approach to and strengths in engaging in professional environment and development work
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Reading List
Key texts for the course include the following: Bawole, J.N., Hossain, F., Ghalib, A.K., Rees, C.J. and Mamman, A. eds., 2016. Development Management: Theory and Practice (Vol. 128). Taylor & Francis. // Carden, Fred (2009). Knowledge to Policy: Making the Most of Development Research, International Development Research Centre and Sage. // DFID. 2002. A Tools for Development: a handbook for those involved in development activity. Department for International Development. // Hammett, D., Twyman, C., et al. 2015. Research and Fieldwork in Development. London: Routledge. // Lewis, D., 2014. Non-governmental organizations, management and development. Routledge. // Mosse, D., 2011. Adventures in aidland. The anthropology of professionals in international development. New York & Oxford: Berghahn Books. // Potts, D. (2012), Project Planning and Analysis for Development, Lynne Rienner Pub.// Scheyvens, R. (Ed.). (2014). Development fieldwork: A practical guide. Sage.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
As this course specifically aims to provide students with a range of skills, experience and abilities that they will be able to apply in their professional lives, this course contributes directly to the graduate attributes and personal and professional skills required by students across our PGT programmes. The course will provide graduate attributes and personal and professional skills in: techniques, tools and project management skills required in a wide range of professional organisations working at the interface of environment and development challenges, from government, international development agencies, international NGOs, grassroots organisations, private enterprises and policy making. The course will also provide transferable so-called ¿soft skills¿, in collaboration and negotiation, teamwork and facilitation, problem solving and organisation and presentation. |
| Keywords | Professional skills,tools,techniques,environment,development,global challenges |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Regina Hansda
Tel:
Email: Regina.Hansda@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lynn Taylor
Tel:
Email: Lynn.Taylor@ed.ac.uk |
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