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

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Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, 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

Please note: to enrol in Global Environment and Society you must have a Social Science Undergraduate Degree

Global Environmental Politics

Global Environment and Society

Environmental Risk: Politics, Ethics, and Communication

Climate Change, Justice and Responsibility

AND

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

Political Ecology

Energy & Society I; Key Themes and Issues

Climate Change Litigation: Practice and Theory

International Ocean Governance and the Protection of the Marine Environment

Values and the Environment (P)

Ecosystems and Global Change

Marine Ecosystems and Policies

Environmental Governance and Policy

Applied Research Skills in Environment and Society

Creativity and the Environment

Innovations in Sustainable Waste Management

Environmental Justice and Development

Analysing Qualitative Data

Energy Policy and Politics (20 credits)

International Political Economy

Gender and Development

Politics and Theories of International Development

Science, Knowledge and Expertise

Anthropology and Environment

Energy in the Global South

Research Design for Societal Challenges

Globalization

Understanding Planetary Health & Data: An Introduction to the Concepts and Themes

Making science relevant to policy and decision-making

AND

Courses in this collection can only be taken with permission of the Programme Director, but students are always encouraged to discuss their interests for their plan of study with the Programme Director.

Students may take up to 60 credits of these courses across the 2 year programme.

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

To progress to the dissertation or project stage, students must achieve at least 50% in Global Environment: Key Issues in addition to the normal University of Edinburgh requirements for taught MSc progression.

Course choices should be confirmed with your Programme Director.

Not all electives may run in a given year and places may be limited.

Students will have an opportunity to apply for a Placement-Based Dissertation in Semester 2. For more information please see here: http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/24-25/dpt/cxpgsp11543.htm