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Degree Programme Table: Sustainable Lands and Cities (Fusion On-site) (Full-time) (MSc) (PTMSCSLCOS1F)

Jump to: Year 1

Year 1 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Notes:
From 2026/27, EFI courses are delivered as 20-credit courses rather than 10-credit courses. Continuing students may therefore see some courses listed at 20 credits that were previously offered at 10 credits. The overall requirements of the programme remain unchanged.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Envisioning Sustainable Lands and Cities

Must be taken during Semester 1

EFIE11548 20 credits
Evaluating Sustainable Lands and Cities

Must be taken during Semester 2

EFIE11550 20 credits
Futures Project: Sustainable Lands and Cities

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

EFIE11612 40 credits
Knowledge Integration and Project Planning: Sustainable Lands and Cities

Must be passed and taken during Full Year

EFIE11592 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

EFI Skills and Methods Suite (Sustainability)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students must take a minimum of 40 credits (2 courses) from this collection.

We would recommend that course credits should be equally split across semesters 1 and 2. This is to support students in managing an equal workload balance during their studies.

For students with no background in climate change/environmental studies, you are strongly recommended to select the course 'Understanding the Climate Crisis' in order to gain critical knowledge underpinning your degree.
Building Near Futures
EFIE11552 20 credits
Ethical Data Futures
EFIE11554 20 credits
Insights Through Data
EFIE11556 20 credits
Interrogating Interdisciplinary Practice
EFIE11558 20 credits
Qualitative Research Skills
EFIE11560 20 credits
Representing Data
EFIE11562 20 credits
Text Remix
EFIE11564 20 credits
Understanding the Climate Crisis
EFIE11566 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Programme Optional Course Collection - Sustainable Lands and Cities

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students must take a minimum of 20 credits (1 course) from this collection.

We would recommend that course credits should be equally split across semesters 1 and 2. This is to support students in managing an equal workload balance during their studies.
A Systemic Approach to Sustainability
EFIE11540 20 credits
Data, Mobility and Infrastructure
EFIE11542 20 credits
Ecocities
EFIE11544 20 credits
Land, Community, Power
EFIE11546 20 credits
AND

EFI Postgraduate Taught Optional Course Portfolio

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students may choose to take a maximum of 20 credits (1 course) from this collection.

We would recommend that course credits should be equally split across semesters 1 and 2. This is to support students in managing an equal workload balance during their studies.

Students enrolled on the owning programme of any course will be given priority. Therefore, we cannot always guarantee that you will be successful in gaining a space if student demand is high.

Students who are studying in the UK by means of a Student Visa must study all courses in-person and on-site.
Circular Economy in the Built Environment
EFIE11424 20 credits
Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment
EFIE11426 20 credits
Textile Revolution: Unstitching the Linear
EFIE11428 20 credits
Waste Law and the Circular Economy
EFIE11430 20 credits
Critical Creative Diversity
EFIE11433 20 credits
Pitching Your Stories, Services and Products
EFIE11435 20 credits
Crowdsourcing the Past: Wikipedia and Cultural Heritage
EFIE11439 20 credits
Future Library and Archive Collections
EFIE11441 20 credits
Heritage Environments and Climate Change
EFIE11443 20 credits
Aftershock: Trauma and Recovery in an Unequal Society
EFIE11447 20 credits
Coloniality of Data
EFIE11449 20 credits
Contemporary Inequality Issues in the Global South
EFIE11451 20 credits
Educational Technologies (EdTech) and Entrepreneurship
EFIE11459 20 credits
Learning and Resilience
EFIE11462 20 credits
Relationality, Creative Practice and Education
EFIE11464 20 credits
Algorithmic Bias, Fairness and Justice
EFIE11466 20 credits
Ethics of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
EFIE11470 20 credits
Understanding Digital Capitalism
EFIE11472 20 credits
AI and the Ethics of Knowledge Production
EFIE11476 20 credits
History, Heritage and Games
EFIE11478 20 credits
Datafication, Accountability and Democracy
EFIE11480 20 credits
Text Mining for Social Research
EFIE11486 20 credits
Critical Urban Project
EFIE11488 20 credits
Future Food Systems
EFIE11490 20 credits
Net Zero Infrastructures
EFIE11496 20 credits
Transport and Society
EFIE11498 20 credits
CodeBase: Playbooks for Building Startups
EFIE11500 20 credits
New Paradigms in Ethics
EFIE11502 20 credits
Artificial Intelligence and Storytelling
EFIE11504 20 credits
Creating Visual Narratives
EFIE11506 20 credits
Storytelling in Film
EFIE11508 20 credits
Writing Speculative Fiction
EFIE11510 20 credits
Mental Health, Trauma and Resilience in the Anthropocene
EFIE11520 20 credits
Changing Climate, Changing Health
EFIE11522 20 credits
Transforming Economies: A Wellbeing Economy Agenda
EFIE11524 20 credits
Co-Creation, Workshops and Facilitation
EFIE11530 20 credits
Data-Driven Innovation in Services
EFIE11532 20 credits
Strategic Leadership and Organisational Culture
EFIE11534 20 credits
Designing and Delivering Public Services
EFIE11536 20 credits
Experience Prototyping
EFIE11538 20 credits
A Systemic Approach to Sustainability
EFIE11540 20 credits
Data, Mobility and Infrastructure
EFIE11542 20 credits
Ecocities
EFIE11544 20 credits
Land, Community, Power
EFIE11546 20 credits
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