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Environmental Policy and Law (Environment, Natural Resources & Climate Change) – (M.Sc.)
University of Eastern Finland - Joensuu Campus
Department of Law
| Application Deadline: | 1 February 2012 until 16 March 2012 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free | ||
| Location: | Joensuu / Finland / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Eastern Finland - Joensuu Campus
Programme overview
Master’s Degree Programme Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change in Environmental Policy and Law is a new multidisciplinary two-year master’s degree program that combines high level teaching with working life oriented educational objectives.
The programme provides advanced training in policy, law and impact assessment for climate change and sustainable management of natural resources.
The programme launches autumn 2012 for the first time.
The programme is based on two alternative majors: Natural resources governance (MSocSc in Environmental Policy) and Environmental and Climate Change Law (MAdminSc in Environmental Law). All students are required to take courses in Natural Resources Governance, Environmental Law and Policy, as well as in Climate Change Law and Policy, before selecting their major.
The first students to the programme are selected spring 2012 !
Careers
The aim of the programme is to prepare graduates for the global employment market. The academic skills provided by the programme qualify graduates for a variety of expert level positions in the field of environment, natural resource management and climate change governance. Graduates may expect, for example, to become consultants or environmental leaders within the business sector, officers for national or European Union level environmental and natural resource administration, or to secure positions in the field of international environmental diplomacy and law-making in the governmental or non-governmental sectors.
Our expertise on Environment, Natural Resources & Climate Change
The programme will benefit from the research and education networks of the Institute for Natural Resources, Environment and Society (LYY). The LYY Institute is a network organization operating at the University of Eastern Finland. The Institute combines expertise from social and cultural research and applies it to the analysis of natural resource use and the environment. The LYY has made UEF Joensuu Campus one of Finland’s leading units for social-scientific environmental research, focusing especially on issues of natural resource governance and policies of sustainable development.
The Institute’s researcher network includes over 100 researchers and postgraduate students, as well as 12 professors, representing several disciplines including: geography, forest economics and policy, environmental law, history, aesthetics, and policy, sociology, education, and tourism studies.
The Institute for Natural Resources, Environment and Society (LYY) operates on one of the Areas of Expertise in Research of the University of Eastern Finland: Forests and the Environment. The University of Eastern Finland enjoys a leading national position in the field of forestry research. The extensive research conducted by the university on forests and the climate, other natural resources and the human habitat in the natural sciences, health sciences and social sciences underscores the sustainable use of natural resources and constitutes an internationally unique research cluster in the field. The societal significance of the area of expertise is enhanced by research pertaining to environmental law, operating environments and societal development.
Contents
Master's degree in Environmental Policy and Law
Compulsory Studies (20 cp)
Major Studies in Natural Resources Governance (40 cp)
or
Major Studies in Environmental and Climate Change Law (40 cp)
Elective Studies (20 cp)
Master’s Thesis (40 cp)
Total 120 cp
Detailed Course dercriptions can be found from the Course webpage!
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Admission requirements
The programme has been designed primarily for students holding a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies with a Social Sciences emphasis, Natural Sciences, or in Environmental Engineering. Students coming from the fields of Social Sciences or Law are also eligible to apply for admission to the programme.
The Master’s Degree Programme in Environmental Policy and Law welcomes all highly-motivated candidates from the related fields to apply. The students’ admission is based on the previous education, study success as well as on the Letter of Motivation. Furthermore, applicants must present a Letter of Recommendation from at least one academic referee. Furthermore, the relevance and correspondence of the earlier studies to the contents and objective of the Master’s Degree Programme in Environmental Policy and Law are essential elements in the evaluation of the applications. Profiency of written and spoken academic English is also required.
The minimum requirements to apply for the programme are:
1) Minimum three-year Bachelor's degree or equivalent university degree corresponding to at least three years of full-time higher-education academic studies with good results in the field of Environmental Sciences, Social-Scientific Environmental Studies, Natural Sciences or Environmental Engineering or related field in Social Science or Law.
The degree must be awarded by an internationally recognized university. Official, certified copies of the certificates and official transcript from study records (including information on the extent of the studies, grades and description of the grading system) are to be submitted with the completed application form. In addition, English translations of the certificates and transcripts, done by an official translator are required.
2) Letter of motivation in English (500–800 words). The Letter of Motivation should be a self-produced, independent text describing the applicant’s readiness as well as motivation for the particular programme in question. The applicant is expected to explain why (s)he should be selected for the programme. In addition, it will be seen as an advantage for the applicant if the Letter of Motivation includes possible research ideas for the thesis topic.
3) Letter of recommendation in Englih from at least one academic referee.
4) English language proficiency
Foreign students
Minimum TOEFL paper-based 580 / computer-based 237 / Internet-based 92, or IELTS 6.5.
Finnish and Nordic students
English as A language with minimum grade Magna Cum Laude Approbatur as a part of Finnish Matriculation Examination or
English as foreign language included in Bachelor's or Master's degree conducted in Nordic country (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden).
Native speakers
Applicants who are native English speakers are not required to present a language certificate.
(Native speakers: Secondary education conducted in English language in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom or United States)
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 580 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 237 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 92 |
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