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Sustainable Development – (M.Sc.)
The University of Exeter
School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,255 - ≈ € 13,937 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Exeter / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of The University of Exeter
Location
Streatham Campus, Exeter
This programme offers a unique opportunity to study first world sustainable development in a holistic context. It provides a rigorous theoretical training in core issues surrounding sustainability.
A wide range of options enable you to specialise in key aspects of sustainable development, providing a practical and problem-based approach to learning focused on both the academic study of sustainable development and the implementation of sustainability in a range of professional contexts. This is achieved through thorough training in research methods for sustainability and the opportunity to develop work-based learning and related experience.
Contents
Total credits required: 180
Compulsory modules
* Data Sources and Data Collection in the Social Sciences (15)
* Perspectives on Sustainable Development (30)
* Dissertation in Sustainable Development (60)
* Social Science Data Analysis (15)
Optional modules (60 credits)
* The Geography of Monsters: Science, Society and Environmental Risk (15)
* Business and Sustainability (15)
* Independent Study/Work-based Learning (15)
* Themes in Climate Impacts and Feedbacks (30)
* Sustainability and Sense of Place (15)
* Climate Science and Policy (15)
* Cultures of Climate Change (15)
* Climate Futures (15)
* Fieldclass: Climate Change in Practice (15)
* Virtual Fieldclass (distance learning) (15)
Please note that we may not necessarily offer all of the option modules each year and there may be restrictions in terms of which options can be chosen together. Please see the MSc Sustainable Development webpages for details.
Assessment
All taught modules assessed by a variety of different types of coursework, presentations plus a dissertation of 15,000 words.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
English requirements: IELTS 6.5
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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