Postgraduate

MSc, Postgraduate Diploma/Certificate in Sustainable Development

Structure and Syllabus

MSc: 10 modules (4 compulsory, 4 optional plus 2 research)

Postgraduate Diploma: 8 modules (4 compulsory plus 4 optional)

Postgraduate Certificate: 4 modules (4 compulsory)

Compulsory modules

Understanding sustainable development (C201)

Ecological science and management [C100]

Economics and institutions for development (C116)
Climate change and development (C124)

Elective modules

Note: at least 3 electives from one specialism, including the compulsory module, plus 1 free choice from all specialisms. The compulsory module in each specialism is shown in bold.

Agribusiness
Marketing for small agribusinesses (C138)
Managing social and environmental responsibility (C167)
Rural finance (C128) [expected 2011]
Managing small business organisations (C129) [expected 2011]

Development management
Managing knowledge and communication for development (C123) [expected 2011]
Management in rural development (C131)
NGO management (C132)
Project planning and management (C134)

Environmental analysis
Environmental impact assessment (C107)
Environmental auditing (C108)
International environmental law (C114)
Managing social and environmental responsibility (C167)

Environmental economics
Economic principles (C02)
Economics of environmental policy (C121)
Environmental valuation: theory, techniques and application (C22)
Natural resource economics (C105)

Environmental management
Introduction to environmental economics and policy (C170)
Environmental impact assessment (C107)
Ethics and environmental practice (C163)
International environmental law (C114)

Natural resource management
Sustainable land management (C168)
Natural resource economics (C105)
Sustainable forest management (C85)
Water resources management (C126)

Rural development and change
Rural development (C130)
Agricultural trade and policy (C110)
Food security and social protection (C125)
Understanding poverty (C119)
Either Gender and social development (C140)
or Socioeconomics of rural livelihoods (C135)

Research modules (MSc only)

Research methods (R106)

Research report [R01]

Short courses

Modules can also be taken as short courses for professional development or as a taster of the full degree, diploma or certificate programme. In 2009 the cost of taking this module as a short course is £925.