Environmental Governance

Study mode:On campus Study type:Part-time Languages: English
Local:$ 6.94 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 17 k / Year(s)  
301–350 place StudyQA ranking:5511 Duration:12 months

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The University of Essex is one of the UK´s leading academic institutions, ranked ninth nationally for research excellence following the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).

An unprecedented combination of pressures is threatening the health of social and ecological systems across the world. Continued population growth, rapidly changing consumption patterns and climate change are driving limited resources of food, energy, water and materials towards and beyond critical thresholds. There is an urgent need for interdisciplinary study that crosses the boundaries between intimately interwoven natural and social systems.

Our MA Environmental Governance addresses this by focusing on the analysis, conservation, protection and management of natural resources, and the institutions and policies that shape human actions. Eight Essex departments contribute to our unique interdisciplinary course, providing you with the critical capacity to analyse environmental issues from a range of perspectives. Our course is suited to graduates from all disciplinary backgrounds and gives a thorough training in the principles and practices of environmental governance if you wish to pursue a career in environmental management and regulation, research and policy.

A Masters course is an academically rigorous programme during which you explore your subject in depth, reaching a high level of specialist knowledge. You draw on knowledge and skills from your undergraduate study or your professional life to produce work of a high academic standard, informed by current thinking and debate.
A Masters course lasts for twelve months (full-time), starting in October, and consists of taught modules during your autumn and spring terms, and normally a research-based dissertation or other project-based work submitted in September. Your balance of modules and research varies according to the subject but, typically, your research counts for 60 credits and there are 120 credits of modules, varying from 10 to 40 credits each. (If you are from the EU, then our Masters courses are regarded as second-cycle qualifications under the Bologna Declaration and consist of 90 ECTS credits).
In some subjects, Postgraduate or Graduate Certificates and Diplomas are available, which last for six to nine months (full-time) and consist of 60 or 120 credits, respectively. These include the modules and assessed work of a Masters, without a dissertation. Our Graduate Diplomas equip those with a Bachelors with knowledge to proceed to a Masters in a different subject.
Please note that module information on our course finder provides a guide to course content and may be subject to review on an annual basis.

Modules
Compulsory modules
Dissertation: Environmental-Based Masters Courses
Natural Resources
Research Skills And Data Analysis

Optional modules
Climate Change
Colonialism, Culture And Human Rights
Conservation Management And Practice
Environmental Economics
International Environmental Politics
Managing For Ethics And Sustainability
Natural Resources
Pollution: Impacts And Management
Research Skills And Data Analysis
Sustainability
The New Nature Writing
The Wild East

Core modules must be taken and passed.
Core with options modules selected from limited lists must be taken and passed.
Compulsory modules must be taken.
Compulsory with options modules selected from limited lists must be taken.
Optional modules are selected from course specific lists.

Upper second class honours degree, or equivalent, in relevant subject area.IELTS 6.5. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.

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