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MSc Climate Change and Environmental Policy Not recruiting from 2023/24

Programme code:MSC-EV/CEPUCAS code:
Duration:12 Months Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr. Yim Ling Siu Contact address:Y.L.Siu@Leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

- Applications are invited from candidates from a range of backgrounds across the social and physical sciences such as environmental science, environmental studies, geography, management, economics and social science.
- Candidates should have a good first degree, an upper second classification or above, or equivalent qualification.

Mature applicants without a first degree or with a lower degree classification may be considered on the basis of their relevant industry, consultancy or policy experience and their potential for benefiting from the programme.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Earth and Environment

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Earth and Environment Examinations Board

Programme specification:

Climate change is a growing issue for environmental policy makers at international, national and sub-national levels, as well as for environmental managers and experts in public, private and non-profit making organisations. This programme provides students with a solid foundation in the physical science of climate change, climate change impacts, adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, as well as in broader debates on environmental policy and governance. The programme draws from the world-class research expertise in the joint ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy of the London School of Economics & Political Sciences (LSE) and the University of Leeds. The programme also draws from wider expertise in the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI), the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS) and the Priestley International Centre for Climate at the School of Earth and Environment.

The course is aimed particularly at people working or seeking to work on different aspects of climate change in the public and private sectors as well as not-for-profit organisations in the UK, Europe or elsewhere in the world.

Upon completion of the programme, students will be able to:

- demonstrate a broad interdisciplinary knowledge of the concepts, information and techniques relevant to climate change.

- engage in broader debates about environmental governance and public policies pertinent to climate change on international, national and local scales.

- use a variety of research methods and approaches that are pertinent to interdisciplinary and social scientific research on climate change.

- understand the influence of different policy actors in collective environmental decisions, and the performance of different forms of policy intervention in different contexts.

- understand the methods used to evaluate climate change impacts, and develop the skills to produce adaptation strategies.

- take a proactive and self-reflective role in working and to develop professional relationships with others, particularly an ability to work in interdisciplinary teams on problems relating to climate change and sustainability.

- undertake further studies on climate change and related topics at an advanced level.

If students have not achieved the minimum number of credits after their re-sits they will be awarded either a Postgraduate Diploma or a Postgraduate Certificate dependent on the award criteria for their programme.

To obtain the Masters' (MSc) qualification candidates must pass 165 credits of level 5 modules to include the dissertation, and achieve an average mark of 50 across 180 credits. A Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip) can be obtained if 90 credits are passed. A Postgraduate Certificate (PGC) can be obtained if 60 credits are passed in the taught modules.


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

SOEE5010MResearch Methods15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE5020MResearch Project60 credits1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth)
SOEE5472MEnvironmental Policy and Governance15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE5540MClimate Change: Physical Science Basis15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE5550MClimate Change: Impacts and Adaptation15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE5561MClimate Change Mitigation15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 15 credits of the following modules in Semester 1.

SOEE5090MAdvanced Environmental Science Field and Research Skills15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE5094MIntroduction to Ecological Economics15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates must study 30 credits of the following modules in Semester 2.

COMM5797MClimate Communication30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
GEOG5830MEnvironmental Assessment15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS5202MRisk Perception and Communication15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED5562MInternational Relations and the Environment30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED5580MClimate Security30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE5095MEnvironmental Economics and Policy15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE5483MCritical Perspectives in Environment and Development15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE5582MTools and Techniques in Ecological Economics15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE5585MEnvironment & Development Case Study: from theory to practice15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE5970MTerrestrial Biosphere in the Earth System15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

This module is elective and non-assessed, primarily designed to introduce post-graduate students to ‘Sustainability’ as a contested term, as well as providing some core knowledge surrounding its history and real-world application to apply and develop as you study your other modules at Leeds.

SOEE5282MIntroduction to Sustainability  creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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