MSc Climate Change and Environmental Policy(Part-Time - NOT RECRUITING 2020-2021)
Year 1
(Award available for year: Postgraduate Certificate)
Learning outcomes
On completion of the programme students should have shown evidence of being 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 at 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 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 a doctoral level.
Transferable (key) skills
The students will have had the opportunity to acquire the following abilities as defined in the modules specified for the programme:- the skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in industry or area of professional practice;- evaluating their own achievement and that of others;- self direction and effective decision making in complex and unpredictable situations;- independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;- critical engagement in the development of professional/ interdisciplinary boundaries and norms of scholarship on climate change.
Assessment
Achievement for the degree of Master in Climate Change and Environmental Policy will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will involve the achievement of the students in:- evidencing an ability to conduct independent in-depth interdisciplinary enquiry;- demonstrating the ability to apply breadth of knowledge to the complex area of climate change;- drawing on a range of perspectives on climate change;- evaluating and criticising received opinion;- making reasoned judgements whilst understanding the limitations on judgements made in the absence of complete data.For a detailed description of assessment methods to be used in the programme, see the relevant module descriptors.