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

Ecological science and management [C100]

Socioeconomics of sustainable development [C102]

Sustainable development: approaches and indicators [C101]

Sustainable development: design and innovation [C103]

Optional Modules

Students must study and be assessed in a minimum of three modules from one specialism, including the core module for that specialism, plus up to one free choice from all specialisms.
Note: the core module for each specialism is marked in bold.

Rural development and change

Rural development [C130]

Agricultural trade and policy [C10]

Agrifood marketing in developing countries [C138]

Either Society, gender and development [C140]
or Socioeconomics of rural livelihoods [C35]

Development management

Information and communication technologies for development [C104]

Management in rural development [C131]

NGO management [C132]

Project planning and management [C134]

Agribusiness

Applying economics in business and development [C06]

Agrifood marketing in developing countries [C138]

Entrepreneurship for the agrifood industry [C112]

Supply chain management [C111]

Biodiversity conservation

Introduction to biodiversity conservation and management [C117]

Assessing and understanding biological diversity [C191]  

Biodiversity utilisation [C198]

Conservation and society [C118]

Environmental analysis

Environmental impact assessment [C107]

Corporate environmental management [C67]

Environmental auditing [C108]

International environmental law [C114]

Environmental economics

Economic principles [C02]

Economics of environmental policy [C121]

Environmental valuation [C22]

Natural resource economics [C105]

Environmental management

Introduction to environmental economics and policy [C170]

Environmental ethics [C63]

Environmental impact assessment [C107]

International environmental law [C114]

Natural resource management

Environmental monitoring [C71]

Sustainable land management (C168) [available from 2009; syllabus details to follow]

Sustainable forest management [C85]

Water resource management [C126]

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.