Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time
Effective education and communication are crucial in addressing contemporary environmental challenges including the climate crisis and loss of biodiversity.
Environmental Sustainability Education and Communication (MSc) is an exciting collaboration between our Departments of Education and Environment and Geography and will equip you with the skills to lead change in your future career. You’ll develop participatory, inclusive and creative approaches to formal and non-formal education, and critically reflect on how these approaches can contribute to social and environmental justice, and to environmental care and repair.
Our course will empower you to take action, lead change and negotiate difference in constructive ways, drawing on approaches from philosophical dialogue to problem-based learning.
Accreditation
This course is accredited by the Institution of Environmental Sciences.
2:2 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in any subject or equivalent professional experience.
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This course is suitable if you are aiming for a sustainability related role in the for-profit or not-for-profit sectors and education settings. The range of opportunities for developing a career in this area of practice is growing.
Career opportunities:
Core modules
Transformative Environmental Education
Communicating the Climate Emergency
Sustainability 1: definitions of sustainability and methods of assessment
Research Methods for Education I: Researching Questions
Research Methods for Education II: Researching Answers or Professional Practice in Education*
*You must choose this module in Semester 2 in order to take the Professional Practice in Education.
Option modules
You will also study one option module. Examples may include:
Sustainability Clinic
Outdoor Learning: People, Nature and Environment
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
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