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Environment, Politics and Development (Taught)
- Study level:
- Postgraduate
- Awarded by:
- King’s College London
Course summary
Our Environment, Politics and Development MSc provides an advanced theoretical understanding of the relationship between development problems and environmental issues. You will explore these relationships from the perspectives of political ecology, development geography and environmental governance.
To illustrate these relationships, we use relevant case studies drawn from across the globe.
Key benefits
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Academic staff have first-hand experience of development problems and environmental issues in contexts from around the globe.
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Appreciate critically the distinct disciplinary approaches to a dynamic and contested body of knowledge on development, politics and the environment.
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Develop awareness of contemporary development issues, problems and policies through engagement with development theory.
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Enhance understanding of framing and problem-solving challenges at the interface of environment and development with learning of political theory, political science and political ecology theories and environmental justice lenses.
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Gain critical analytical skills to uncover reciprocal relationships between changing natural environments and dynamic livelihood strategies, or the nature of power, difference and inequality within economic, social, physical and cultural environments.
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Develop interdisciplinary understanding of the ways in which the human and physical world is revealed through representations of space, place and landscape.
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Opportunities to carry out original fieldwork either in the UK or overseas for your dissertation.
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Excellent tutorial support, extensive module specific interactive teaching and regular classroom discussions.
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Entry requirements
Candidates who do not achieve a 2:1 but have professional or voluntary experience will also be considered.
In order to meet the academic entry requirements for this programme you should have a minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree with a final mark of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme. If you are still studying you should be achieving an average of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Additional fee information
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