Teaching and assessment for Environmental Sustainability MA (Hons)

Gain an awareness and understanding of the various factors that influence the character of the countryside. Learn about the different roles needed in planning and management plus possible interventions for the conservation and enhancement of the countryside.

Develop an understanding of the origins and development of the planning system in the UK.

Investigate and apply innovative solutions to contemporary challenges.

Develop site analysis techniques and the application of digital map-making skills used in practice.

This module explores how urban places develop, covering complex political, social, economic, aesthetic, and technological factors that contribute to the development and evolution of urban areas. You will learn to analyse, articulate, and explain place identity, which is the distinct characteristics that define a place and differentiate it from others.

This module develops core knowledge and skills for Environmental Science. There is a focus on three main themes:

• environmental chemistry
• ecology and population biology
• renewable energy

Explore the role of politics, environmentalism and activism, the barriers and opportunities for effective solutions to the environmental crisis. This module meets both Institute of Environmental Management Institute (IEMA) and Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) learning outcomes.

This module explores key concepts and theories developed by physical geography in order to interpret and understand landforms, water, and landscape evolution.

Develop your knowledge and understanding of the influence of changing political ideologies, and the interpretation of various theoretical dimensions that explain the different interrelationships between the state, society and the market in shaping of cities.

Understand the key theories regarding the relationship between human behaviour and place. Considering the physical and social environment and role of placemaking for improved community and individual wellbeing outcomes. Learn the techniques and methods used to evaluate the human experience of place, and the ethical issues involved.

Through this module, you will develop your confidence in working with data. You will gain the knowledge needed to decode information.

You will cover a range of statistical techniques. These will allow you to understand patterns and present insights from the data we are working with.

This module provides the opportunity to undertake fieldwork in a new environment and to develop skills in field research.

You will design, undertake, and write-up a piece of research.

You will acquire the skills and confidence needed for your 4th year research dissertation.

You will learn the basis of research design. You will also cover the key research methods used by both human geographers and other social scientists.

You will work through a mixture of lectures, tutorial, and other online activities. The main emphasis is a group-based project over the semester.

This module introduces students to the importance of research within physical geography and environmental science. 

We adopt a very practical and hands-on approach geared to problem-solving through a series of structured mini-projects, which each contain essential elements of the research process. 

The world is changing rapidly. Information on location helps us assess, manage, plan, and communicate such changes. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are powerful systems for handling, analysing, and visualising location-based information.

In this module you will gain experience with leading GIS software applied to a range of problems.

Sustainability refers to resource management practices that avoid compromising future generation's interests. Public bodies, companies and individuals are all concerned with sustainability. There are however obstacles to achieving it.

You will explore the challenges and opportunities regarding sustainability.

This module supports the in-depth study of a topic within your area of specialism, within a output that is either a traditional dissertation format or a major design-led research project.