入学要求 Requirement:
学术要求: To gain entry onto this programme, participants will need to have a first or second-class degree, or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject.
英语要求:IELTS score of at least 6.5 is required
学费 Tuition Fee:2011/2012 £10,400
课程特征 Course Features:
The MSc in Learning for Sustainability is for people who wish to develop knowledge skills and capacities for a career in formal and non-formal environmental education, environmental activism, green tourism, environmental research, sustainability policy and development.
The programme is unique in its emphasis on learning for sustainability and it is delivered in ways that stress concepts of learning communities. It will involve you taking part in occasional residential events in which ideas and concepts will be introduced and discussed in an atmosphere of equity and support. You will have lectures from some leading researchers in the field of sustainability and you will have the opportunity to discuss your own ideas and research proposals in individual and group tutorials.
课程内容 Course Content :
Modules include:
•Learning, education and sustainability
•Sustainability skills: research and dissemination
•Sustainable communities and learning organisations
•Ecological and sustainability literacy
•Global education: theory and practice
•Dissertation
•Science, systems and sustainability
•Ecological and environmental ethics
Autumn Term
•Residential Induction week
•Immersive week: core module
•Evening delivery: core module
•Daytime delivery: elective module
Spring Term
•Evening delivery: core module
•Daytime delivery: elective module
Summer Term
•Dissertation module
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment:
Styles of delivery
Learning will primarily take place within workshop style seminars that will employ multiple learning approaches, including occasional short lectures.
Tutorial support
Each student will have an identified tutor from the outset of the programme. Depending on your emerging dissertation research interests and preferred dissertation research method(s), that tutor would normally be your dissertation supervisor.
The MLS offers a wide range of assessment modes (minimum of two modes employed per module) allowing the range of knowledge and skills to be fully assessed across the programme.
职业机会 Career Opportunities:
Anticipated career paths following from the programme include environmental research and management, formal and non-formal education, environmental activism, sustainability business development and management, sustainability-related national and international civil society organisations, community development and project management, green tourism, and government sustainability policy administration and implementation.