MSc Environment and Global Development
University of East AngliaNorwich Research Park, Norwich
Course overview
Are you passionate about making development more sustainable? Do you want to understand how environmental issues affect poverty alleviation? Are you a natural resource specialist?
If so, this course is for you. Our dynamic MSc Environment and Global Development programme offers a unique interdisciplinary approach. All environmental issues derive from natural processes, but they’re influenced by social and political factors too.
A key focus of our MSc is the political ecology approach to understanding the debates and policy processes shaping global responses to environmental and natural resource challenges. Interest in the global environment and development has never been so intense. Environmental issues and problems have long been on local and national agendas, but increasingly over the last 30 years, they’re on international agendas too.
On this vibrant one-year full-time Master’s course, you’ll study natural processes, social issues and political implications, developing your own unique viewpoint.
Key highlights
- Interdisciplinary study of natural processes, social issues and political implications
- Key focus on political ecology approach to environmental debates
- Examines policy processes shaping global responses to resource challenges
- Explores how environmental issues affect poverty alleviation
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — Typical UK Entry Requirements: Degree classification Bachelors degree - 2.2 Degree Subject Social Science
Careers this course leads to
- Environmental policy adviser
- Natural resource management specialist
- International development programme officer
- Sustainability consultant
- NGO project manager
- Environmental research analyst
Cost of study
UK/Home: £11,400 per year | International: £23,850 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of East Anglia, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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