Course summary
1st in the world for Development Studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023) This MA highlights the complex relationship between environmental and developmental challenges. Based in the School of Global Studies, you’ll study in a unique department that encourages you to learn from the Global South as much as from the Global North. You’ll learn to think critically and practically about the effects different theoretical assumptions and policy approaches have on our ability to manage the relationship between environment, economy and society. You’ll explore a range of critical and practitioner perspectives on environment, development and policy, drawing from the three main subject areas in the School of Global Studies:
- Anthropology
- Geography
- International Relations/International Political Economy.
Modules
We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2023/24. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity. We’ll do our best to provide as much optional choice as we can, but timetabling constraints mean it may not be possible to take some module combinations. The structure of a small number of courses means that the order of modules or the streams you choose may determine whether modules are core or optional. This means that your core modules or options may differ from what’s shown below. Core modules Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most. Autumn teaching
- Critical Debates in Development Theory
- Political Economy of the Environment
- Research Methods and Professional Skills
- Dissertation (EDP)
- Understanding Processes of Social Change
- Spring teaching
- Activism for Development and Social Justice
- Anthropology of Law
- Civil and Political Rights: Contemporary Challenges
- Climate Change and Energy Policy
- Climate change: Impacts and Adaptation
- Critical Debates in Environment and Development
- Doing Gender in Theory and Practice
- Fair Trade, Ethical Business & New Moral Economies
- Global Laboratories: Biotech, Life and Society
- Indigenous and Minority Rights
- Knowledge, Power and Resistance
- Low Carbon Development
- Poverty, Vulnerability and the Global Economy
- Socioeconomic rights: economic violence, social justice and human rights law
- Dissertation with Placement (Global Studies)
- find an employer
- draft an application
Entry requirements
You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above. Your qualification should be in the social or natural sciences. You may also be considered for the course if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing.
Fees and funding
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Provider information
University of Sussex
Sussex House
Brighton
BN1 9RH