Course summary
Contemporary environmental challenges - from climate change to plastics pollution, deforestation, habitat and species loss, pandemics and growing environmental injustices - affect us all across diverse scales, cultures and geographies. They increasingly demand new ways of thinking, grounded in cutting-edge research, to enable us to move forward into more equitable and sustainable futures. This course was created in response to this need. It brings together internationally recognised research groups and scholars from the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment to provide you with a critical appreciation of these multiple, intersecting challenges and the nature and politics of potential solutions. Through a range of core and optional modules, you will engage with:
- contemporary human geography thinking around environmental challenges, knowledges and futures
- the emergent, interdisciplinary concept of the Anthropocene and its applications
- contemporary and paleo-climatic and earth systems modelling
- and the pernicious challenge of pollutants e.g. plastics in the environment.
Assessment method
Teaching includes lectures, seminars, self-paced learning, directed reading and practicals. Assessment is through diverse forms of coursework (essays, presentations, reports, briefings) and exams. Your dissertation will be assessed separately.
Entry requirements
2:2 degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject. Non-standard qualification or professional experience in a relevant area may be considered.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
Please see website for 23/24 postgraduate fee information
Provider information
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester
LE1 7RH