Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Postgraduate courses in Geography

The Department of Geography offers a number of interdisciplinary master degree programmes, both full time (one year) and part time (two years) . The programmes are

1. M.Sc. in Applied Geomorphology, 2. M.Sc. in Climate Change and Policy,

3. M.Sc. in Climate Change and Development, 4. M.A. in Environment, Development and Policy,

5. M.A. in Migration Studies.

The programmes have 180 credits each and students are expected to take 60 credits in each term. In autumn term there are two compulsory core courses; in spring term there are four courses and two are to be selected; these courses are 30 credits each. In summer term there is a course on research methods (15 credits) and dissertation (45 credits) of 15,000 words. The entry requirements for Indian students to any of these programmes are first class undergraduate Degree in geology, geography, environmental or earth science, natural science or civil engineering and TOEFL score 90.
Fees: £14,064 for all students.

3 comments:

  1. can I get further details of M A Migration Studies especially the syllabus and the curriculum ... Nandkumar Sawant

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  2. Dr. Sawant,
    Programme structure:
    Autumn term: Legal, Policy and Human Rights Aspects of Migration ▪ Theories and Typologies of Migration.
    Spring term: two from Migration, Inequality and Social Change ▪ Migration Under the European Convention on Human Rights ▪ Refugees and Development ▪ The Politics of Citizenship and Immigration ▪ Transnational Migration and Diaspora.
    Summer term and vacation: Methods in Migration Research and supervised work on a dissertation.
    Assessment:
    Assessed by essays of 5,000 words, a case analysis on research methods, and a 10,000-word dissertation.

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  3. Sir,
    I wanted to know about the practical things in M.Sc.in Climate change. What kind of softares are in use?

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