MA (Environment, Society and Development)
College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Celtic Studies
Course overview
Key facts
Entry requirements
Second Class Honours NQAI level 8 degree (H2.2) with a H2.1 in Geography or related discipline (or equivalent international qualification). Selection is based on a candidate's academic record, statement of intent and letters of recommendation. Prior learning in terms of relevant work experience is also recognised.
Duration:
1 year, full-time
Next start date: September 2013
ECTS weighting: 90
Average intake: 20
Course outline
Running through the MA is an overarching aim to impart understanding of how different philosophical and ideological approaches to environment-society relations influence policy formulation and implementation. In this context, our hope is to empower students to become critically informed by, and ethically engaged with, the various (geo)political, social, economic and environmental processes that shape the world in which we live. The practical emphasis of the MA is reflected in a field-based learning module in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where students will intersect with the development work of the European Commission, UN agencies and various NGOs. In connecting with the work of UN agencies like the United Nations Development Programme, a key challenge for students will involve thinking through the scalar nature of all forms of development, in which initiatives on the ground are framed by broader geopolitical, economic and institutional structures that both enable and hinder development in complex ways.
Modules include:
- Conceptualising Environment, Society and Development
- Geography and Geo-graphing
- Geopolitics and Security
- Environment and Risk
- Managing Development
- Field-Based Learning
- MA Dissertation
Applications and selections
Who teaches this course?
- Dr John Morrissey (Director)
- Prof. Ulf Strohmayer (Chair of Geography)
- Dr Mary Cawley (Module Lecturer)
- Dr Patrick Collins (Module Lecturer)
- Dr Nessa Cronin (Module Lecturer)
- Dr Frances Fahy (Module Lecturer)
- Dr Valerie Ledwith (Module Lecturer)
- Dr Kevin Lynch (Module Lecturer)
- Dr Aaron Potito (Module Lecturer)
- Dr Kathy Reilly (Module Lecturer)
- Dr Anna Stanley (Module Lecturer)
Requirements and assessment
Find out more
T +353 91 492 267
E john.morrissey@nuigalway.ie
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/ma/esd.html
PAC code
GYA87
Fees for this course
EU (Total): €6,015
- Student levy: €224
Non-EU (Total): €13,250
Graduate profile
Diego Andreucci
MA (Environment, Society and Development)
"What I like the most about the MA in Environment, Society and Development is the fact that it is theoretically broad and academically stimulating whilst at the same time being very much engaged in practical, political and ethical issues in a variety of geographical contexts on the ground."
