MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation

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Programme Code: TMENPR

Department: Geography and Environment

For students starting this programme of study in 2024/25

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Full-year programme. Students must take 3 compulsory half unit courses, a full unit dissertation, and 1.5 units of optional courses.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper	Course number, title (unit value)

Paper 1	GY465 Concepts in Environmental Regulation (0.5) and GY475 Governing Sustainable Enterprise (0.5)
Paper 2
	One from the following: GY473 Economic Development and the Environment (0.5) #
	GY474 Politics of Environment and Development (0.5)

Paper 3
	Courses to the value of 1.5 units DV415 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)
	EU421 Policy-Making in the European Union (0.5) #
	GV4H5 The Political Philosophy of Environmental Change (0.5) #
	GY427 Climate Change: Science, Economics and Policy (0.5)
	GY446 Planning for Sustainable Cities (0.5)
	GY455 Economic Appraisal and Valuation (0.5)
	GY471 Urban environments and more-than-human cities (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	GY476 Applied Geographical Information Systems (0.5)
	LL4A6 Climate Change and International Law (0.5)
	LL4BV Transnational Environmental Law (0.5)
	MY400 Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design (0.5)
	MY421A Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)
	MY421W Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)
	MY451A Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)
	MY451W Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)
	MY452A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) #
	MY452W Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) #
	SO4C9 Risk Governance (0.5)

Paper 4	GY489 Dissertation - Environment Programme - MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change, MSc Environmental Policy and Regulation and MSc Environment and Development (1.0)

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

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