MSc in Environmental Policy, Technology and Health (Environment and Development) (LSE and Peking University)

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Programme Code: TMEPTHED

Department: Geography and Environment

For students starting this programme of study in 2025/26

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

This programme is part of the **LSE-PKU Double Degree in Environmental Policy, Technology and Health**.
**Year 1 at Peking University**

Some of the options available include:

Environmental Pollution: air, soil and water pollution
Global Environmental Health: Principles and case studies
Environmental Health Research
Energy and Society: driving forces, problem and solutions of environmental issues at various dimension
Seminars on China’s Environment and Development
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: engineering solutions
Environmental Policy and Management
Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation for Sustainable Development

Please note that courses are subject to change.

**Year 2 at LSE**

Students will enrol on *either:*

MSc in Environmental Policy, Technology and Health (Environment and Development);
MSc in Environmental Policy, Technology and Health (Environmental Economics and Climate Change) or
MSc in Environmental Policy, Technology and Health (Environmental Policy and Regulation) as follows:

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

Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of four full units.

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)
Year 2 at LSE
Paper 1	GY473 Economic Development and the Environment (0.5) # and GY474 Politics of Environment and Development (0.5)
Paper 2
	One full unit or two half units offered by the Department for International Development (Not DV431).
Paper 3
	Courses to the value of 1 unit(s) from the following: GY400 The Economics of Urbanisation in Developing Countries (0.5) #
	GY403 Contemporary Debates in Human Geography (0.5) #
	GY409 Globalisation and territorial development: Theory, Evidence and Policy (0.5)
	GY413 Regional Development and Policy (0.5) #
	GY427 Climate Change: Science, Economics and Policy (0.5)
	GY431 Cities, People and Poverty in the South (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)
	GY432 Urban Ethnography (0.5)
	GY438 Urban Asia: Cities and Social Change (0.5)
	GY439 Cities, Politics and Citizenship (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	GY455 Economic Appraisal and Valuation (0.5)
	GY459 Global Urbanism (0.5)
	GY465 Concepts in Environmental Regulation (0.5)
	GY470 Urban Africa (0.5)
	GY471 Urban environments and more-than-human cities (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	GY475 Governing Sustainable Enterprise (0.5)
	GY478 Energy Markets and the Clean Energy Transition (0.5) #
	GY479 Urban Transformations (0.5)
	GY480 Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

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

	(OR) Courses to the value of 1 unit(s) from the following:
	Paper 3 options list

Paper 3 options list



GY400 The Economics of Urbanisation in Developing Countries (0.5) #
GY403 Contemporary Debates in Human Geography (0.5) #
GY409 Globalisation and territorial development: Theory, Evidence and Policy (0.5)
GY413 Regional Development and Policy (0.5) #
GY427 Climate Change: Science, Economics and Policy (0.5)
GY431 Cities, People and Poverty in the South (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)
GY432 Urban Ethnography (0.5)
GY438 Urban Asia: Cities and Social Change (0.5)
GY439 Cities, Politics and Citizenship (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
GY455 Economic Appraisal and Valuation (0.5)
GY459 Global Urbanism (0.5)
GY465 Concepts in Environmental Regulation (0.5)
GY470 Urban Africa (0.5)
GY471 Urban environments and more-than-human cities (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
GY475 Governing Sustainable Enterprise (0.5)
GY478 Energy Markets and the Clean Energy Transition (0.5) #
GY479 Urban Transformations (0.5)
GY480 Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

Footnotes

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

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.