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MSc Prosperity, People and Planet

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    MSc 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time, 5 years flexible

Course Description

Prosperity, People and Planet MSc equips the next generation of change-makers with the knowledge and skills to create sustainable prosperity for all of nature and humanity. We believe in an ecological economics that recognises that the economy is embedded in society and nature. You will study natural prosperity, a new, transdisciplinary means of studying well-being economies and healthy social foundations while respecting planetary ecological boundaries. You will learn how to enact transformational, systems-level change, ready for a career creating a better future for both people and planet.

Creating a sustainable future for humans and the rest of nature is going to take major transformations of our economic paradigm and societal institutions. The Prosperity, People and Planet MSc takes an ecological economics and whole systems perspective, and is for anyone interested in the world, how it works, and how we can make it a better place for everyone to live in. 

Entry Requirements

A first or upper second-class UK Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate subject, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard from a recognised higher education institution. Evidence of extensive experience may be considered in lieu of the above, subject to approval.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies.

Student Destinations

The programme attracts a wide diversity of both established professionals and new graduates. We recruit from diverse backgrounds in the UK and across the globe. We expect our graduates to show self-initiative and a drive to make global change across the environment, policy, economics, business and the third sector. Graduates must be able to work in truly global, cross cultural and international teams. You will learn to think across and between traditional disciplines and to apply a range of qualitative and quantitative skills alongside broader strategic and design/prototyping thinking. Graduates will gain key transferable skills in teamwork, communication, digital capabilities with particular software, academic and popular writing, presentation, visual design, foundational quantitative methods, creativity, real world problem-solving and in the methods of building engaged and participatory initiatives. The IGP organises careers events with alumni throughout the year.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Atelier: Prototyping Natural Prosperity
  • Prosperity, People and Planet: Conceptual Frameworks
  • Prosperous and Inclusive Planetary Futures
  • Research Methods for Natural and Planetary Prosperity
     
    Dissertation

Optional modules

  • Pathways to Prosperity 1: Global Legacies
  • Pathways to Prosperity 2: Global Futures
  • Collective Problem Solving for Inclusive Prosperity
  • Debt, Finance and Prosperity
  • China and Global Prosperity
  • Urban Futures and Prosperity
  • Transformative Entrepreneurship and Prosperity: Design
  • Social Theories of Prosperity
  • New Economics of Prosperity
  • Prosperity from Below: The Informal, the Illicit and the Popular
  • Urbanizing China: Space, Society, and Quality of Life

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