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MSc Society, Environment and Global Change

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    MSc 1 year full-time

Course Description

This Master’s programme will offer social and cultural perspective on questions of environmental and other global change taking place in the world around us. It will offer students a range of theoretical approaches and methodological tools from human geography and the social sciences to learn how to address multiple and cross-cutting crises, ranging from migration to climate change, human security to global inequality.

WHY SOCIETY, ENVIRONMENT AND GLOBAL CHANGE AT SWANSEA?

  • Top 200 in the World (Shanghai Ranking Subject Rankings 2022)
  • Top 250 in the World (Environmental Sciences) (QS World University Rankings 2023)
  • UK Top 5 for Course Satisfaction (The Guardian University Guide 2022)
  • UK Top 20 for Research Quality (The Times Good University Guide 2022)
  • 90% of our research outputs have been recognised as world leading and internationally excellent – Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021
  • 100% of the environment was rated as world leading and internationally excellent – Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021

You will be taught by a range of inspiring experts in human geography and the climate crisis.

Entry Requirements

You should hold or expect to achieve a minimum of an upper second class honours degree (2:1), or equivalent, in a related social-science subject or hold relevant work experience. Background in Geography is not a requirement, and we welcome applications from candidates with backgrounds in the Humanities and/or Sciences that have demonstrated an interest in the programme’s themes.

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Programme Funding

We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries for both taught and research courses to help you fund your study.

Student Destinations

Graduates from this programme will go on to work in careers including with the civil service, non-governmental international organisations, charity sector, think tanks and media, and in fields including social research, sustainability, the environment, inequality, education and urban regeneration.

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