Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2016 | Page 39
Overview
The ability to live sustainably as
populations and energy needs
continue to grow is one of the
most important challenges
our planet faces. The need for
employable graduates with
relevant skills to work fluently
across technical, economic,
political and social disciplinary
boundaries to ensure future
energy security has never been
greater. This course gives you an
interdisciplinary understanding
of environmental challenges and
technology solutions through a
taught programme delivered by
leading researchers and specialists
in geosciences, energy generation,
clean technology, biological
science, green information
technology, environmental
policy and politics and project
management. Your in-depth
research project will tailor your
course experience to deepen your
understanding and experience in
an area you are passionate about
and advance your career path.
Your project is the opportunity to
collaborate with relevant private
and/or public sector organisations
to study real world problems,
giving you valuable professional
experience.
Additional information
Our campus has unrivalled
potential as a unique hub for
research, development and
demonstration of a range of
environmental and sustainable
technologies. Most teaching will
take place at Keele’s Sustainability
Hub – a centre for research and
public and business engagement.
The Hub is a demonstrator for
new technologies including:
solar thermal and PV; climate
control and underfloor heating;
smart lighting system; rainwater
harvesting; ground source heat;
www.keele.ac.uk/gge
bio-fuel woodchip burner;
and a prototype vertical axis
wind turbine. During the
programme you’ll take eight
taught modules and a research
project either at Keele or with an
industrial collaborator. The first
two modules provide an overview
of important environmental
technologies and policies relevant
to sustainability. You then choose
option modules arranged within
four themes: Renewable and
Sustainable Energy; Environmental
Challenges to the Natural World;
Environmental Politics; and Policy
and Project Management.
Module titles
You will study the following
core modules:
Key Information
Course type
MSc, postgraduate
diploma, postgraduate
certificate (September
and January start dates)
NATURAL SCIENCES
Environmental
Sustainability and
Green Technology
Mode of study
Full-time or part-time
Entry
requirements
Applicants should hold
a second-class honours
degree (2.2 or above)
or equivalent qualification.
Applicants with relevant
professional training
will also be considered.
Where English is not
a first language, proof
of English language
competence will be
required (IELTS 6.5
or equivalent).
Contact email
[email protected]
• An Introduction to
Sustainable Technologies
• Case Studies in Sustainability
• Dimensions of
Environmental Politics
• Research and Business
Skills, Project and Portfolio
Management
• Research Project
The following is a list of indicative
option modules:
• Geoscience Resources
and Hazards
• Clean and Green Technologies
I: Power from above the earth
• Clean and Green Technologies
II: Power from beneath
the earth
• Environmental Decision
Making in the UK
• Environmental Movements
North and South
• Environmental Diplomacy
• Trees, Forests and
Global Change
• Green IT
• International
Environmental Law
• Conservation Biology
Good to know
“Choosing the MSc
Environmental
Sustainability and
Green Technology
is one of the best
decisions I’ve made.
It offers a great range
of science and social
science modules
enabling the student
to understand
environmental
sustainability on
many different
levels, something
lacking in many
other environmental
courses.”
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