(Award available for year: Master of Science)
Subject Specific Learning Outcomes
1- Apply specialist knowledge of techniques relevant to sustainability consultancy and project planning and management.
2- Evaluating generic and subject-specific knowledge and techniques related to project management and sustainability consultancy.
3- Analyse problems and propose solutions based on sustainability research and knowledge.
4- Evaluate concepts, information and techniques informed by knowledge across, or in aspects at, the forefront of sustainability research.
5- Apply a proactive and self-reflective role in working and developing professional relationships with others.
6- Create ideas and hypotheses and evaluate these in relation to current issues and research in environment, development and sustainability research.
Skills Learning Outcomes
1- Planning and resource use to undertake multi-disciplinary work on sustainability-related topics.
2- The skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in an industry or area of professional practice, namely, presentation skills, collaboration, problem-solving and analytical skills.
3- The skills required to evaluate one’s own achievement and that of others, such as adaptability, cultural diversity awareness and teamwork.
4- Self-direction and effective decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations.
5- Active and independent learning and the ability to work in a way ensure continuing professional development.
6- Critical and systems thinking in developing professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms.
The programme includes a variety of formative and summative assessments designed to replicate the work of consultants in the environmental and sustainability fields. Thus, there is a combination of individual and group work. Examples include individual technical reports, group and individual oral presentations, and multi-criteria questionnaires.
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