Specialisation Environment and Sustainable Development: Institute of Social Studies

Educational requirements:

• BA degree in social science, from a recognised university, at least class 2.2 or B, preferably class 2.1. Check ISS website for specific requirements.

Professional experience required:

• A minimum of 2 years of professional experience relevant to ESD is normally expected and is a preference for admission

Language requirements:

• TOEFL (minimum score: Overall 580); IELTS (minimum score: Overall 6.5), Other tests, like ALIGU and Michigan, are also recognised. Applicants need to demonstrate a level at least equivalent to the TOEFL/IELTS requirements

Objectives:

• ESD alumni view the challenge of sustainable development as a political, economic and social process that can best be understood through interdisciplinary inquiry. They have an interdisciplinary social science perspective on the global environmental crisis; a critical understanding of the structures that shape environmental outcomes, and skills in policy analysis and design.

Subjects:

• Environmental issues in developing and developed countries; the interaction between local dynamics and global structures; poverty and gender; rural environment and development; the use, extraction, management, and distribution of natural resources.

Modes of instruction:

• Lectures, individual and group work, assignments, exercises and small-group tutorials, simulation games, study visits, research paper.