Taught course
Development, Environment, and International Politics
Entry requirements
A 2:2 honours degree, or international equivalent. Degrees from all disciplines will be considered. We will also consider your application on an individual basis if you have lower or non-standard qualifications and relevant professional experience.
Months of entry
September
Course content
Our Development, Environment, and International Politics MSc gives you the knowledge and skills to understand and shape global debates in Development Studies, Global Environmental Politics, and contemporary International Relations.
Equip yourself with analytical and methodological skills, as well as the conceptual and empirical knowledge needed to understand, explain and interrogate the international politics of development and the environment.
Study the political-economic processes, actors and discourses that shape international development policy and practices.
Understand the relationship between development, the environment and international politics.
Engage with a rich interdisciplinary literature that explores the histories and practices of international development with a focus on environmental issues and perspectives from the global South.
Key questions addressed include:
- How can economic development be reconciled with ecological limits of the planet?
- How do various actors - such as states, non-governmental organisations, social movements, and multilateral institutions - shape environmental policies?
- How do countries in the Global South design initiatives and policies to tackle development and environmental challenges?
- How do global environmental agreements influence local development practices?
You will benefit from rigorous training in:
- The politics of International Development
- Global Environmental Politics and the politics of sustainable development
- International Relations theory and practice
- Policy analysis and evaluation
- Research methods
- Data analysis
Information for international students
See Newcastle University's course entry for more information.
Fees and funding
See Newcastle University's course entry for more information.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MSc
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- part time24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- School of Geography Politics and Sociology
- Politicsadmissions@newcastle.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0) 191 208 3921