Modules

We are continually updating our modules to reflect the latest research and expertise within our Department.

MPhil/PhD core module

In the first year of your MPhil/PhD, you will have the opportunity to undertake 20 CATs of postgraduate module(s) and establish a personal development plan in collaboration with your supervisors. Please see below for modules you may want to consider from within the GSD Department.

MASc core modules

Code	Title	Convenor(s)	CATS	Term
GD908-20	Leading Transformation in the Anthropocene View the 2024-25 module page	Dr Romain Chenet	20	1
GD909-20	Global Challenges and Transdisciplinary Responses View the 2024-25 module page	Dr Martin Lima Velazquez	20	1
IP901-20	Creating Knowledge for Change: Foundations of Transdisciplinary Research View the 2024-25 module page	Dr Lauren Bird	20	1

MASc students on campus looking at soil samples

MASc students in the labs on campus looking at soil samples

GSD students on campus looking at soil samples

Above: GSD students examining soil samples on campus as part of the Global Challenges and Transdisciplinary Responses module.

MASc optional core modules

Code	Title	Convenor(s)	CATS	Term
GD904-10	Qualitative Approaches to Sustainable Development View the 2024-25 module page	Professor Christopher Dolan	10	2
GD905-10	Quantitative Approaches to Sustainable Development View the 2024-25 module page	Dr Marta Guerriero	10	2
GD906-10	Policy, Governance and Sustainable Development View the 2024-25 module page	Dr Nicholas Bernards	10	2

MASc capstone projects

Code	Title	Convenor	CATS	Term(s)
GD901-60	Research Project View the 2024-25 module page	Dr Martin Lima Velazquez	60	3 and summer
GD902-60	Workplace Project View the 2024-25 module page	Dr Edwin Leung	60	3 and summer
GD903-60	Practice-based Project View the 2024-25 module page	Dr Jonathan Clarke	60	3 and summer

Discover some of the exciting capstone projects undertaken by our MASc students.

MASc optional modules

The module list below is an indicative rather than an exhaustive list of possible optional modules. If you wish to take other optional modules from across the university, please discuss with your Personal Tutor and the Programme Director.

Please note that if any optional modules are run in Term 1, it may not be possible to enrol on them. As the majority of optional modules are outside the School for Cross-faculty Studies, it will be the other department's decision when and whether modules run in the next academic year.

Code	Title	Department	Convenor	CATS	Term(s)
GD911-20/30	Sustainable Urbanisation: from Risk to Resilience View the 2024-25 module page	GSD	Dr Jonathan Clarke	20 or 30	2
GD912-20/30	Popular Movements and Sustainable Change View the 2024-25 module page	GSD	Dr Ed Loveman	20 or 30	2
GD913-20/30	Care-ful Sustainability: Place, Culture and Value View the 2024-25 module page	GSD	Dr Xiaodong Lin	20 or 30	2
GD914-20/30	Critical Perspectives on Business and Global Sustainable Development	GSD	Dr Maria Gavris	20 or 30	Not running in 24/25
GS915-20/30	Taboo Topics: Unpicking the Silences within Global Challenges This is a new module for the 2024-25 academic year. View the 2024-25 module page	SCFS	Professor Chris Dolan	20 or 30	2
GD916-20/30	Dimensions of the Climate Crisis This is a new module for the 2024-25 academic year. View the 2024-25 module page	GSD, SCFS	Dr Katie Reeves	20 or 30	2
IP906-20/30	Health and Well-being across the life course This is a new module for the 2023-24 academic year. View the 2024-25 module page	Liberal Arts, SCFS	Dr Lauren Bird	20 or 30	2
IL913-15	Urban Resilience, Disasters and Data	Institute of Advanced Teaching and Learning	Dr Vangelis Pitidis	15	Not running in 24/25
EN963-30	Resource Fictions: Studies in World Literature View the 2024-25 module page	English and Comparative Literary Studies	Professor Graeme Macdonald	30	2 (TBC)
EN9B5-30	World Literature in the Anthropocene View the 2024-25 module page	English and Comparative Literary Studies	Dr Nick Lawrence	30	TBC
IL907-10, IL907-15	Habitability in the Universe View the 2024-25 module page	Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning	Dr David Brown	10 or 15	2
EQ930-30	Education for Sustainable Development View the 2024-25 module page	Education Studies	Dr Nicholas Lee	30	TBC
IL905	Thinking Water View the 2024-25 module page	Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning	Dr Elena Riva	10, 15, 20 or 30	2
TH993-30	Socially Engaged Performance: Interventions and Provocations View the 2024-25 module page	Theatre and Performance Studies	Professor Nadine Holdsworth	30	2

Certificate

Title	Convenor	Term(s)
Carbon Literacy Certificate		1, 2, or 3

Please note: Module availability and staffing may change year on year depending on availability and other operational factors. The School for Cross-faculty Studies makes no guarantee that any modules will be offered in a particular year, or that they will necessarily be taught by the staff listed on these pages.