Modules

We are continually updating our modules to reflect the latest research and expertise within our Department. Please note, we are currently updating this page to outline the modules offered in the 22-23 academic year.

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 2021-22 module page	Romain Chenet	20	1
GD909-20	Global Challenges and Transdisciplinary Responses View the 2021-22 module page	Dr Jess Savage	20	1
IP901-20	Creating Knowledge for Change: Foundations of Transdisciplinary Research View the 2021-22 module page	Dr Marta Guerriero	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 2021-22 module page	Professor Stéphanie Panichelli-Batalla	10	2
GD905-10	Quantitative Approaches to Sustainable Development View the 2021-22 module page	Dr Martin Lima Velazquez	10	2
GD906-10	Policy, Governance and Sustainable Development View the 2021-22 module page	Dr Nicholas Bernards	10	2

MASc capstone projects

Code	Title	Convenor	CATS	Term(s)
GD901-60	Research Project View the 2021-22 module page	Dr Martin Lima Velazquez	60	3 and summer
GD902-60	Workplace Project View the 2021-22 module page	TBC	60	3 and summer
GD903-60	Practice-based Project View the 2021-22 module page	Dr Jonathan Clarke	60	3 and summer

Discover some of the exciting capstone projects led by our first cohort of 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	Sustainable Urbanisation: from Risk to Resilience View the 2021-22 module page	GSD	Dr Jonathan Clarke	20	2
GD912-20	Popular Movements and Sustainable Change View the 2021-22 module page	GSD	Romain Chenet	20	2
GD913-20	Care-ful Sustainability: Place, Culture and Value This is a new module for the 2022-23 academic year.	GSD	Dr Xiaodong Lin	20	2
GD914-20	Critical Perspectives on Business and Global Sustainable Development This is a new module for the 2022-23 academic year.	GSD	Dr Rosa Fernandez	20	2
IL913-15	Urban Resilience, Disasters and Data View the 2021-22 module page	Institute of Advanced Teaching and Learning	Dr Vangelis Pitidis	15	Not available for 22/23 as scheduled for term 1
EN963-20, EN963-30	Resource Fictions: Studies in World Literature	English and Comparative Literary Studies	Professor Graeme Macdonald	20 or 30	2 (TBC)
EN9B5-30	World Literature in the Anthropocene View the 2021-22 module page	English and Comparative Literary Studies	Dr Nick Lawrence	30	TBC
IL907-10, IL907-20	Habitability in the Universe	Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning	Dr David Armstrong	10 or 20	2
EQ930-30	Education for Sustainable Development View the 2021-22 module page	Education Studies	Dr Nicholas Lee	30	TBC
IL905	Thinking Water	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 2021-22 module page	Theatre and Performance Studies	Professor Nadine Holdsworth	30	2

Certificate

Title	Convenor	Term(s)
New for the 2022/23 academic year: Carbon Literacy Certificate	Dr Rosa Fernandez	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.