Swansea University 2022 Postgraduate Prospectus

GEOGRAPHY SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS

SOCIETY, ENVIRONMENT AND GLOBAL CHANGE MSc FT This master’s programme will offer social and cultural perspectives on questions of environmental and other global changes taking place in the world around us. It will offer students a range of theoretical approaches and methodological tools from human geography and the social sciences to learn how to address multiple and cross-cutting crises, ranging from migration to climate change, human security to global inequality. Topics likely to be covered include: • Society • Social Theory • Environment

We invite applications from well-qualified candidates whose research interests correspond to our areas of research expertise focused around the following research groupings: Environmental Dynamics Group Glaciology Group Global Environmental Modelling and Earth Observation Group (GEMEO) Migration, Boundaries, and Identities Group Social Theory and Urban Space Group Further information on our research can be found on our website: s wansea.ac.uk/geography/ research-and-impact/

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY MPhil/PhD FT PT PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY MPhil/PhD FT PT EARTH OBSERVATION MSc By Research FT PT ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS MSc By Research FT PT GLACIOLOGY MSc By Research FT PT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING MSc By Research FT PT GLOBAL MIGRATION MSc By Research FT PT MEDIA GEOGRAPHIES MSc By Research FT PT SOCIAL THEORY AND SPACE MSc By Research FT PT URBAN STUDIES MSc By Research FT PT English Language Requirement IELTS 6.5 (minimum of 6.0 in each component) or Swansea University recognised equivalent. RESEARCH COURSES Entry Requirements Typically a 2:1 honours degree or a master's degree or an equivalent qualification. Research-training recognition for human geography applications is desired.

• Culture • Politics • Sustainability • Crisis • Change

• Qualitative Research Methods The MSc Geographic Information and Climate Change and MSc Environmental Dynamics and Climate Change have both received Royal Geographical Society accreditation. Only three postgraduate courses in the UK have this accreditation.

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