Environment, Culture and Communication (Dumfries Campus)

MLitt
University of Glasgow

Course details

Course description

This programme explores the relationships we hold with our ‘wild’ environments, and how these evolved. You will develop a knowledge of environmental debates from both cultural and scientific perspectives, and learn to communicate environmental issues using a variety of tools and strategies. It is suitable for students with or without a specialism in literary or environmental studies.

**WHY THIS PROGRAMME**

- This interdisciplinary programme focuses on the emergent field of Ecocriticism and the wider Environmental Humanities, and aims to enable students to understand environmental issues from multiple perspectives.

- The School of Interdisciplinary Studies is one of the UK’s foremost pockets of expertise in interdisciplinary environmental teaching and research.

- The programme connects its activities to the wider environment in applied ways through fieldtrips to varied locations, including the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere Reserve, the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park, the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, and the Lake District National Park. Dumfries & Galloway is also home to the world-class Crawick Multiverse, designed by the internationally renowned land artist Charles Jencks.

- Dumfries & Galloway, in south west Scotland, is an ideal location for environmental study and research. The unspoilt beaches, hills and forests provide a stunning and diverse outdoor classroom, while the region’s thriving artistic community, which specialises in environmental art, is a source of inspiration.

- The degree features a programme of guest speakers from relevant fields and publications.

**PROGRAMME STRUCTURE**

You will take three core and three optional courses. There is a choice of project work: you can choose to engage with a particular contemporary environmental issue or case study, or to undertake a personal interaction with the features of a particular location, examining notions of place creatively. You will also undertake a dissertation, through which you can develop and demonstrate independent research skills or a work placement where you will undertake research in a relevant organisation or company.

**Core Courses**
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION*
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND SOCIETY*
READING THE ENVIRONMENT: OLD AND NEW WORLD ROMANTICISMS
WRITING THE ENVIRONMENT: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY NATURE WRITING

*You must take at least one of these courses.

**Optional Courses may include:**
A CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS
ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
TOURISM SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Subjects

  • Cultural studies
  • Environmental studies
  • Communication studies
  • Social sciences
  • Humanities
  • Media studies

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Provider website

The Fraser Building

65 Hillhead Street

Glasgow

G12 8QQ

Entry requirements

2.1 Honours degree or non-UK equivalent in any subject. International students with academic qualifications below those required should contact our partner institution, Glasgow International College, who offer a range of pre-Masters courses.

Course options

Course details

Part time

1st Sep 2022 to 1st Sep 2024

Cost: Visit the provider's website for details.

Venue details

Dumfries Campus

Rutherford and McCowan Buildings

Bankend Road

Dumfries

DG1 4ZL

Course details

Full time

1st Sep 2022 to 1st Sep 2023

Cost: Visit the provider's website for details.

Venue details

Dumfries Campus

Rutherford and McCowan Buildings

Bankend Road

Dumfries

DG1 4ZL