MSc Environment and Planetary Health
Lincoln, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2024
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
The field of planetary health is an emerging one and is necessary for tackling many of the major contemporary challenges we experience in the world today, such as climate, pollution, and biodiversity crises. The concept of planetary health recognizes the reliance of human populations on healthy ecosystems, including the highly complex socio-ecological feedback mechanisms involved in interactions between humans and nature.
The aim of this MSc program is to develop students that have an advanced interdisciplinary understanding of the interconnections between the natural environment, ecosystems, human health, and well-being. The program draws on knowledge and skills from a range of disciplines including physical and human geography, life science, environmental sciences, health and medicine, and political science. A particular area of focus will be assessing the impact of the interconnected environmental, social, and health crises from a local to global scale, and developing management, mitigation, and adaptation strategies to address them.
Prioritising Face-to-Face Teaching
At the University of Lincoln, we strive to ensure our students’ experience is engaging, supportive, and academically challenging. Throughout the Coronavirus pandemic, we have adapted to Government guidance to keep our students, staff, and community safe. All remaining Covid-19 legal restrictions in England were lifted in February 2022 under the Government’s Plan for Living with Covid-19, and we have embraced a safe return to in-person teaching on campus. Where appropriate, face-to-face teaching is enhanced by the use of digital tools and technology and may be complemented by online opportunities where these support learning outcomes.
We are fully prepared to adapt our plans if changes in Government guidance make this necessary, and we will endeavour to keep current and prospective students informed.
"This information was correct at the time of publishing (July 2023)"
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Curriculum
- Climate change and Planetary Health (Core)
- Current Issues in Planetary Health and the Biosphere (Core)
- Data in Ecology and the Environment (Core)
- Field Skills in the Life and Environmental Sciences (Core)
- Global Environmental Change and the Anthropocene (Core)
- Independent Research Project (Core)
- Professional and Research Skills in the Life and Environmental Sciences (Core)
- Sustainable Resource Management (Core)
How You Study
Modules combine knowledge from relevant disciplines, including physical and human geography, environmental sciences, health and medicine, social and political science, psychology, and engineering, to address the key themes of planetary health, including climate change, urbanisation, contaminants, disease, food production, biodiversity, and ecosystem services.
The programme will also focus on the research that is undertaken by various research groups within the Department of Geography, the School of Life and Environmental Sciences, and the wider university including the Development, Inequality, Resilience and Environments (DIRE), Lincoln Climate Research Group (LCRG), Catchments and Coasts Research Group (CCRG), Lincoln Soils Research Group (LSRG), and the Lincoln Centre for Ecological Justice (LinCEJ). It builds on the wide range of expertise and interdisciplinarily knowledge available within and across these groups and centres.
How You Are Assessed
The programme may use a range of assessment types, ranging from exams, essays, group and individual presentations, field reports, projects, data modelling, and computational analysis of geographic and spatial data.
Program Outcome
How You Study
Modules combine knowledge from relevant disciplines, including physical and human geography, environmental sciences, health and medicine, social and political science, psychology, and engineering, to address the key themes of planetary health, including climate change, urbanisation, contaminants, disease, food production, biodiversity, and ecosystem services.
The programe will also focus on the research that is undertaken by various research groups within the Department of Geography, the School of Life and Environmental Sciences, and the wider university including the Development, Inequality, Resilience and Environments (DIRE), Lincoln Climate Research Group (LCRG), Catchments and Coasts Research Group (CCRG), Lincoln Soils Research Group (LSRG), and the Lincoln Centre for Ecological Justice (LinCEJ). It builds on the wide range of expertise and interdisciplinarily knowledge available within and across these groups and centres.