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MScDiploma in Environmental History The purpose of the course is to foster an in depth appreciation of the interaction between people and their environment in an historical perspective and the limitations placed on humankind by the natural environment. The course will examine how people have treated and shaped their environment, and changed and developed their ideas about the natural world over time. The course is aimed at students with an interest in the concepts, issues and methods used in Environmental History. The School of Geography has established strengths in the field of Environmental History and the degree integrates staff research interests in the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas with teaching and learning to provide a potential gateway to research degrees and a wide range of employment opportunities. The aims of the course are ? To provide a thorough training for further research andor careers in Environmental History ? To provide a critical awareness of Environmental History informed by research at the forefront of the field Course Structure The MSc course can be taken full time (one year) or part time (two years). The course begins at the start of the academic year in late September and ends in September of the following year. The taught component lasts two semesters (full-time) or four semesters (part-time). Students are required to complete 180 credits, 90 of which are in core modules and 30 in option modules selected from a wide variety of modules offered in the Schools of Geography, History, Art History, American and Canadian Studies, Archaeology and the Business School. Students are expected research and write a substantive dissertation on a specific aspect of Environmental History. This dissertation will be supervised by a member of staff with relevant research expertise. The Diploma course lasts two semesters (full-time) or four semesters (part-time). It starts in September and ends in July of the following year and comprises 120 credits. Students can choose whether to take the degree as a one-year Masters degree or Diploma or as the basis for a research degree (MSc Environmental History-research training). Programme ONE 1.) MScDiploma in Environmental History This programme is for students wanting a degree (or Diploma) or for students wishing to pursue PhD research (with an Arts Humanities or Physical Science focus) and includes core modules in Approaches to Landscape, Research Design and the Environmental History Core module + 30 credits of option modules + dissertation (MSc candidates only) Optional modules include: Environment and World History, 1800-2000 Environmental Security, Development and Livelihoods Ecology, Conservation and Management Landscape Ecology, History and Management Cultural Geography of the English landscape River Channel Management and Restoration Quaternary Environments Dryland Environments Landscape in Britain since 1800 Landscape History of Liguria (including field course) Past and Present Environments: Key Texts, Thinkers and Issues Coastal Zone Conservation and Management Critical Human Geography 2.) Programme TWO MSc in Environmental History (Research Training) This programme for students wishing to do the course but who may wish to pursue research eligible for funding under the ESRC 1+ 3 route. This course involves more generic training for research in the Social Sciences and will include core modules in Research Methods in the Social Sciences, Philosophy of Social Science, Research Design, Critical Human Geography and the Environmental History Core Module Resources In addition to University library facilities, students will have access to the well equipped and permanently staffed Edwards Resource Centre - a learning support facility in the School of Geography housing an extensive map collection, photocopying facilities, WWW access, key readings and texts. All students will be provided with a University of Nottingham e-mail account and will be given twenty-four

2.1(Upper 2nd class hons degree or international equivalent)