Program Overview

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Course overview

Demand for sustainability practitioners is growing

and is likely to continue to grow. This course aims to equip you with a range of knowledge, skills, and experience integral to the sustainability and environmental professional.

We live in a dynamic world where the impact of human activity on the environment and society is now recognised as needing urgent attention.

In 2015 the

UN launched its 17 Sustainable Development Goals

which have quickly become adopted as the framework by which nations and organisations are measuring their progress.

This course is designed to reflect the needs of the profession as well as the research interests and commercial background of current lecturing staff. As such, it is evolving to try to meet the needs of this important discipline.

The course focuses on the environmental, technological, political, and social issues associated with environmental management and sustainability issues that face organisations.

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Work placement option

This master's programme provides you with the additional option

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to apply for a 'work placement' opportunity during your first semester with us. The 'work placement', which if secured, can be carried out in the second year and is designed to further develop your skills, knowledge and professional experience with the aim of maximising your employability prospects. Please note that the optional placement modules incur an additional tuition fee of £4,000, payable on completion of placement.

Find out more about the work placement pathway.

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Global ready

An international outlook, with global opportunities

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Teaching excellence

Taught by lecturers who are experts in their field

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Employability

Career ready graduates, with the skills to succeed

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Why you should study this course

The world is changing because of continued pressures from our activities. Every week, news stories present new or updated challenges from across the world, whether the use and disposal of coffee cups, the growing spread of plastic wastes in our oceans or the threat to endangered species. We need to create and maintain a world which is fit for future generations. No longer is it enough for environmentalists to ‘save the planet’. Sustainability professionals must be able to work within the human and natural frameworks which underpin everything we do to create change.

The course is currently made up of eight taught modules which all students must take. Although the world is complex and full of uncertainty, there are a common set of skills and attributes needed by the modern practitioner. These cover environmental, social, and economic aspects of the sustainability agenda.

Key to sustainability is the ability to work with and through stakeholders, who have interests in or are affected by our activities. The combination of scientific understanding and evaluation with social science techniques is becoming vital to the delivery of successful programmes such those aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Upon successful completion of the course, you should be able to use and evaluate a huge variety of information to meet challenges of this century. While climate change remains a clear and present threat, we must also consider our resilience and ability to adapt. And while energy and CO2 continue to drive many decisions, we must remember the vital importance of water, both quality and quantity; the waste we create and discard; the pollution from our economic endeavours; and the role of natural systems to support our species.

The course aims to align and recognise the importance of both people and the planet in the delivery of sustainable development goals, both in the UK/EU and across the globe.

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Accredited and Professional Recognition

This course is accredited

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by:

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The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment

This course is accredited by

IEMA

for 2022-23 entry. IEMA is the professional body for everyone working in environment and sustainability. This course entitles students to FREE student membership for the duration of the course and on successful completion, you qualify for GradIEMA. Graduate membership is a launchpad for future leaders within environment and sustainability and offers a range of benefits to support you throughout your career. You can then “Fast track” to Practitioner Membership (PIEMA) following successful completion of the work-based assessment of competence. If the accreditation of this course changes, we would seek to notify applicants and students as soon as possible.

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Chartered Management Institute

As part of this course, you will undertake a professional development module which is currently accredited by the

Chartered Management Institute

for the 2022-23 intake. Upon successful completion of this module, you will gain the

CMI Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

at no additional cost.

Coventry University’s accreditation with CMI is currently ongoing for the relevant modules and is regularly reviewed and monitored by the CMI through their quality systems. Whilst Coventry University anticipates that these reviews will continue to be successful, if they were to be unsuccessful, the relevant module in this course would no longer be accredited and we would notify applicants and students of this change as soon as possible.

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This course increased my understanding of global issues, provided excellent opportunities to put my knowledge into practice and helped me to reach my career goals. I've never worked with more friendly, helpful, and enthusiastic lecturers that really made the course what it was. Extremely interesting course with a great team of staff.

Hannah Worthington, MSc Sustainability and Environmental Management, graduated November 2019