Program Overview

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MSc Governance and Sustainability

Programme Overview

This programme, delivered in partnership with Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education, offers a valuable learning experience and opens employment opportunities and career development possibilities in public service, NGO/charitable and private sectors at national and international levels and in areas of ethics, law, sustainable development research, policy, management, consultancy and development.

Course Details

Start Date

September

Duration

1 year (full-time)

Award Title

MSc

UCAS Code

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How the Course Works

What you'll learn

The MSc Governance and Sustainability is designed to provide students with the knowledge required to encounter and address challenges that are associated with law and regulation as they apply to sustainable development.

This programme is designed to:

• Equip students with an understanding of theories and practices of law and sustainable development. It explores sustainability through the lens of law, policies and legal practices and in a variety of fields from environmental law, sustainable housing law to corporate social responsibility
• Provide students with advanced and specialist knowledge in key areas of environmental law and liability and housing law, together with a detailed understanding of corporate governance
• Allow law and non-law graduates to acquire the necessary tool and skills to pursue successful career in the area of law and sustainable development

Teaching and Assessment

Each 20-credit unit compromises 200 hours of learning; this is made up of 40 hours of teaching and 160 hours of independent study.

Classes are made up of lectures, seminars and tutorials and you will have 2 hours of contact teaching per week.

Entry Requirements

• A good (at least a lower second class Honours degree or equivalent) first degree

English Language requirements

Teaching takes place solely in English and you must demonstrate that your English language proficiency is at a level that will allow you to follow your intended programme successfully.

If English is not your first language you must hold a qualification as evidence of your English language skills. Full details of the qualifications Al-Maktoum accept can be found in the English language requirements part of their website.

Student Visa requirements for study in the UK

The UK Government approves certain English language qualifications as being Secure English Language Tests (SELT). These meet the government’s requirements for visa applications.

Al-Maktoum College will accept the following:

• IELTS – 6.0 (Minimum of 5.5 in each component and 6.0 in writing) or equivalent
• LanguageCert – B2 or equivalent

Tuition Fees

• UK: £7,500
• Overseas: £15,000

Scholarship

Qualified applicants are entitled to receive a scholarship of up to £4,000 provided by Al-Maktoum College and Abertay University for the year 2023/24. The scholarship amount will be automatically deducted from your final tuition fees.

Modules

Compulsory Modules

• Sustainable Development: Discourse and Policy (ALM)
• Corporate Environmental Liability (ALM)
• Environmental Law and Regulation (ALM)
• Research Methods (5) (ABY)
• Dissertation (3) (ABY)

Optional Modules

• Development Policy and Application (ALM)
• Sustainable Governance and Democracy (ALM)
• Sustainability and Ethics: Corporate Social Responsibility (ALM)
• The Law of Corporate Insolvency (ALM)
• Housing Law and Policy (ALM)

Careers and Employability

The MSc Governance and Sustainability would benefit those who are interested in maintaining or securing a professional managerial or legal job within the corporate sector.

In particular, it may suit:

• Corporate managers
• Recent graduates
• Newly trained lawyers

There are PhD opportunities available to students.

Students will also have access to Abertay's Careers Service.

Abertay University Graduate School

When you join us as a postgraduate student or researcher, you’ll join a community of creative like-minded scholars. You will be working in our dedicated study and social spaces – a forum in which you can meet, work and learn with other researchers and postgraduates from across the University.

You’ll benefit from training and professional development opportunities, as well as support with funding applications, placement opportunities, teaching support, public engagement and outreach activity.