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Sustainable Development
MA or BSc (Single Honours Degree) Sustainable Development
Direct Entry to Second Year Direct entry to Second year may be possible for very well qualified applicants with an appropriate academic background. Anyone interested in direct Second-year entry should contact Dr Rehema White to discuss options.
Students most interested in Arts subjects as partner subjects within Sustainable Development, should apply for the MA degree, and students most interested in Science subjects as partner subjects within Sustainable Development should apply for the BSc degree.
Contributing Schools Biology; Chemistry; Divinity; Economics & Finance; Geography & Geosciences; History; International Relations; Management; Mathematics & Statistics; Medicine; Philosophical, Anthropological & Film Studies.
Entry Requirements The likely minimum grades currently required are :
SQA Highers: AAAB GCE A-Levels: AAA International Baccalaureate Points: 36
Please note: • Obtaining these grades may not guarantee you a place. • We consider all aspects of every application, including the personal statement.
• Remember to confirm that you also meet the Faculty Entrance Requirements. Information on these and other qualifications pages 52-85.
Degree Structure For Arts and Science Faculty information and other module choices, see pages 13 and 16-17.
Features
• Addresses issues which are arguably the most pressing facing humanity and the environment today through critical interrogation of the concept of ‘sustainable development’.
• Employs an integrated and holistic approach spanning arts and sciences. The interdisciplinary teaching draws on eleven academic Schools (see list left).
• Students tailor their individual programmes of study through selection of partner subjects and of a pathway in Climate Change, Environmental Management, Social Justice, Business and Corporate Social Responsibility, International Development, Knowledge and Education for Sustainability, Policy for Sustainability or Sustainable Technologies.
• Research led, transformative teaching supports students in the development of analytical and transferable skills. Theoretical and practical aspects of sustainable development are linked through lectures, assignments and experiential learning, enhancing understanding and employability.
• Staff have practical as well as academic expertise in the field of sustainable development; for example a contributing University of St Andrews professor is currently Vice- Chair (Scotland) of the UK’s Sustainable Development Commission.
• The chance to study for an innovative degree in a University that itself strives towards sustainability through teaching, research, governance, estates management and student-led initiatives.
• We have won the Green Gown Award for best UK Course in Sustainability 2009 and the Times Higher Education Award for Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Development 2006 and we were selected by the Scottish Government as the flagship Higher Education sustainability course to demonstrate national progress in education in sustainable development to the United Nations in 2009.
Very few universities currently offer undergraduate degrees in Sustainable Development. Uniquely, our interdisciplinary programme draws on the combined expertise of eleven Schools across the University.
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Subject Enquiries Dr Rehema White, School of Geography & Geosciences E:
sustainability@st-andrews.ac.uk
General Enquiries UK/EU:
student.recruitment@
st-andrews.ac.uk Rest of the World:
international@st-andrews.ac.uk
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/gg/courses/ ug/sustain_dev
Humanity faces enormous environmental and developmental challenges in the twenty-first century. The United Nations has identified five global issues of particular concern: the provision of clean water and adequate sanitation, energy generation and supply, human health, food production and distribution, and the continuing threats to biodiversity. Sustainable development is now widely regarded as the most promising framework within which these challenges can be addressed. We understand sustainable development to be, as stated in the Brundtland Report, “Development that meets the needs of present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. We pursue this concept through rigorous thinking about the interconnections and interdependencies between the physical, the social and the intellectual worlds. It is a process; an exploration of multiple pathways towards alternative futures, recognising the diversity
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