Course overview

The MA in Environmental Humanities at Warwick will introduce you to major debates around climate change the Anthropocene energy sustainability ecological futures and environmental justice. Drawing on a combination of seminars research projects and fieldwork you will deepen your critical understanding of key ecological concepts and methods while developing your competence in analysing the implications and developments of the global environmental crisis and ongoing climate emergency. As important you will be given the opportunity to think creatively about ways of connecting theory and practice.

Considering your position as a scholar and environmentally attuned global citizen this MA will immerse you in the study of cultural responses to ecological questions from across the globe. You will take a core module in the history theory and methodology of Environmental Humanities choose from a range of modules that address various perspectives on climate change environment sustainability and ecology and undertake fieldwork or write a dissertation on an (approved) topic of your choice with a specialised supervisor.

Assessment

All essays are marked by two members of staff. The standard length for essays in modules on this course is 6000 words; the Dissertation is 16000 words. Marks are given out of 100.

Your career

Graduates from these courses have gone on to work for a range of employers including: Deloitte; International Institute for Environment and Development; TeachFirst;?The Times; V&A Museum; Yale University Press. They have pursued roles such as: arts officers producers and directors; higher education teaching professionals; journalists newspaper and periodical editors; management consultants and business analysts and marketing associate professionals.