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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

Draft Edition - Due to be published Thursday 10th April 2025

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Degree Programme Table: Sustainable Development (Science, Technology and Innovation Studies) (MA Hons) (UTMAHSUDEX1F)

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Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students who are planning on spending their third year studying abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their Junior Year Abroad (JYA).

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Research Design for Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (STIS)
STIS10014 20 credits
Cases in Sustainable Development
SSPS10014 20 credits
Sustainability Challenges: Critical Debates
SCIL10099 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Sustainable Development Pathway - Science, Technology and Innovation

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Science and Empire: from Enlightenment to Decolonisation, 1750-1965
HIST10434 20 credits
Philosophy, Science and Policy
PHIL10208 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment
STIS10009 20 credits
Knowledge, Expertise and Policy
STIS10010 20 credits
Gender and Environment
STIS10012 20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013 20 credits
Topics in the History of Modern Science and Medicine
STIS10015 20 credits
Citizens and Science: public participation in science and technology
STIS10018 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
40 credits of courses from any subject area, provided that:
(a) pre-requisites for that course have been met and
(b) the course is linked to a sustainable development theme (see recommended list, Appendix 2)

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Dissertation in Sustainable Development (Science, Technology and Innovation Studies)
STIS10016 40 credits

Course options

Sustainable Development Pathway - Science, Technology and Innovation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Science and Empire: from Enlightenment to Decolonisation, 1750-1965
HIST10434 20 credits
Philosophy, Science and Policy
PHIL10208 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment
STIS10009 20 credits
Knowledge, Expertise and Policy
STIS10010 20 credits
Gender and Environment
STIS10012 20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013 20 credits
Topics in the History of Modern Science and Medicine
STIS10015 20 credits
Citizens and Science: public participation in science and technology
STIS10018 20 credits
AND

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Courses must be relevant for Sustainable Development. See Appendix 2 of the Sustainable Development handbook for a list of suggested courses.

Students can choose an additional Sustainable Development course in fourth year, in place of a Pathway course, if relevant for their dissertation or for other special reason. To do so, they need to contact the Degree Programme Director for permission.
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