Master of Science by Coursework in Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment
1. The Course shall be under the supervision of the Graduate Teaching and Examining Committee of the School of Geography and the Environment.
2. Each candidate will be required to follow a course of instruction in Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment for three terms.
3. The examination will consist of:
(i) three written examinations on core courses: Transitions from Net Zero and Sustainable Development; Economics, Markets and Society for Sustainability; and Enterprise, Finance and the Environment
(ii) one business/policy brief of no more than 4,000 words which must be uploaded to the University approved online assessment platform by noon on Tuesday of week 1 of Trinity term;
(iii) a dissertation on a subject selected in consultation with the supervisor and Course Director and approved by the Course and Academic Directors.
4. Candidates must submit to the Course Director by the end of Hilary Term in the year in which they enter the examination, the title and a brief statement of the form and scope of their dissertation, together with the name of a person who has agreed to act as their supervisor during preparation of the dissertation.
5. The dissertation shall be of a maximum length of 15,000 words and accompanied by an abstract not exceeding 150 words. The maximum word count shall include footnotes, but exclude appendices, references and the abstract. The detailed format and specification of the dissertation shall be approved by the Graduate Teaching and Examining Committee, and published in the course handbook.
6. The dissertation must be uploaded to the University approved online assessment platform by no later than noon on the first weekday of September in the year in which the written examination is taken. The submission must be accompanied by a declaration indicating that it is the candidate's own work.
7. In the written examination, the examiners will permit the use of hand-held pocket calculators subject to the conditions set out under the heading ‘Use of calculators in examinations’ in the Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations.
8. Candidates must present themselves for an oral examination if required by the examiners.
9. Candidates who fail one or more of the examination papers, the business/policy brief or the dissertation will be permitted to retake the examination paper(s) or resubmit the business/policy brief and/or dissertation on one further occasion only. Candidates will be informed of the exact dates for re-examination/re-submission after the exam board has confirmed that reassessment is required. In the case of failure of the business/policy brief, this may be resubmitted either by a date published by the Course Director during the academic year, or by the deadline in clause 3(ii) the following year. In the case of failure of the dissertation, this may be resubmitted either by a date published by the Course Director during the following academic year, or by the deadline in clause 6 the following year.
