Program Overview
Program Objectives
- Providing graduates from diverse disciplinary backgrounds with a high level of knowledge of the most recent and emerging concepts surrounding the environment and sustainability.
- Training of highly qualified policy decision-makers and environmental managers who will be involved in assessments and the design and implementation of environmental policies.
- Developing a theoretical understanding of the economic forces that contribute to the development of settlements, including the cycles of urban growth, maturity, decay and renewal, and economics for community cohesion and robustness.
- Developing students’ appreciation of the range of problems caused by an excessive reliance on fossil fuel-powered energy and the solutions.
- Allowing students to develop a comprehensive understanding of sustainable environment issues.
- Promoting the use of proper research methodology and tools related to environment and sustainable development.
- Providing graduates with basic skills for implementing scientific research strategies including collection, evaluation, and interpretation of environmental data.
Program Structure (33 Credits)
Stream 1: Environmental Science and Development |
Stream 2: Sustainable Urbanism |
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Core Courses (18 credits) |
Core Courses (18 credits) |
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ESD 501 |
Environmental Science |
ESD 501 |
Environmental Science |
ESD 502 |
Environmental Law |
ESD 502 |
Environmental Law |
ESD 503 |
Environmental Economics |
ESD 503 |
Environmental Economics |
ESD 547 |
Research Methods |
ESD 547 |
Research Methods |
ESD 504 |
Resource Management and Technology |
ESD 550 |
Concepts of the City and Environmental Change |
ESD 511 |
Energy and the Environment |
ESD 551 |
Place-making and Urban Design |
Research Project (6 Credits) |
Research Project (6 Credits) | ||
ESD 548 |
M.Sc. Thesis |
ESD 548 |
M.Sc. Thesis |
Three Elective Courses (9 credits) |
Three Elective Courses (9 credits) | ||
ESD 505 |
Environment and Society |
ESD 552 |
Sustainable Transport |
ESD 507 |
Environmental Pollution |
ESD 553 |
Urban Design |
ESD 519 |
Biological Biodiversity |
ESD 554 |
Urban Regeneration |
ESD 522 |
Land Use & Management |
ESD 555 |
The Representation of Cities |
ESD 524 |
Environmental Law in the Gulf States |
ESD 556 |
Cities and the Environment |
ESD 526 |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
ESD 527 |
Environmental Data Analysis |
ESD 527 |
Environmental Data Analysis |
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ESD 531 |
Environmental Microbiology |
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ESD 534 |
Marine Pollution |
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ESD 542 |
Environmental Radiology |