Official Master's Degree in Master in Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability

Study guides

Master description

The master’s program has three specializations, one of which must be taken, along with a common core that is mandatory for all specializations.

The curriculum of the program is structured as follows:

Regarding the compulsory subjects common to all specializations, excluding the Master’s Final Project (TFM), there is one in the first semester, one annual, and one in the second semester. The first (A1) deals with inter- and transdisciplinary work methodologies; the second (A2) consists of a project to apply this knowledge; and the third (A3) focuses on scientific communication and dissemination, allowing its application in the common project subject (A2) and in the TFM (A22). The rest of the first semester includes the two compulsory specialization subjects (which, depending on the chosen specialization, will be A4 and A5, A6 and A7, or A8 and A9), and one elective (to be chosen from three). The three electives offered in the first semester (A10, A11, and A12) are the most methodological and fundamental of the master’s program.

In the second semester, excluding the common compulsory subjects already mentioned, most of the program’s electives are concentrated, where the student selects three subjects from the nine available (A13 to A21). The TFM (A22) is also carried out.

Teaching timetable

Lectures will be held mornings and afternoons at the Faculty of Science.
Detailed schedule can be found here.

Study plan structure

 

	Compulsory	Optional	Final Project
First Year	15	35	10
Totals	15	35	10

Specializations

• Specialisation in Industrial and Urban Ecology
• Specialisation in Science and Management of Global Change
• Specialisation in Ecological Economics

Compulsory training

First semester 45780 - Interdisciplinary Concepts of Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability: Theory and Practice of Interdisciplinarity Second Semester 45782 - Interdisciplinary Concepts of Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability: Scientific Communication and Dissemination 45795 - Master's Degree Dissertation Yearly 45781 - Interdisciplinary Concepts of Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability: Interdisciplinary Project

Optional subjects

43054 - Analysis and Management of Natural Landscapes (1) (3) 45789 - Climate Change ( 5 credits ) 42404 - Global Change ( 9 credits ) (1) (3) 45790 - Biocultural Diversity ( 5 credits ) 45785 - Environmental Law: Essential Foundations for Professionals ( 5 credits ) 42405 - Industrial Ecology ( 9 credits ) (2) (3) 42406 - Political Ecology (1) (2) 45788 - Urban Ecology ( 5 credits ) 45792 - Tools for Analysing the Metabolism of Societies ( 5 credits ) 45793 - Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation to Global Change ( 5 credits ) 42407 - Foundations of Ecological Economics ( 9 credits ) (1) (2) 45791 - Water Management ( 5 credits ) 42408 - Waste Management (2) (3) 45784 - Qualitative Methods for Research in Social Sciences ( 5 credits ) 45794 - Work Placement ( 5 credits ) 45786 - Corporate Social Responsibility: Company Sustainability Report ( 5 credits ) 45783 - Geographical Information Systems ( 5 credits ) 45787 - Sustainable Transport and Mobility Policies ( 5 credits )

(1) Students who choose the Specialization in Industrial and Urban Ecology will not be able to take the specific courses of the other specializations, namely:

(2) Students who choose the Specialization in Science and Management of Global Change will not be able to take the specific courses of the other specializations, namely:

(3) Students who choose the Specialization in Ecological Economics will not be able to take the specific courses of the other specializations, namely:

Specialisations

ECTS to be taken : 15.0

Specialisation in Science and Management of Global Change	Specialisation in Ecological Economics
43054 - Analysis and Management of Natural Landscapes 42404 - Global Change ( 9 credits )	42406 Political Ecology 42407 Foundations of Ecological Economics ( 9 credits )
Specialisation in Industrial and Urban Ecology
42405 - Industrial Ecology ( 9 credits ) 42408 - Waste Management

All subjects are worth 6 credits unless otherwise stated.
All optional subjects are not scheduled each year.