MEG Curriculum Structure

Environmental Governance (M.Sc.)

Semester 4

Master Thesis

Semester 3

Research Design in Environmental Governance

Elective

Elective

Elective

Elective

Elective / Internship











Semester 2

Economics Institutions and the Environment
 

Systems Thinking, Planning and Transition

Environmental Conflict Mgmt and Participation

Elective / Internship

Elective / Internship

Internship

Semester 1

Sustainability and Governance

Environmental Policy Analysis

Global Environmental Changes

Global Societal Changes

Empirical Social Research Methods

Human
Environment
Interactions









A typical module consists of approximately 150 hours of lectures. It is expected that students spend about the same amount of time on work related to the course outside of the normal lecture hours. The yearly workload is 1800 hours.

  • 10 Core modules (50 ECTS)
  • 6 Elective modules (30 ECTS)
  • Internship (10 ECTS)
  • Master thesis (30 ECTS)

Possible elective modules

  • Sustainability Management and Reporting
  • Environmental Social Movements and NGOs
  • Decolonizing Climate Change
  • Technology Assessment
  • Change Management / Organizational Development
  • Ecosystem Management
  • Environmental Psychology & Sociology
  • Global Environmental Politics
  • Forest and Rural Development
  • Environmental Planning
  • Environmental and Energy Transition Law
  • Live-Cycle Management
  • Regulation and Assessment of the Systematic Aspects of the Energy Transition
  • Introduction to Sustainability Transitions
  • Global Sustainability Transformations in Local Contexts
  • Sustainability Law and Transformation
  • Sustainability Economics
  • Supply chain modelling indicators
  • Carbon Forestry
  • International Forest Governance
  • Integrated Land-use Management

MEG Curriculum Structure