Postgraduate Programme (ΜSc): “Education for the environment and sustainability” (Operating since the academic year 2015-16 and no longer accepting students for enrollment)
The program aims to develop competent scientists in Education for the environment and sustainability, providing interdisciplinary perspectives and analytical tools for the comprehensive understanding of the social and cultural dimensions of environmental quality. The program provides students with knowledge and skills to gain a holistic view of sustainability in order to be able to promote environmental education, environmental research and development strategies towards sustainable environmental management and to promote the idea of sustainability and sustainable development in formal and non-formal education, for public and private sector associations and related organizations as well.
The postgraduate program admits up to twenty (20) postgraduate students each academic year. It requires the compulsory attendance of all courses, seminars and workshops, as well as the completion of a postgraduate research project (Dissertation). The total duration of the programme is four (4) semesters and its completion leads to the degree of MSc in Education for the Environment and Sustainability. The program is offered in (a) in person teaching and (b) distance teaching via synchronous (i.e., through open-source web-conferencing systems) and asynchronous e-learning methods (i.e., supported by the Open e-class platform).
The last students enrolled in the academic year 2017-18. The operation of the postgraduate program ended in October 2023.
Program Structure
The program is divided in four (4) academic semesters and is based on the ECTS credit accumulation mode of study, requiring upon completion of 120 ECTS credits, equally distributed per semester as follows:
| First semester | 4 modules | |
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Second semester |
4 modules | |
| Total 1st year | 8 modules |
| Third semester | 2 seminars | |
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Fourth semester |
Postgraduate Dissertation | |
| Total 2nd year | Seminars & Dissertation |
Program of Courses
1st Semester
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Environment, ecology: concepts, issues and policies |
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The Social construction of environmental knowledge |
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Philosophy of environment and environmental ethics |
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Sustainability and sustainable development |
2st Semester
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Cities and environment in historical perspective |
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Producing and utilizing the environmental discourse in sustainable development activities – Applications |
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Education for the environment and sustainability: theoretical and pedagogical framework |
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Qualitative and quantitative research methods |
3rd Semester
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Seminar of scientific research and master’s dissertation design |
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Seminar: Design and implementation of educational interventions for the environment and sustainability. Practicum placement |
4th Semester
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| Master’s Degree Dissertation |
Contact
Director: Alexandros Theodoridis, Associate Professor
Website: http://pmsees.psed.duth.gr