The course is taught over a 12 month period (September to September and January to January). It is available both full-time and part-time. Students completing an MA at Keele have gone to pursue a variety of careers in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Societies across the globe increasingly confront innumerable and often interrelated environmental challenges ranging from climate change and loss of biodiversity, to local conflicts about land use. Each of these challenges has political, economic, cultural and ethical dimensions; each provides an opportunity to rethink long-standing debates and opens up new fields of political enquiry. This MA sets these challenges in context. Completion of the MA requires the successful completion of 180 credits. You will be eligible to undertake environment related modules from the School of Politics, Philosophy, International Relations and Environment and the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment.