Induction
Induction to the course and the College includes a series of activities and events that take place mainly at the first week of term. These include:
- Introduction to the MSc Environmental Technology by Course Director
- Senior Tutor Welcome
- Meeting with Option Convenor(s) and Introduction to the Option Group and its members
- Lunch
- Welcome talk to PGT Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Energy Futures students
- First Meeting with Personal Tutor
- Faculty and Department Welcome
- Energy Policy Theme
- Sustainable Transitions Theme
- Environmental Quality Theme
- Env. Security and Governance Theme
- Graduate School Welcome
- Health & Safety Induction
- Introduction to the Core Course & Alumni
- Union Fair - An introduction to union clubs and societies
- Computing Facilities (ICT Induction)
- Individual Meeting with Personal Tutor
- Sports Activities: An intro to sports at Ethos sports club and at venues around the campus
- Quantitative Skills and Uncertainty
- Library Facilities
- Individual meeting with Personal Tutor
- Student Hustings
Reading List - Core Course 2017
This list is intended to indicate suitable background reading in subject areas in which you feel deficient or unfamiliar. You DO NOT have to read everything and they are provided purely as a starting point for inspiration! For each module you will find a text book or two plus some readily accessible online resources that might be of interest. More suggestions will be made during the course.
Required reading – classic core texts
Three key books that were critical agenda setters of their day set out the historical context to the environmental and sustainability challenges we are faced with now. The Core Course will enable you to update and critique these seminal works to provide you with a thorough understanding of the causes of environmental problems and the scope for potential solutions. You are expected to have read these three classic texts (copies in the library or available online or to purchase) by the end of the Core Course because they will provide you with a solid foundation of understanding of the key issues (they are also potentially examinable as part of the integrating questions in the Core Course exams):-
- 1. Rachel Carson (1962), ‘Silent Spring’, Houghton, Mifflin, USA
- 2. Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jorgen Randers and William W. Behrens III, (1972), ‘Limits to Growth’, New York: New American Library (report to the Club of Rome) (the original not the 2002 update) available online http://www.donellameadows.org/the-limits-to-growth-now-available-to-read-online/
- 3. World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) (1987), ‘Our Common Future’, (aka Brundtland Report), United Nations/Oxford University Press.
Please note that, other than the three ‘required’ classic texts above, there are NO 'must have' books for the Core Course, since so much depends on an individual student's background. Decisions on which books, if any, to purchase are best left until you have had a chance to look at them. Recommended reference texts will be available in the library and/or as e-books or online.
Recommended reference texts
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Ecology in Context |
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Environmental Economics |
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Environmental Law |
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Environmental Policy and Management |
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Environmental Pollution and Control |
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Quantitative skills and uncertainty |
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