Programme structure
The Master's programme in Development, Environment and Cultural Change (DECC) is a two year full-time study of 120 ECTS credits.
Course of study
| 4. semester | Work on SUM4091 – Master's Thesis in Development, Environment and Cultural Change | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. semester | Work on SUM4091 – Master's Thesis in Development, Environment and Cultural Change | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. semester |
Students beginning august 2019: Elective course Students beginning august 2020: SUM4300 – Text Lab |
Elective course | Elective course | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. semester | SUM4200 – Advanced Introduction to Development and Environment | SUM4100 – Research Methods and Project Design | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 ECTS credits | 10 ECTS credits | 10 ECTS credits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SUM4300 – Text Lab will be compulsory in the second semester for program students beginning from august 2020 and onwards.
The Master's curriculum offered by DECC follows this structure:
Compulsory courses (30/40 credits)
- SUM4200 – Advanced Introduction to Development and Environment , (autumn, 15 credits)
- SUM4100 – Research Methods and Project Design , (autumn, 15 credits)
- SUM4300 – Text Lab , (spring, 10 credits), compulsory for program students beginning from august 2020 and onwards.
Elective courses (10/5 credits)
The list is changed and updated annually in late November.
- SUM4019 – Consumption, Sustainability and Social Change , (spring, 10 credits)
- SUM4029 – Global Governance for Sustainable Development , (spring, 10 credits)
- SUM4032 – Development and Sustainability in Contemporary Asia: Connections, Contradictions and Change , (spring, 10 credits)
- SUM4035 – Past, present and future meat cultures in a local and global context , (spring, 10 credits)
- SUM4910 – Internship , (spring, 10 credits)
- NEW Spring 2024: SUM4508 – The private sector, sustainable development, and society , (spring, 5 credits)
- NEW Spring 2024: SUM4509 – The politics of sustainable development , (spring, 5 credits) This course runs together with SUM2509 – The politics of sustainable development
- NEW Spring 2024: SUM4510 – So you want to be critical? A journey through the academic tradition of critique , (spring, 5 credits)
- SUM4502 – INCLUDE - Socially Inclusive Energy Transition , (every other spring, 5 credits. Does not run in 2024)
Students starting the programme August 2020 and onwards: It is possible to apply for recognition of 10 ECTS taken in other subjects when these can be seen as relevant for the candidate’s Master's Thesis. Consult the Study Coordinator if you wish to do so.
Students who started the programme August 2019 or earlier: It is possible to apply for recognition of 20 ECTS taken in other subjects when these can be seen as relevant for the candidate’s Master's Thesis. Consult the Study Coordinator if you wish to do so.
Masters thesis (60 credits)
- SUM4091 – Master's Thesis in Development, Environment and Cultural Change , (autumn and spring, 60 credits)
Courses formerly included in the program
- SUM4503 – The Politics of Pandemics: Security, Development and Global Governance Challenges , (spring, 5 credits)
- SUM4504 – International Political Economy of Energy , (spring, 5 credits)
- SUM4531 – Latin America in the New Global Resource Politics , (spring, 5 credits)
- SUM4015 – The science and politics of climate change - understanding the challenges (discontinued)
- SUM4024 – Humanist Perspectives on the Environment
- SUM4023 – The Political Economy of Global Health
- SUM4025 – Philosophical Foundations of Ecomodernity
- SUM4026 – What Works? Success Stories in International Development
- SUM4026M – What Works? Promising Practices
- SUM4027 – Food and Sustainability
- SUM4028 – Emerging Economies and Challenges to Sustainability
- STV4347B – Linkages between Politics and Society in Developing Countries (discontinued)
- STV4324B – The Politics of Poverty (discontinued)
- SUM4031 – Latin American Politics and Development
- SUM4030 – Environmental Humanities
- SUM4505 – Capitalism, Corruption and the Climate Crisis , (spring, 5 credits)
- SUM4033 – Environmental Humanities: From Civil Disobedience to Extinction Rebellion , (spring, 10 credits)
- SUM4034 – Debates in Post-development & Degrowth , (spring, 10 credits)
- SUM4506 – Political struggle in film , (spring, 5 credits)
- SUM4501 – Achieving the SDGs: Global Goals and National Interests , (spring, 5 credits)
- SUM4036 – Environmental Humanities: From Civil Disobedience to Arne N?ss to Extinction Rebellion , (spring, 10 credits)
Teaching and learning methods
The teaching methods at the programme are based on lectures, seminars and workshops.
Forms of examination and assessments
Examination forms at the programme are mainly written, invigilated exams, take-home exams and term paper assignments. The evaluation of the thesis is based on an assessment of the written thesis and an oral examination, during which the students will have the opportunity to defend the thesis.
Diploma and degree
This programme leads to the following degree: Master of Philosophy in Development, Environment and Cultural Change.