Learning outcomes

With a Master's degree in Culture Environment and Sustainability, the candidate:

Knowledge

• has advanced knowledge within the interdisciplinary academic field of sustainable development, with a particularly thorough knowledge of political, anthropological, socio-economic and cultural-historical perspectives.
• has acquired specific in-depth knowledge on the theme and theory chosen for his or her master’s thesis.
• has thorough knowledge of interdisciplinary theories and methods applied to the research of culture, environment and sustainability.
• can apply knowledge to current challenges within the field of sustainable development.
• can analyze the academic challenges and problems of interdisciplinary approaches to research and scholarship concerning sustainable development, on the basis of this field’s characteristics and theoretical assumptions.

Skills

• can analyze existing theories and methods of interdisciplinary scholarship in an independent manner, using political, anthropological, socio-economic and culturalhistorical perspectives within the context of sustainability.
• can choose and apply appropriate interdisciplinary methods for research on sustainability issues in an independent manner.
• can analyze and deal critically with wide-ranging sources of information and complex theoretical approaches that are applicable to   interdisciplinary research on sustainability, and formulate scholarly arguments.
• can carry out an independent limited research project within the field of sustainable development under supervision and in accordance with applicable norms for research ethics  within the chosen methodology, such as ethnography, interview techniques,  discourse analyses, etc.

Competences

• can analyze and communicate  existing theories and ethical considerations concerning  political, anthropological, socio-economic and cultural-historical understanding of environmental problems.
• can apply his or her knowledge and skills in new research areas within the field of sustainable development in order to carry out advanced assignments and projects.
• can communicate extensive independent work in English using the academic terms and language required to convey scholarly knowledge.
• can communicate academic issues, analyses and conclusions in the cultural field of sustainability, adapting their language to communicate with both specialists and the general public.
• can contribute to new thinking by addressing how socio-cultural and environmental challenges are interrelated, and require innovation to achieve sustainable development in a global world.