MSc in Sustainable Development

The Course

The IHU MSc in Sustainable Development focuses on understanding the current status and future trends in sustainable development and corporate responsibility. The programme provides the necessary theoretical background to understanding the concept of sustainable development in relation to the operation of firms and organisations and the applied tools and techniques to integrate sustainable practices in their management.

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Core Modules

• Introduction to Environmental Science and Sustainable Development
• Business and the Environment
• Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy
• Strategic Planning and Environmental Legislation

Second Term
Stream: “Sustainable Strategies (at the corporate, society and state level)”

• Environmental Management Systems, Auditing and Assessment
• Quantitative and Research Methods
• Environmental Assessment, CBA
• International Environmental Policy, Governance, Institutions and Stakeholders

Stream: “Sustainable Tourism”

• Sustainable Tourism Planning
• Quantitative and Research Methods
• Strategic Marketing for Sustainable Tourism
• The economics of sustainable tourism

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Elective Modules

The elective modules represent a rich variety of broad subject areas.

Students who choose to follow the “Sustainable Strategies (at the corporate, society and state level)” should select four electives from the list “i” according to their interests and their current and future career orientation. Their dissertation topic should also be related to Sustainable Strategies.

Students who choose to follow the “Sustainable Tourism” should select the corresponding four electives from the list “ii”. Their dissertation topic should also be related to Sustainable Tourism.

i. ELECTIVE COURSES FOR SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES

• Concept Engineering and Prototyping
• Low Impact Manufacturing
• Industrial Ecology and Life Cycle Assessment
• Environmental Accounting and Reporting
• Sustainable Production and Consumption
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Strategic Environmental Assessment
• Climate Change and Energy Strategies
• Elective course from other IHU’s programs
• Consulting project (supplant 2 elective courses)

ii. ELECTIVE COURSES FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

• Alternative Tourism
• Destination and Event Development
• Strategic Management in the Hospitality and Tourism
• Technological Innovation in Tourism and Hospitality
• Climate change adaptation of the Tourism Industry
• Tourist Consumer Behaviour
• Contemporary Issues in Global Tourism
• Entrepreneurship in Tourism and Hospitality
• Elective course from other IHU’s programs
• Consulting project (supplant 2 elective courses)

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The Consulting Project

During the second or third quarter, students participate in a consulting project relevant to the Stream they have joined. In groups, students study an actual environmental problem of a particular firm or organisation. Following analysis of the problem, the students prepare and present concrete and practical solution(s).

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The Dissertation

The dissertation is an individual 10,000-word paper of original scientific (theoretical or applied) work, which upon completion is submitted for examination and approval by a three - member committee chaired by the student's supervisor.

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