Master's Degree in Environmental Education for Sustainability

Main focus

Graduates of the Master’s Degree in Environmental Education for Sustainability will be able to: – Approach a sustainability issue from all perspectives, considering time, space and context to understand how factors interact within and between systems, as well as identify appropriate approaches to anticipate and prevent problems, and to mitigate and adapt to existing problems. – Manage transitions and challenges in complex sustainability contexts and make future-related decisions in the face of uncertainty, ambiguity and risk. – Foster ethical commitment and responsibility for the environment. – Develop a professional role as an environmental educator. – Envision alternative sustainable futures by imagining and developing possible scenarios and identifying the steps necessary to achieve an optimal sustainable future. 

Competences

Students that have completed the second cycle have the following competencies: – Have demonstrated knowledge and understanding that is founded upon a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and/or applying ideas, often within a research context. – Can apply their acquired knowledge and understanding, and problem solving abilities in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study. – Have the ability to integrate knowledge and handle complexity, and formulate judgments with incomplete or limited information, but that include reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments. – Can communicate their conclusions, and the knowledge and rationale underpinning these, to specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously. – Have the learning skills to allow them to continue to study in a manner that may be largely self-directed or autonomous.

Name of title awarded in original language

Máster Universitario en Educación Ambiental para la Sostenibilidad por la Universidad de Almería; la Universidad de Cádiz; la Universidad de Córdoba; la Universidad de Granada; la Universidad de Huelva; la Universidad de Jaén; la Universidad de Málaga y l

Qualification requirements

64 minimum credits

Admission information

Access to Master’s Degree programmes is granted to holders of:
A.1. A Spanish official university degree.
A.2. A degree issued by a Higher Education institution from another European Higher Education Area Member State which allows access to Master Degree’s programmes in that State.
A.3. A degree from a non-EHEA education system, upon verification by the Spanish University that the aforementioned degree accredits an equivalent education level to that of a Spanish university degree and allows access to postgraduate programmes in the issuing country.
A.4. A Spanish Bachelor in Advanced Artistic Education.
A.5. Official Spanish university degrees of Diplomado, Arquitecto Técnico, Ingeniero Técnico, Licenciado, Arquitecto, Ingeniero, Graduado or Máster Universitario.

Specific admission requirements

In addition to the entry requirements, students from countries where Spanish is not the official language or who have not completed an entire undergraduate degree in this language must accredit at least a B2 level of Spanish according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Grading scale
In the Spanish university system, modules/courses are graded on a scale of 0 to 10 points with the following qualitative equivalence:
0-4,9: «suspenso»; 5-6,9: «aprobado»; 7-8,9: «notable»; 9-10: «sobresaliente». A special mention, «Matrícula de Honor» may be granted to up to 5% of the students in a group provided they have got a «sobresaliente». To pass a module/course is necessary to get at least 5 points.
In cases of recognition of ECTS, professional experience, cultural or sports activities, or student representation no grading will be recorded but, where appropriate, the word «Apto».

UGR Examination Regulations
https://docencia.ugr.es/sites/vic/docencia/public/inline-files/Normativa_de_evaluacion_y_calificacion_EN.pdf

More info on academic regulations at: 

https://ugrcat.si2.dev/en/about-ugr/#regulations