Our Courses
Tackling diverse aspects of sustainability, the Master in Sustainable Development and Global Governance at UC3M (MASUS) offers a vanguard multidisciplinary training in the analysis of problems related to sustainable development and global governance. Due to its flexible structure and breadth of elective courses, it facilitates specialization in various areas of sustainability, according to students' individual interests.
We are immersed in a time of massive challenges, as the world is facing an unprecedented climate crisis coupled with severe socio-economic problems. Such challenges need multifaceted, yet concrete measures to ensure environmental and socio-economic sustainability that are closely intertwined.
MASUS offers conceptual and methodological training in different areas of sustainable development based on four modules:
Introduction to Sustainability
Socioeconomic Sustainability, focused on issues like hunger, poverty, inequality, gender, and sustainable work
Environmental Sustainability covering areas such as climate change, biodiversity, ecosystems, and environmental impact analysis
Global Governance that analyses ‘the tragedy of the commons’, globalization, immigration and the geopolitics of natural resources, among other issues.
MASUS is designed on the premise that generating comprehensive solutions to the complex challenges that our society and planet face today necessitates both a substantiated understanding of the underlying scientific issues and an analysis of the relevant economic, legal, political, historical and social dimensions.
The four modules
Course Type
Module One—Introduction to Sustainability
Credits
Mandatory
Introduction to Sustainable Development and Global Governance
6
Mandatory
Foundations of Complex Systems for Sustainability and Governance
6
Mandatory
Methods in Sustainability Studies
6
Mandatory
Integrative Workshops
6
Course Type
Module Two—Socioeconomic Sustainability
Credits
Mandatory
Hunger, Poverty, and Inequality
3
Mandatory
Gender Equality
3
Introduction to Impact Evaluation in Sustainability
3
Mandatory
Optional
Food Security and Land Policies
3
Optional
Education and Health
3
Optional
Impact Evaluation in Sustainability
3
Optional
Labour Markets and Sustainable Work
3
Module Three—Environmental Sustainability
Course Type
Credits
Climate Change, Energy, and Global Governance
Mandatory
3
Biodiversity, Land, and Water
Mandatory
3
Ecosystems and Planetary Health
Mandatory
3
Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment
Mandatory
3
Urban Sustainability
Optional
3
Optional
Climate Change and Market Regulation
3
Optional
Environmental Impact Assessment
3
Course Type
Module Four—Global Governance
Credits
Mandatory
Governing the Global Commons
3
Mandatory
International Law and Sustainability
3
Mandatory
Globalization and the International Order
3
Mandatory
Development, International Cooperation, and Finance
3
Optional
Geopolitics of Natural Resources and the Environment
3
Optional
Sustainability and Regional Governance
3
Optional
Green Politics
3
Optional
Topics in Development
3
Optional
Political Economy of Migration
3
Optional
Conflict, Violence, and Development
3