Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL2126: Environmental policy in times of crisis

This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level	5
Credits	15	ECTS Value	15
Term(s) and duration	This module will run during term 2 (11 weeks)
Academic staff	Mr Michail Melidis (Convenor)
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
Available via distance learning	No

After a long period in the doldrums, environmental issues are now on the frontline of mainstream politics affecting various sectors of business, society, and citizens' life. This module investigates the evolution and challenges of EU and British environmental policy in the wake of the recent economic crisis, Brexit, and COVID-19. In this course, you will have the opportunity to study and critique the latest developments of environmental policy from a European and British perspective. You will also explore topics such as the environment as a policy problem; the historical development of EU and British environmental policy, environmental leaders and laggards, and the impacts of the recent economic crisis, Brexit, and COVID-19.

Module created	28/01/2022	Last revised	08/09/2022