MA Environmental Humanities

What can the arts, humanities and social sciences do to cultivate a deeper understanding of relationships between society, culture and the environment?

Key features

• Develop your environmental interests through humanities-based perspectives.
• Design your own interdisciplinary pathway by choosing from a range of modules in English, History, Anthropology, Sociology and Education. 
• Work with world-leading experts in a range of different disciplines.
• Study at a university with strong environmental credentials; Plymouth is home to the Marine Institute and the Sustainable Earth Institute, which connect the environmental sciences to the arts and humanities through a range of exciting collaborations and events.
• Benefit from University connections with a range of local and national organisations, such as the National Trust, Devon Wildlife Trust, the Marine Biological Association, National Marine Aquarium and The Box.
• Make the most of the local area for both curricular and extra-curricular activities, with easy access to Dartmoor, as well as miles of beautiful coastline, numerous Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty nearby and the UK’s first National Marine Park in Plymouth Sound.