| US Credits | UK Credits |
- ENV 3120 Energy: A Global Perspective
A basic introduction to the major themes of modern and historical energy use, this course covers the basic science of energy use and technology and the history and science of humankind's spiralling and sometimes insidious drive for new forms of energy. From pre-history through to the industrial revolution and beyond this course takes a historical, environmental and comparative approach to the development of animate power, windmills, watermills and traditional uses of biomass, through to the industrial revolution and the modern use of fossil fuels, including electricity generation. Investigations of more modern energy use such as nuclear fission and fusion, along with renewable technologies such as wind turbines, hydroelectrics, solar, geothermal, biomass and fuel cells allow the course to explore the possibility of managing energy sources for the benefit of all. | 3 | 12 |
- MGT 4100 Introduction to Management
This course is designed to provide a foundation of knowledge on the subject of management. We discuss the functions, tasks and responsibilities of managers. The assignments, projects, and exercises are designed to, in addition to providing a deeper understanding of what management is, challenge students to hone their teamwork and business communication skills. | 3 | 12 |
- PLT 4102 Rich World, Poor World
Provides students with an introduction to development studies, seeking to explain both the existence of and persistence of a Poor World from a political, sociological, historical and economic perspective. The course addresses numerous issues as they affect the Poor World, and studies relations both within and between Poor World and Rich World. Topics include colonialism and post-colonialism, processes of industrialization, food security, inequality, ethnicity and nationalism, aid, democratization, and conflict, as well as an introduction to theories of development. | 3 | 12 |
- MGT 5415 Governance and Sustainability
The course provides students with an understanding of the concepts and key issues of corporate governance, corporate accountability, corporate social responsibility and corporate sustainability. It informs students of key policies and corporate governance mechanisms to investigate corporate failures in order to derive good corporate governance and accountability. The course identifies key stakeholders and evaluates the role that governance plays in the management of a business. | 3 | 12 |
| plus TWO of the following: | Minimum of 6 | Minimum of 24 |
- ENV 5100 Environmental Ethics: Green Principles
This course is designed to develop students’ understanding of the concepts of environmental ethics through an analysis of historical and modern issues. The role of humans within nature and anthropogenic effects upon nature will be discussed along with typical environmental issues such as climate change, pollution, population issues, energy issues, conservation, women in the environment, and animal rights. | 3 | 12 |
- ACC 6103 Audit and Assurance
The course focuses on the concepts and techniques relating to the provision of audits under the various Companies Acts, and investigates the legal and ethical framework surrounding auditing. Students will become familiar with concepts and practices relating to the auditing profession and legal liability. Current issues with regard to auditing will be discussed throughout the course. | 4 | 16 |
| | 3 | 12 |
- PLT 6104 Sustainable Development
This course introduces students to the process of development project evaluation, in the context of the theory and practice of sustainable development. The course enables students to focus on the political, social and economic complexity of managing a specific sustainable development in the developing world. Methods of evaluation are explored, decided upon and utilised in the production of a Project Evaluation Document (PED) for a sustainable development project of choice. Issues such as livelihoods, gender, environmental impact, measurement, participation and consultation processes are raised, though the context varies across urban/rural and blue-green-brown issues depending on the specific project chosen for evaluation. | 4 | 16 |
- MGT 6102 Sustainable Strategic Management
Building on long established models of strategic management the course focuses on strategic analysis, planning and implementation in the light of current interest in sustainability and ESG values. Early lectures outline the basic strategic analysis models and case study analyses relate to both the firm's internal operations and the environment in which it operates. The course culminates in embedding the principles of ESG and the triple bottom line into future strategic planning. | 4 | 16 |
- MKT 6102 Ethical Fashion and Sustainability
This course focuses on analysing ethical considerations within the fashion industry, whilst also exploring changes in practice, communication and consumerism and the diversity of stakeholders in the supply-chain of this industry toward sustainability movements.This course will give students an overview of ethics and sustainability in the fashion industry, ranging from textile fibre production to the globalisation of fast fashion. The course considers the growing demand from consumers that the fashion items they choose have been produced ethically. The course also focuses on the needs of stakeholders who look for sustainability in the creation of shared value. Ethical sourcing is increasingly becoming the norm for the fashion industry and it has changed the way of fashion production and consumerism. | 4 | 16 |
| Minor Requirements | 18 | 72 |
