Overview
NFQ Level 9, Major Award
Exit Award only
Students on the MSc (Sustainability in Enterprise) programme who pass each taught module in Part I (60 credits) independently but fail, at the first attempt, to achieve a 50% aggregate mark in taught modules in Year 2 (30 credits) and 50% in CE6050, or who do not wish to complete the Dissertation (Part II) will exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainability in Enterprise.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| CE6045 | Introduction to Sustainability and the Natural Environment | 10 |
| CE6046 | Introduction to Sustainable Enterprise | 10 |
| CE6047 | Systems Thinking in Environmental Sustainability | 10 |
| |
| CE6048 | Responsible Management for Sustainable Enterprise | 10 |
| CE6049 | Sustainable Resource Management and Decarbonisation | 10 |
| CE6050 | Applied Research Methods in Sustainability in Enterprise | 10 |
| Total Credits | 60 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for the Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainability in Enterprise (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Articulate key concepts related to sustainability, sustainability frameworks and sustainable enterprise.
- Demonstrate a systematic understanding and critical awareness of current problems, case studies and new insights informed by the forefront of sustainability research, leadership and practice in a range of business contexts.
- Select from complex and advanced knowledge across science, business and engineering disciplines to advance new sustainability skills to a high level, including novel and emerging techniques.
- Act to embed sustainability in a wide and often unpredictable variety of professional and organisational levels and ill-defined contexts.
- Take significant responsibility for the work of individuals and groups; lead and initiate sustainable enterprise activity.
- Learn to self-evaluate and take responsibility for continuing academic/professional development in sustainable enterprise in an ethical framework.
