Code | Faculty |
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02261040 | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
Credits | Duration |
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Minimum duration of study: 2 years | Total credits: 360 |
The Centre for Environmental Studies is a graduate school for multidisciplinary training and research focusing on the environment. Training aims to satisfy the need for environmental professionals for implementing current environmental legislation as well as industry-driven environmental management systems.
The programme is coordinated by the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology.
The purpose of this focus area is to train environmental graduates who specialised in careers in the humanities. On completion of the training, candidates should be conversant and be able to partake in, or render advice concerning, all aspects involved in the management of human-environment interactions. This includes social impact assessments, policy formulation, social development and planning, participatory appraisal assessments, demographic pattern and trend interpretations, resource appraisals and management.
Duration of studies
The doctorate is conferred on a student only if one of the following periods has expired:
The head of department may set specific residential requirements for students who are required to live on campus.
Renewal of registration
Subject to other faculty regulations, a student for a doctorate must complete his or her studies within three years after first registering for the degree. Under special circumstances, the Dean, on the recommendation of the head of department or the Postgraduate Committee, may give approval for a limited fixed extension of this period.
Curriculum
The curriculum for the PhD degree consists of the following:
Conversion of a master’s to doctoral study
The stipulations of G.41 apply as follows:
General
Candidates are required to familiarise themselves with the General Regulations regarding the maximum duration of study and the requirements to submit an article/s for publication.
Admission is dependent on the candidate being in possession of an MSc in Environment and Society or an equivalent degree with the status thereof as evaluated by the Director of the Centre and the head(s) of the particular department(s). In addition to further theoretical studies as prescribed by the Director and head(s) of the relevant department(s) the study will involve a doctoral research thesis under guidance of a supervisor selected by the Director and head of department. The supervisor will be a suitable academic staff member of the University of Pretoria.
Admission is additionally dependent on availability of supervisor/s and/or projects within the department.
Minimum credits: 360
Minimum credits: 360
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