English and Sustainable Development

About this course

English and Sustainable Development is a pairing that might not be immediately obvious, but it addresses a genuinely important set of questions. Literature has long been concerned with the human relationship to the natural world: from pastoral poetry and Romantic nature writing to the emerging genre of climate fiction and the rich tradition of nature writing that continues to develop, writers have grappled with what it means to live on and with a damaged planet. Sustainable development, meanwhile, has increasingly turned to narrative, rhetoric and cultural analysis to understand how stories shape environmental attitudes and policy. The combination illuminates both disciplines. At the University of St Andrews, the four-year MA (Hons) programme develops your ability to read texts closely across a range of genres and historical eras, attending to the ideas, human values and historical forc

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 55% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 15% of graduatescards →
• 25 / 100Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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