Doctorado en Estudios Ambientales u Azteca

• Universidad Azteca
• University Extension
• International Programs
• School of Environmental and Waste Management
• Doctorate of Environmental Studies
• Doctorate of Environenmental Studies

This degree provides the student with curriculum and research opportunities in one of the world’s most relevant study areas: the environment. This degree is designed to meet the needs of people concerned with participating creatively in and improving decision-making processes related to the environment. Students will study environmental challenges, business and policy issues, strategies and eco-restructuring for sustainability, relations between energy, food and poverty, international environmental law, the impact of trade on environment, colonization and landuse, ecology in development policy, global greenhouse regime, EMAS, conflicts over natural resources, impact of education on conflict and international development, politics and management issues: science for sustainable living, tools to aid environmental decision making, the potential for societal collapse, the earth´s climate crisis, and a vital blueprint for ensuring our future. Students also have the opportunity to focus their courses of study in directions of elective choice. This degree aims to develop students skills in critical environmental analysis, modelling and management, as well as broaden and deepen students comprehension of environmental issues from a multidisciplinary perspective. This degree is applicable for government and industry environmentally related professions.

Qualification:

Name of qualification and title conferred:

Doctor of Environmental Studies

Main Fields of study for the qualification:

Multi-disciplinary

Name and status of awarding institution:

Universidad Azteca de Chalco. Accredited university.

Currently grado proprio of the university. RVOE in process.

Level of the qualification:

Doctorate

Official length of the programme:

There is no requirement to complete the credit requirement for this award within a certain time period.

Access requirements:

The minimum entrance requirement is either a first Master degree awarded by an accredited and recognised college or university or other recognised degree awarding body, or an equivalent qualification of at least 240 ECTS credits.

Mode of study:

Distance and e-Learning

Grading Scheme:

Assessment is divided between continuous assessment of assignments and end of course assessment of examinations. Student performance is measured either tutor-marked or computer-marked. The final course result depends on the overall performance. Thesis must be defended before a commission (tribunal).

Information on the function of the qualification:

• Access to further study: -
• Professional status: Specialist-researcher in the study area at the postgraduate level.
• Doctorate of Environmental Studies
• Core Courses – Basic Level – 12 ECTS credits out of the following:
• EnvStud 601 – Environmental Challenges – Environmental and Human Needs
• ECTS credits: 4
• EnvStud 605 – Strategies for Sustainability
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 608 – Business and Sustainability
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 610 – Eco-restructuring for sustainable development
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 662 – Energy and Poverty
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 635 – Food and Energy
• ECTS credits: 2
• Elective Courses – Executive Level – 30 ECTS credits out of the following:
• EnvStud 620 – International Environmental Law
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 650 – Environment and Trade
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 670 – European Environment Action Plan – Environment 2010
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 671 – Europe´s Environment
• ECTS credits: 12
• EnvStud 673 – Environmental Agreements - Environmental Effectiveness
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 675 – Using the market for cost-effective environmental policy Market-based instruments in Europe
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 680 – OECD Environmental Strategy for the First Decade of the 21st Century
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 683 – OECD Environmental Policy Briefs
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 690 – Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 712 – Colonization and Environment in Central America
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 715 – Ecology in Development Policy
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 722 – Global Greenhouse Regime
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 730 – European eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 741 – Conflicts Over Natural Resources in India
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 742 – Conflict over Natural Resources in South-East Asia and the Pacific
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 743 – Hydropolitics along the Jordan River
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 750 – Education, Conflict and International Development
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 780 – Assessment of information related to waste and material flows
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 781 – Key challenges for corporate environmental performance
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 782 – Environmental Risk Assessment
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 783 – Environmental Management - Tools for SMEs
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 784 – Environmental Management Practices in USA
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 785 – Measuring Material Flows and Resource Productivity - Synthesis report
• Synthesis report
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 786 – Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of Waste
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 787 – EPR Policies and Product Design
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 788 – ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND GLOBAL MARKETS
• ECTS credits: 6
• Core Courses – Advanced Level – 18 ECTS credits out of the following:
• EnvStud 801 – A Science for Sustainable Living
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 805 – Tools to Aid Environmental Decision Making
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 810 – Collapse or Survival of Societies
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 825 – The Earth´s Climate Crisis
• ECTS credits: 6
• EnvStud 835 – The Meaning of the 21st Century. A Vital Blueprint for Ensuring Our Future.
• ECTS credits: 6

Doctoral Research Courses – Supervised – 30 ECTS credits: Research and methodology, tools and techniques, scientific writing, approaches to editing a thesis.

Thesis – Presentation and Defense – 30 ECTS credits: Doctoral Thesis

Option 1: Candidates with the Master of Science in Environmental Studies:

All core courses have already been taken during the taught Master of Science in Environmental Studies programme. Candidates can transfer all 30 ECTS credits from the core courses.

Candidates can also transfer up to 12 ECTS credits from the Master of Science in Environmental Studies programme in the elective courses. Therefore, candidates need 18 ECTS credits in elective courses at the doctoral courses-level.

Level 1 – doctoral course-work requirements are 30 ECTS credits from the core courses via transfer and 30 ECTS credits from the elective courses, again 12 credits via transfer and 18 additional credits via courses.

Option 2: Candidates without the Master of Science in Environmental Studies:

Candidates must take the basic core courses (12 ECTS credits), and the advanced core courses (18 ECTS credits). Candidates may choose 30 ECTS credits from the executive level free elective courses. Level 1 – doctoral course-work requirements are 30 ECTS credits from the core courses and 30 ECTS credits from the elective courses.

Level 2 – doctoral research

All candidates need to take the doctoral research methodology course with their designated doctoral supervisor – 30 ECTS credits.

Level 3 – doctoral dissertation

All candidates must write and submit a Doctoral Thesis of approx. 25.000 words – 60 ECTS credits.

Doctoral Degrees

The doctoral degree is designed to train research scholars and, in many cases, future college and university faculty members. Receipt of a doctoral degree certifies that the student has demonstrated capacity as a trained research scholar in a specific discipline.

At the doctoral level, the Ph.D. (doctor of philosophy) is the most common degree awarded in academic disciplines at UCN International Programmes. Other doctoral degrees are awarded primarily in professional fields, such as education (Ed.D. or doctor of education) and business administration (D.B.A. or doctor of business administration). Doctoral programmes involve advanced coursework, research, and the writing of a dissertation that describes the student's own original research, completed under the supervision of a faculty adviser and Committee.

A comprehensive examination is given, usually after two to three years of study and completion of all coursework, and when the student and adviser agree that the student is ready. Theses exams are designed to test the student's ability to use knowledge gained through courses and independent study in a creative and original way. Students must demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of their chosen field of study. Successful completion of this examination marks the end of the student's coursework and the beginning of concentration on research.