Overview

The Data Literacy for Social and Environmental Justice (Online) programme from University of St Andrews is ideal for professionals currently working on questions of social and environmental justice, those looking to shift career trajectory, or recent graduates seeking additional training before (re)entering the workforce.\

Highlights

You can start at the beginning if you don't have a background in statistics, or you can take a more advanced class to enhance your existing skills.
Boost your impact potential by diversifying your science communications and data visualisation toolboxes.
Maximum flexibility through asynchronous, adaptive learning with optional synchronous engagement.
Come to a one or two-week summer residential stay (first opportunity is summer 2025) to network with other Data for Justice students, staff, and guests working on issues of social or environmental justice.

Careers

The University of St Andrews’ global reputation makes its graduates highly valued by employers. The programme provides subject knowledge and applied skills relevant to a range of career paths in government and public bodies, non-governmental organisations and charities, and the private sector.

In addition to broadening your subject knowledge and applying established techniques of research and enquiry, you will develop and demonstrate essential skills including:

critical thinking and creativity
analysis and appraisal
problem solving and decision making
personal leadership and project management
interpersonal communication and team-working.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Social and Environmental Justice

Science Communication and Public Engagement

Data: Rubbish in; Rubbish out

Data Visualisation

Spatial Data Science

The Use and Abuse of Data

The Politics of Numbers

Visuals for Policies and Publics

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Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-15 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Starting 2026-01-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-01-06 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

St Andrews, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Environmental Economics & Policy Data Science & Big Data View 71 other Masters in Data Science & Big Data in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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General requirements

A 2.1 undergraduate Honours degree in any subject from the UK or the equivalent international qualification. If you studied your first degree outside the UK, see the international entry requirements. We will also consider applicants who do not have an undergraduate degree. In these circumstances we expect candidates to have at least five years of relevant professional learning.
The Admissions team will holistically assess your application and determine the best route of entry for you. In some cases, this may be onto the PGCert in the first instance, from which students who attain a certain level in their modules will have the opportunity to progress to a full Masters degree. Students are also required to have a desired level of English language proficiency. See English language tests and qualifications.

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Tuition Fee

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International

18000 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 18000 GBP for the full programme during 12 months.
National

18000 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 18000 GBP for the full programme during 12 months.

MSc £18,000
PG Dip £12,000
PG Cert £6,000

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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