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MA in Sustainable Development

Core faculty and curriculum
Core Faculty

S Gunasekaran, (PhD Hawaii) Dean, School of Humanities & Social Sciences -Developmental Sociology. prof_s_gunasekaran@yahoo.com

K V Devi Prasad (PhD Purdue), Reader, Department of Ecology - Modelling, Environmental Law & Policy devikv@yahoo.com

G Poyyamoli (PhD Madurai) Reader, Department of Ecology - Human Ecology, Sustainable Tourism & Ecosystem management. gpoyya@yahoo.com
 
C Aruna (PhD Coimbatore) Lecturer, Department of Sociology - Social networks & Development caruna2@rediffmail.com

M.A. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Curriculum
I semester II Semester III Semester IV Semester
SOCL 471 Sustainable Development: theory  & practice  I (3 SOSD 105 Cultural Systems &  Natural Resource Management (3) SOCL 704 Social Demography (3) ECOL/SOCL 499 Project Dissertation (6)
SOSD 102 Perspectives on Social capital (3) ECOL 410 Impact Assessment (3) SOSW 202 Training –Concept, Methods and Strategies (3) ECOL/SOCL 498 Seminar & Public viva voce (3)
SOCL 502              Research Methodology (3) ECOL 477 Sustainable Development: Theory & Practice  II (3) SOSD 201 Conflict Management in NR (3)
ECOL 301 Introduction to Ecology & Environmental
Science (3)
ECOL 456 Environmental Law & Policy (3) SOSW 202 NGOs for Social Welfare – Management and Practice  (3) - Optional
ECOL 472 GIS and Remote Sensing for SD
ECOL 471 Environmental Economics (3) ECOL 457
Introduction to Theoretical Ecology (3) - Optional 
ECOL 304 Statistical Techniques & Computation (3)
ECOL 403 Management of Ecosystems (4) ECOL 430 Ecotourism (3) -Optional
SOCL 551 Field Work I (3) ECOL 552 Field Work II (3) SOCL 553 Field Work III (3)