Welcome to the Full-Time Master of Science (MSc) and associated Diploma in Energy Studies with specialisation in The Geopolitics of Energy.

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Who it is aimed at

The MSc programme is designed for economists and non-economists who wish to gain and understanding of the economics of the international petroleum and energy industries. It is suitable for those aspiring to be analysts and advisers in the economic, commercial and financial aspects of the petroleum and energy industries.


Structure

The MSc is made up of 200 credits as follows:

Compulsory Induction Programme worth 20 credits
Modules to the total value of 140 credits
A Dissertation or Equivalent worth 40 credits

The associated Diploma is made up of the Induction Programme plus an additional 120 module credits.

Compulsory Induction Programme: This covers the basic principles of:


Compulsory Modules:

  • Energy Economics the Tools (20 credits)

    The main aim is to equip the students with an understanding of how economic analysis can help inform and understand energy issues. This requires the students to be familiar both with the relevant economic analysis and technical dimensions of energy. In addition the course enables the student to become familiar with current issues in the industry.

  • Energy Economics the Issues (20 credits)

    The main aim is to equip the students with an understanding of how economic analysis can help inform and understand energy issues. This requires the students to be familiar both with the relevant economic analysis and technical dimensions of energy. In addition the course enables the student to become familiar with current issues in the industry.


    • Core Modules (at least 60 credits from the following):

  • Petroleum Policy and Economics (20 credits)

    The main aim is to equip the students with an understanding of how economic analysis can help inform and understand the international oil and gas industry. This requires the students to be familiar both with the relevant economic analysis and technical dimensions of the industry. In addition the course enables the student to become familiar with current issues in the industry.

  • International Relations and Energy and Natural Resources (20 credits)

    The main objective of this course is to help the students to understand the int’l environments and of the interaction between international relations (IR) and energy and natural resources industry. This module, together with International Political Economy, is being introduced in order to provide an important political element to the MBA, LLM and MSc Programmes in general, and to form an important part of the specification of Geopolitics of Energy in particular.

  • International Political Economy (20 credits)

    The main objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the political economy issues underlying regulation of the cross-border flow of goods, services, capital and people as well as their multifaceted implications on human rights, the environment, and overall international peace and security.

  • Mineral and Petroleum Taxation (20 credits)

    The main objective of the course is to provide an introduction to the main policy issues in the field of mineral and petroleum taxation and to the main instruments of taxation. The emphasis is on providing an understanding of the issues rather than teaching skills in accounting or financial analysis. These latter skills should be acquired on other courses. Neither does this course intend to make the student into a tax lawyer.

  • International Developments in Energy Policy (20 credits)

    • Recommended Elective Modules:

    Candidates are advised to choose additional modules from what is available on the academic timetable subject to any restrictions that may apply.

    Together with the core modules above, excluding the Induction Programme, they should add up to 140 credits for the MSc or 120 credits for the Diploma.

    In addition to the Induction Programme plus the core and elective modules, MSc candidates are required to complete an additional 40 credits as follows:

    The Dissertation: Candidates are required to write a Dissertation of up to 15,000 words on a topic approved by an academic supervisor.

    or

    An Internship: Candidates are required to source an organisation willing to offer a 3-month work placement, approved by an academic supervisor. The Internship includes the submission of a written report as part of the assessment.

    or

    An extended PhD Proposal: Candidates who proposed to follow up the MSc with a PhD may, with the approval of an academic supervisor, submit a 10,000 word PhD proposal in lieu of the Dissertation.

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