Postgraduate modules in the Environmental History programme are interdisciplinary and interdepartmental, involving the Schools of History, Geography & Geosciences, and Economics & Finance. Entry to the Programme requires a good Honours degree; no prior experience in environmental sciences is assumed or required.

Modular taught courses are provided for the following postgraduate diploma/degrees in Environmental History and Policy:

The Graduate Diploma is a two-semester, wholly taught course comprising 120 credits of chosen courses.

The MLitt is a one-year course consisting of 120 credits of chosen courses, with a 15,000 word supervised dissertation over the summer months.

The MPhil is a two-year programme involving taught courses in the first year, and then a 40,000 word supervised dissertation over the following year.

PhD supervision is also available in the fields of Evironmental History, and History of Science, Technology, and Medicine; and in the specialist research area of staff members. The usual track to a PhD programme is through an MLitt or MPhil. Exceptionally well-qualified students may be admitted straight to the PhD programme with the permission of the Course Director and School(s) concerned.

All students take the core course module, History in the Making: Theories, Approaches, Practice. Although this core module is open to all Modern History postgraduates, assessed work for this programme is targeted at Environmental History. At least one of the other chosen modules must be chosen from the designated environmental history modules. Although the programme seeks to encourage interdisciplinarity, it is firmly grounded in historical study.