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MN5502 Critical Futures for a More Sustainable World

Academic year

2026 to 2027 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 11

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Option module available to students enrolled on the MSc Programmes in International Business, Marketing and Management, Entrepreneurship and Finance and Management. (not available to the MSc Finance, the MSc Banking and Finance, the MSc Economics and Finance and the MSc Economics.)

Planned timetable

Three hour weekly seminars to include both lecture and tutorial content (11 weeks)

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr A M Brown

Dr A M Brown
This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr Anna Brown

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

Critical Futures explores how organisational actors can influence individual, organisational, and systemic change in pursuit of a more inclusive, sustainable world. Drawing on a range of futures methodologies, students will be supported to vision alternative versions of the future that challenge core assumptions about how tomorrow could look. In so doing, students will gain a deep understanding of the system within which we are presently operating and will be encouraged to challenge 'business as usual' thinking. Students will consider how these alternate worlds can help inform and galvanise change both in organisations and at a societal level. Central to the module is an emphasis on creative and critical thinking skills alongside the development of a futures literacy that will support students to manage uncertainty.

Assessment pattern

100% coursework

Re-assessment

100% coursework

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

3 hour lecture x 10 weeks

Scheduled learning hours

30

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

120

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Appraise the contextual conditions in which contemporary organisations operate
  • Apply appropriate futures methodologies to specific organisational contexts
  • Compose compelling and plausible futures narratives
  • Articulate the implications of alternative futures for organisational and/or system change