Environment, Politics and Philosophy (Professional Placement Year) BA (Hons)

Explore environmental challenges from fresh perspectives with our interdisciplinary Environment, Politics and Philosophy degree.- Situate environmental issues in their social, cultural and historical contexts, at local, regional and global levels.- Apply political and philosophical thinking to environmental action, from the personal to the institutional.- Develop strategies that make connections between individual awareness and collective participation – become a change-maker.This course is especially designed to enable you to apply your broad understanding of political and philosophical ideas to current environmental challenges and dilemmas.It poses fundamental questions about how we live and work in the present, and seeks to answer some of these through the development of your skills in critical thinking, project design and implementation, advocacy and communication. We know that we face acute environmental challenges, and that we can't postpone changing the ways in which we think and behave if we are to address these.We also know that environmental science, on its own, won't be able to do this – that solutions lie in understanding how we think, how we respond emotionally to the world around us, and how we see ourselves within it.Drawing on a wide range of subjects and disciplines in the Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences, this course places the environment at the heart of what you'll study, as well as forming the basis for the practical projects you might undertake.**More about the Professional Placement Year**A Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where a student undertakes a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between the students' second and third years of undergraduate study. Students can engage in up to 3 placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) themselves with support from the Careers & Employability Team.