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Global Development and Sustainability (Professional Placement Year) BSc (Hons)

Bath Spa University

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

  • Location

    Main Site

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    22-SEP-25

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary


Explore contemporary global challenges and become a skilled professional who is ready to promote and implement sustainable development.

- Learn to understand complex global challenges including sustainability, climate change, hazards, disasters, development and urbanisation.- Broaden your experience through optional work placements and international field trips to destinations such as Italy and Spain.- Develop the knowledge and transferable skills needed for a wide range of careers or postgraduate study.Our Global Development and Sustainability degree is designed to help you to develop the knowledge and skills needed to manage the challenges and opportunities of sustainable development in a variety of contexts. You’ll explore a wide array of topics including climate change, hazards and disasters, cities and urbanisation, global development and education, environmental justice and migration.Your core studies will focus on key themes and skills in geography and global development, and you'll be able to choose optional modules from a range of relevant subject areas such as geography, sociology, education, business and management, history and politics.You’ll be taught by our team of expert lecturers who specialise in topics such as resource extraction and indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon, adaptation to climate change in Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bhutan, long term environmental change in Siberia and Alaska, displacement and migration in Mexico and Guatemala, and public engagement with climate change and sustainability in the UK.

Application deadline

29 January

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A level : BCC - BBB

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University information

Bath Spa University

Bath Spa University

  • University League Table

    104th

  • Campus address

    Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Newton St Loe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9BN, England

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Geography & Environmental Science

    67th out of 73 1

  • Entry standards

    / Max 211
    102 48%

    72nd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    71.0 71%

    48th

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.92 73%

    63rd

    4

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