Our Global Challenges BA will help you to address some of the most pressing political, scientific and ethical challenges facing humanity globally today. You’ll explore some of the key dimensions of science, politics and society, working towards creating and leading positive change.This course has a particular focus on responding to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and with this in mind, highlights the importance of promoting just, peaceful and inclusive societies, reducing poverty and hunger, ensuring health and wellbeing, achieving gender and racial equality, delivering a net zero future, bringing dignity to work, and enabling sustainable futures through decisive action on climate change.You'll explore the challenges facing society on local, national and global levels and adopt an interdisciplinary approach to address these issues head-on. By combining a range of core and optional modules from across politics, international relations, sociology, criminology, law, health and nutrition, psychology and sustainability, you’ll gain a unique perspective and be well-equipped to enact positive change. In the final year of the course, your broad range of knowledge will allow you to develop an innovative final project on an area you are passionate about and create workable solutions to global challenges.Throughout this course, you’ll be taught by a team of academics who are experts in their fields, develop relationships and gain valuable insights from industry experts. You’ll benefit from the opportunity to work with a partner organisation to address global challenges, undertake stakeholder engagement, consider the impact of public engagement and become actively responsible for change. There is a continuous culture of professional development, entrepreneurship and social responsibility at the heart of this course. Upon graduation, you’ll be well-equipped to work in a range of industries or careers where you can apply your cutting-edge awareness of global issues.