Global Development and Sustainability (Professional Placement Year) BSc (Hons)
Bath Spa University
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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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SEP-25

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4 Years

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

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**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 ...Read more


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.

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CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
67th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
104th
Physical Geographical Sciences
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 87 = 13% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
13%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
80%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Physical Geographical Sciences graduate salary at this uni
£18,000
UK Physical Geographical Sciences graduate salary
£20,000
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02 Mar 22

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Entry requirements

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A level

A level:

BCC - BBB Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

M:45 Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

32 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DDM - DMM Grades / Points required

T Level:

M Grades / Points required

A Level - grades BBB-BCC preferred.

Access to HE courses – typical offers for applicants with Access to HE will be the Access to HE Diploma or Access to HE Certificate (60 credits, 45 of which must be Level 3, at Merit or higher).

A minimum of 32 points are required.

BTEC – Extended Diploma grades from Distinction Distinction Merit (DDM) to Distinction Merit Merit (DMM).

T Levels – grade Merit preferred.

Popular A-level subjects

Physical Geographical Sciences

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Geography
86%
Biology
28%
Psychology
20%
English Literature
17%
Business Studies
13%
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Tuition fees

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England

£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Scotland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Wales

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Channel Islands

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Arielle
02 Mar 22
Global Development and Sustainability BSc (Hons)
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Bath Spa University
Newton Park Bath Bath And North East Somerset BA2 9BN United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Oldfield Park  1.6 miles away
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