Global Development and Sustainability BSc (Hons)

**Explore contemporary global challenges and become a skilled professional who is ready to promote and implement sustainable development.**<br/>- Learn to understand complex global challenges including international development, sustainability, climate change, hazards, disasters and urbanisation.<br/><br/><br/>- Broaden your experience through work placements and international field trips to destinations such as Italy and Spain.<br/><br/><br/>- Develop the knowledge and transferable skills needed for a wide range of careers or postgraduate study.<br/><br/><br/>Global sustainable development is at the heart of the environmental, social, economic and geopolitical challenges affecting the world today. Our Global Development and Sustainability degree is designed to ensure that you develop the interdisciplinary knowledge, practical skills and solution-oriented mindset needed to manage the challenges and opportunities of sustainable development in a variety of locations and situations.<br/><br/>You’ll explore topics including climate change, natural hazards and disaster risks, cities and urbanisation, education and development, environmental justice and migration. Your core studies will focus on key themes and skills in geography and global development, and youll have the option to study modules drawn from a range of relevant subject areas including geography, sociology, education, business and management, and history.<br/><br/>As part of our supportive Geography community you’ll develop a real sense of belonging and benefit from small class sizes, specialist staff expertise and up-to-date technologies. You’ll be taught by our team of lecturers who have expertise in international development, sustainability, climate change, urbanisation and disaster risk reduction, and who are engaged in international networks and world-leading research. You’ll learn both inside and outside the classroom, in our laboratories, and at field sites on campus in Bath, across the UK and overseas.