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Culture, Environment and Social Change BA Honours

Overview

The Culture, Environment and Social Change BA will enable you to explore the most important issues in the world today. Ranging from climate change and resource depletion to mass migration and social inequality, you’ll examine critical issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives in order to make sense of a complex and dynamically changing world at a variety of different scales.

Course Structure

• Year 1
  • CESC Tutorial 1
  • Global Governance and Development
  • Intercultural Communication: An Introduction
  • Land, People, Culture
  • Objects and Meaning: The Social Life of Material Culture
  • Protests: From Bread Riots to Extinction Rebellion
  • Race and the Law
• Year 2
  • CESC Tutorial 2
  • Climate, Change and Culture
  • Introduction to Human Rights Law
  • Language in the Public Space
  • Making Memory: Culture History and Representation
  • Representations and Theories of Social and Environmental Justice
  • The Politics of Killing
  • Working With Data
• Placement Year
  • Professional experience or study abroad year
• Year 3
  • CESC Project
  • Contemporary Ideas and Challenges
  • Elements of International Law and Global Justice
  • Issues in Culture
  • Sex Strike: Gender and Protest
  • Social Change
  • The Global Politics of Climate Change: Security, Sustainability and Low-Carbon Transition
  • Work Placement for Humanities

Entry Requirements

• UK
  • A levels – BCC (104 UCAS Tariff points)
  • T levels – 104 UCAS Tariff points
  • International Baccalaureate – 104 UCAS Tariff points from all components of the Diploma Programme
  • BTEC Extended Diploma – DMM
  • BTEC Diploma – D*D
  • Access – 104 UCAS Tariff points from the Access course
  • GCSE English Language grade 4/C – IB grade 4 Higher Level, GCSE Maths grade 4/C – IB grade 4
• International
  • International Baccalaureate – 104 UCAS Tariff points from all components of the Diploma Programme
  • We accept a wide range of international high school level qualifications
  • English language requirements: IELTS score of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component

Fees and Funding

• UK tuition fee: £9,535 (Price per academic year)
• International tuition fee: £17,000 (Price per academic year)
• Funding options: tuition fee loans, scholarships, and international student funding

Teaching and Assessment

• Teaching methods: lectures, seminars, workshops, problem-based and blended learning
• Assessment types: practical, written exams, coursework
• Year 1: 20% scheduled hours, 80% independent study
• Year 2: 18% scheduled hours, 82% independent study
• Year P: 0% scheduled hours, 0% independent study, 100% placement
• Year 3: 15% scheduled hours, 81% independent study, 4% placement

Supporting You

• Study support: workshops, 1-2-1 support, and online resources
• Personal tutors: support in fulfilling academic and personal potential
• Student advice team: specialist advice on funding, benefits, and visas
• Extra-curricular activities: volunteering opportunities, sports and fitness activities, student events

Course Location

• Regent Campus, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW

Related Courses

• English Literature BA Honours
• Politics and International Relations BA Honours
• Sociology and Criminology BA Honours

Why Study This Course?

• Develop a specialism in language and communication, law, or politics
• Make a positive impact in the world
• Creative assessment methods: produce podcasts, campaigns, educational curriculum, blogs, and more

Course Team

• Dr Seagh Kehoe, Senior Lecturer
• Professor Pippa Catterall, Professor of History and Policy
• Dr Kate M. Graham, Senior Lecturer in English Literature (Theatre)
• Dr Gwilym Jones, Lecturer in English
• Dr Elinor Taylor, Senior Lecturer
• Dr Heather Pagan, Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics
• Dr Siavash Bakhtiar, Lecturer
• Dr Itay Lotem, Senior Lecturer
• Dr Matthew Charles, Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Critical Theory

Westminster Employability Award

• Employers value graduates who have invested in their personal and professional development
• The award is flexible and can be completed in your own time
• Activities might include gaining experience through a part-time job or placement, signing up to a University-run scheme, or completing online exercises

International Opportunities

• Many courses offer international study and work experiences
• The University provides other global opportunities that all students can apply for
• Opportunities could include taking part in semester or year-long exchanges, attending an international summer school or field trip, or developing your CV through volunteering or work placements abroad

Careers

• As a student in the School of Humanities, you’ll have opportunities to gain certification in employability-related skills
• This course has been designed with a strong focus on career prospects, with employability skills woven throughout the core modules and tutorial sessions
• Innovative modules will require you to organise and present at your own conference and produce digital resources, including campaigns, podcasts, or videos

Graduate Employers

• Graduates of this course can follow a range of different routes that may include campaigning, education, environmental and social justice, government, industry, policymaking, and the arts

Job Roles

• This course will prepare you for roles in a variety of areas, including accessibility policy advisor, community liaison, digital content producer, diversity and inclusion manager, HR officer, museum educator, outreach officer, recruitment officer, sustainability development officer, talent developer, teacher, and work in charitable or campaigning businesses

Internship Opportunities

• The University of Westminster is part of an ongoing collaboration with the United Nations Migration Agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• As part of this, Politics and International Relations students in their second or third year of undergraduate study can apply for 3-9 month internship opportunities at IOM offices around the world, including in Geneva, Vienna, Dhakka, and London

Learn New Skills

• Learn a new language alongside your degree with our Polylang programme
• Develop your entrepreneurial skills with our award-winning Westminster Enterprise Network
• Gain extra qualifications with access to free online courses in Adobe and Microsoft Office applications, as well as thousands of specialist courses on LinkedIn Learning

EU Qualifications Welcome Award Scheme

• If you are an international student accepted on an undergraduate programme starting in September 2024 or September 2025 at level 3 (Foundation) or level 4 (first year) on the basis of an eligible EU qualification only, you will be awarded a tuition fee reduction which will align your fee more closely to the one for UK students

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• Semester Two teaching: 20 January – 11 April 2025
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