Environmental Politics BA(Hons)

How this course is delivered

We are designing your teaching timetable with the aim of maximising the time you spend on campus, with measures in place to make it as safe, enjoyable and social for everyone as possible.

Every student will have timetabled in-person learning. This will vary by course and could include activities such as seminars and tutorials, workshops, studio time, clinical skills sessions and laboratory classes.

Some of your timetabled learning will delivered online: for example, large lectures may be delivered online live and also be made available as recordings.

Our plans will be guided by the current government advice and may therefore involve some social distancing. Check our FAQs for more info.

Year 1 

In your first year, you will study five modules that introduce you to the subject area. Option modules are a chance for you to choose a subject that interests you – the choice includes politics, activism and environmental issues.

Modules

• Foundations in World Politics
• Politics in Practice
• Introduction to the Global Challenges Lab
• Environmental Politics: Institutions, Actors, Animals and Movements
• Introduction to Environmental Politics: Climate Catastrophe, Animal Extinction

Options*

Choose one from:

• Sex and Politics: Defining Contemporary Issues
• Comparative Political Systems
• Global Environmental Issues
• Democracy
• Understanding Society in a Global World

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Year 2

In year two, you build your knowledge of the subject, exploring British politics and theories of government and policy, and focusing on sustainable development and debates around the climate crisis. You'll begin to specialise in the subjects that interest you most through choosing an option module.

The global challenges module is an opportunity to undertake a placement with a local environmental or policy group. You'll gain practical work experience while contributing to the wider community.

Modules

• UK Politics
• Decolonising the People: Politics in the Twenty-first Century
• Gender, Race and Environment
• Global Challenges Lab: Policy Solutions
• Environmental Post Humanism: From Realism to Fiction

Options*, choose one from:

• The Politics of Critique
• Community Engagement
• Unruly Bodies: Understanding and Contesting Normativity

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Final year

In your final year you will further develop your knowledge and skills, exploring global environmental politics and political ecology. You'll work on local environmental issues, developing a campaign and building a portfolio of your research, proposals and engagement with local organisations.

You also come up with the idea for, and write, a dissertation. This year-long module is an opportunity for you to demonstrate your research, critical thinking, organisational and writing skills.

Modules

• Social Change Project
• Activism and Social Change
• Political Ecology: Contested Environments

Options*

Semester 1

Choose one from:

• Global Environmental Politics
• Sociology of Outer Space
• Terror and Conflict in Latin America
• A History of Capitalism: Its Critics and Its Crises

Semester 2

Choose one from:

• Territory, Power and Security
• Sexual Utopias
• Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

International requirements and visas

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

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Course fees

What's included

You may have to pay additional costs during your studies. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. A summary of the costs that you may be expected to pay, and what is included in the fee, while studying a course in the School of Humanities are listed here.

• For a number of courses you will have the opportunity to attend field trips and off-site visits. These are optional and are not required to pass your course but under normal circumstances we would expect a budget of approximately £150 per year will cover the costs of particular trips. The amount spent would be based on location and number of trips taken.
• You will have access to computers and necessary software, however many students choose to buy their own hardware, software and accessories. The amount spent will depend on your individual choices but this expenditure is not essential to pass any of our courses.
• In most cases coursework submissions are electronic but you may wish to print notes and should budget up to £150 per year for printing.
• Course books are available from the university but you may wish to budget up to £200 to buy your own copies.

You can chat with our enquiries team through the Stay in touch panel at the end of this page if you require further information. Or check our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships, as well as more information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

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The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2021–22.

Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and are subject to an annual increase of no more than 5% or RPI (whichever is the greater). The annual increase for UK students, who are subject to regulated fees, will increase no more than the statutory maximum fee.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full-time or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

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