Overview

Are you interested in issues of global poverty and injustice? Do you want to understand how climate change and globalisation impact the lives of people living in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East?

Our course explores the interconnectedness of sustainable development and social change, focusing on how these issues impact the world's most vulnerable communities. By studying the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, you'll gain a deeper understanding of social change and its crucial role in addressing global challenges like conflict, climate change, and humanitarian crises. You will also debate the importance of sustainable development and social change in the context of these pressing issues.

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UCAS code: L9L4112 UCAS points

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UCAS code: L90064 UCAS points

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Study BA Sustainable Development and Social Change

Learn more about our BA Sustainable Development course with our course leaders Susannah Pickering Saqqa and Meera Tiwari.

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What makes this course different

Research-active teachers

Our teaching team is actively engaged in research on sustainable development and social change, bringing their expertise into the classroom. We integrate sustainable development concepts into our curriculum and provide you with opportunities to gain practical experience.

Highly rated

Our International Relations courses rank 6th in the UK and rand 3rd in London in the Guardian University Guide 2025.

1st and only course in the UK

This is the only course in the UK where you can study sustainable development and social change together.

Course modules

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In your foundation year, you'll learn about how people live together, work together, and make decisions. This will help you understand how our world can be a better place for everyone. You'll also learn about different communities, cultures, and traditions. This will prepare you for studying any social science or sustainable development degree.

This module extends your understanding of local and global communities through applying the sociological concepts of community, identity, place, social memory and migration. It builds on your existing knowledge of the global and local contexts of your future academic study and employment in social studies. Cultural capital and knowledge of the complexities of communities will be introduced through topical readings, a guided walk of a London neighbourhood and a visit to a museum that you will prepare for and reflect on, using the key concepts of identity, place, social memory and migration. The module frontloads key academic skills required for university education and consolidates them throughout the module to support your learning in other modules at this level and above as well as your future careers in the social or psychosocial fields.

The module extends your previous knowledge and understanding of how and why local ‘communities' change over time. ‘Communities’ will be defined either geographically - such as a territorial neighbourhood/postcode or culturally - such as an ethnic, linguistic or religious group. It builds on your experiential knowledge of local and global communities by introducing you to academic and policy-related literature and to sociological concepts, research methods, skills and ethics. The module also consolidates core academic skills valuable in other modules as well as your future career.

You will carry out a small, guided research project that will include a semi-structured interview with an individual professionally or socially connected to the ‘community’ combined with secondary research reading academic and policy literature) into the chosen ‘community’. In addition, the research project allows you to engage with and apply sociological concepts studied in all other L3 modules on this programme (for example crime, surveillance, globalisation, as well as core career-related modules.).

This module brings you into contact with the communities and professional settings that you, as social scientists, may aspire to engage with and/or work within. The module engages you in flipped classroom activities and real-world issues through visits, external speakers and group activities. Through engagement with people who work in social science-related fields, the module builds your social and cultural capital for future employment and helps you become a flexible thinker. It focuses on understanding inclusivity in the workplace and society. This module will also allow you the opportunity to acquire tangible evidence to support your employability narrative, including preparation for future placements and interviews, as you progress through your academic studies, The focus will be on professional communication skills, teamwork and industry and community connections. The module will consider the relationship between community action, critical thinking outside the classroom and career aspirations by introducing you to real-world settings where social science and social theories are currently applied. It challenges you to think critically about the everyday.

External visits include group visits to an art gallery or a museum, a community organisation or an NGO supporting and advocating for people with vulnerabilities and other professional organisations. These visits are followed by guest speakers and lectures which engage you in similar debates. You may also make an independent visit to a court, political organisation or museum and develop your organisational, independent research and professional communication skills through such visits.

This module introduces you to crime and surveillance from sociological and criminological perspectives and offers you theoretical and practical skills and experiences that prepare you for your journey as a criminologist. It considers how surveillance overlaps with many fields, including crime detection and prevention and the management of dangerous spaces and people. It also offers an introduction to cybercrime. You will be asked to produce a public information leaflet that outlines the dangers of the internet. It includes a field trip to see a court in action as part of the teaching for coursework two.

In this module, you will consider the choices you make about your own body and its presentation to others and in so doing will consider how a psychosocial approach to the body embraces choices informed rationally and irrationally. The latter incorporates the personal and political as well as changing attitudes to health and life.

The human body and the nature of embodiment constitute a critical area of academic research and are central to cultural and social change. In a rapidly changing globalised world, the body is a prime terrain of identity formation through popular discourses, surgical interventions, the aesthetisation of everyday life and online practices. At the same time, the commodification of the body, whereby the body becomes fragmented into a series of parts, objectified and represented through the media and promotional culture, is normalised as ‘ideal’. But what of its counterparts: the diseased body; the ageing body; the disabled body or even the monstrous body, the subject of literature and film since Shelley’s Frankenstein and the postmodern turn to vampires and zombies?

This module adopts a psychosocial approach (as an integral part of the social sciences), whereby the body can be explored as a contested site for the operations of affect, power and identity, and explored via social categories such as gender, race, class and dis/ability. Bringing together sociological and cultural theory with the basic concept of Freudian psychoanalysis, this module provides you with a succinct and focused introduction to interdisciplinary thinking within the social sciences.

This module introduces you to digital sociology by exploring what it means to be a sociologist in the rapidly developing technological world. It will also introduce you to digital social research methods, asking what issues there are for social researchers in a digital society; what new material is available to social researchers; how social scientists can harness the new tools available to them and how they can navigate through this space in a secure, mindful and ethical way?

This module introduces you to key issues and debates about globalisation and society. Knowledge of the complexities of globalisation is introduced through [a] topical readings [b] a guided tour of Parliament [c] a visit to the British Museum that you will prepare for and reflect on, using the key concepts of political economy. As well as the two core visits, the topics are presented and examined through lectures, seminars, workshops and film.

These modules cover a wide range of topics related to social science and sustainable development, including environmental justice, social inequality, global governance, and human migration. They offer you the chance to develop research skills, gain practical experience, and explore critical issues in sustainable development.

You will start your first year with a focus on how the knowledge and skills you will develop during your course will prepare you to be social activists, a role which can be played out in a variety of different careers and volunteer activities through the course of your lives. The module will also provide an introduction to the key Vision 2028 ‘UEL Graduate Attributes’, such as the psychological and physical determinants of human performance that are difficult or impossible to replicate by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The module aspires to provide an intellectually integrative and socially cohesive workshop experience which also includes opportunities to put into practice study skills that will help ensure your success at UEL as well as help you reflect on how those skills will prepare you for future professional roles. The module will provide an opportunity for learners to review their own personal development to date self-reflexively.

This module introduces you to the key contemporary debates in development studies through a multi-disciplinary approach covering social, economic, political, cultural, environmental and technological perspectives. The module aims to provide you with an understanding of the theoretical and practical issues that relate to global development and offers an understanding of and supports you in developing the knowledge and skills required for entry into the professional workplace or for higher studies.

The module will give you the opportunity to develop analytical skills and critical perspectives on global development and you will have guest lectures from educators and practitioners to complement your learning and to ensure you are very much up-to-date. The module provides you with a firm basis for entry to level 5.

This politics module will help you to make sense of the complex world facing us today and will demystify economics by thinking about this from a political perspective. It is a crucial foundation for you if you have an interest in global affairs and the module seeks to look backwards to important classical theories, to look at the world facing us today (and in the future) to see whether classical approaches from political economy make sense in global times. You will learn some of the basics of economic theory (not through maths) and will consider key traditions within political and economic thought. Further to this, you will develop a good understanding of the contemporary global economy and where it came from, focusing particularly on the post-war period, the crisis in the global economy over the past thirty years, and what all of this means for us today. By the end of this module, you will have a strong understanding of the three main traditions within political economy and how influential they remain in the key social, political and economic arenas.

Since the 1970s when social theorists like Bell and Touraine proclaimed the coming of post-industrial society there has been a growing interest in the implications of technological change on society and in particular on the central role of information in these transformations.

This module is about the relationships between technological change, i.e. the emergence of the so-called 4th Industrial Revolution (Schwab 2017) and social relationships. Moreover, it is also concerned with the implications of all of this for our capacity and ability to make sense of these changes via social science and the arguments that we need to develop a 'digital sociology' (Orton-Johnson and Prior 2013, Lupton 2015, and Marres 2017) to do this.

In this module, we will consider the representation of the present as a moment of crisis. This will include consideration of:

Economic crisis, including welfare reform and austerity
Political crisis, including democratic deficits and populism
Ecological crisis
National crisis, including questions of identity, racism and justice
Emotional crisis, including links between individual well-being and social structures.

The module will introduce you to histories of empire and colonialism to understand long-standing processes of expropriation and ecological degradation in the name of progress.

In Year 2 of the sustainable development degree, you explore key topics such as environmental justice, inequalities, and social change. The modules cover a range of issues, including climate justice, human mobility, and global governance, alongside practical skills in planning and fundraising for social enterprises. You critically engage with pressing global issues, building the knowledge and competencies needed to tackle societal challenges and promote sustainable development.

This module introduces you to debates about bodies and embodiment and the exercise of power across spaces. We will discuss practices of surveillance, and bordering and the relation of these practices to colonial practices of ordering and ecological crisis. We will revisit questions of inequality, inclusion and stigmatisation. This will include a consideration of questions of sexuality, sexual rights and disability rights.

This module aims to introduce you to a range of planning and fundraising models and techniques used in the third sector. It will build your competence and confidence in designing and presenting your own projects and fundraising ideas. It will be delivered in collaboration with UEL Enterprise and other partner third-sector organisations. This is the second of three modules which will incrementally build a full set of competencies for work in the not-for-profit sector.

This module introduces you to the understanding of environmental crisis, global warming and climate justice. The discussions will inform and engage you with how we can tackle global warming with fairness and equity. Climate change is one of the most complex political, social, and environmental issues of this century, and climate change adaptation has become an increasingly large focus of global efforts. The international community’s attention on adaptation has been primarily focused on developing countries’ needs, with the consensus that the world’s most vulnerable communities—the urban and rural poor, low-lying island nations, and indigenous peoples—require additional protection. It was in response to this need for equity that “climate justice” emerged.

The module provides an overview of the theory and practice of global governance, with a particular focus on the structure, functioning and competencies of the United Nations. By exploring a whole range of policy dilemmas, alternatives and outcomes, the module will help you develop a critical understanding of the dominant concerns and possible solutions (at national, regional and global levels). In addition, the module addresses the nature of cooperation and major policy initiatives between the UN and other international organisations. In conclusion, the module will revisit the main problems that global governance has encountered along with proposals for solutions.

In this module, each session comprises a lecture plus a seminar. The aims of the seminars are to stimulate debate, to provide an opportunity for all students to swap ideas, to explore different theories and policy preferences, and to link with the lectures to aid understanding of the key topics of the course. The module benefits from a variety of approaches (debates, presentations and group discussions) to explore the issues in global governance.

This module offers you the skills and knowledge to understand the causes, patterns and impacts of migration, including forced migration and displacement. In this module, we will develop critical thinking, analytical skills, teamwork skills, group facilitation and active listening skills to explore the diversity of experiences of displacement, diaspora, asylum, and integration. We will use subject-based, digital and life skills in groups to discuss legal regimes governing migration, human rights, reconciliation and peacebuilding and promote social change.

We will help you arrange your third-year work placement in an NGO. It will provide you with invaluable experience in the field, whether it's at the Vitality project in Bangladesh or working for the St Francis Hospice in the UK. You'll develop the skills that NGOs look for in people. Our students have also undertaken placements relating to money mentoring and finance in Africa, the education of street children in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the health needs of Syrian refugees in Greece.

The Placement Reflections module aims to bring together learning from reading, lectures, coursework and discussions during the first two years, first by applying the skills learned in a real-life work environment, then by reflecting on the placement experience and relating it to the key concepts and debates in your area of study. To achieve this, you are required to work for at least two days a week for a minimum of 10 weeks (or 20 working days total) as a volunteer for an organisation with a speciality in your area of study. During this time, you should carry out an identifiable project agreed upon with the host organisation for this module. The Module Leaders of each programme will provide guidance and briefings for you on securing a suitable placement.

During the work placement, you are expected to:

Improve skills for future employment
Engage in “real life” projects which will enable students to put academic knowledge into practice and place practice into an academic context.
Develop key personal and professional skills such as teamwork, time management, working under pressure and self-evaluation.

This module allows you to apply your understanding of key social scientific theories and concepts as well as issues and methods in social and community work to a research question of your choice. The module introduces necessary research and evaluation tools and methods, ethical procedures, and data collection and analysis methods. It will start you on your journey to becoming an independent researcher. You will complete an independent research project or an evaluation of a project you have been involved with through placements, volunteering or work experience. You will receive support and guidance throughout the independent research and are encouraged to reflect on the methodological, ethical and theoretical issues that you will face in the course of your research experience.

This module will provide you with a thorough introduction to African politics and the place of the continent in global affairs today. African political and economic systems are introduced and critiqued, supported by evidence from across the continent. This module will consider the relevance of important political concepts within African contexts and align these with relevant social theories from African and non-African theorists alike.

You will learn through different case studies each week, focusing on one or more African countries to bring the political theories and concepts to life and to compare and contrast their relevance within different national contexts across the African continent. The development implications of political and economic realities will be discussed, to ensure that you understand the importance of this notion in African contexts and how difficult it has been to achieve.

During the course, you will write and publish a blog focusing on a political issue facing one or more African countries and you will also act as a reviewer to the blog that another student has written, before submission. These blogs will then be uploaded onto the module website for consumption by the public. You will also complete one section of a country report as part of a student group and collectively you will produce a detailed report about a given African country, considering the political, economic, security, humanitarian and development situation. Sections will be written separately but then co-edited to create a coherent overall piece. On completing this module, you will have both a blog and a country report which will be available online and can be shared with potential employers in future. The skills that you develop, coupled with the in-depth regional knowledge, will prove to be priceless.

This module aims to examine the causes and consequences of the proliferation of internal armed conflicts since the last decade of the 20th century, often referred to as complex political emergencies. You will engage critically with current conceptual debates on different forms of intervention - particularly emergency aid and military intervention, that characterise the so-called New World Order, and, through detailed case studies, different forms of intervention – particularly emergency aid and military intervention - in the post-Cold War order. You will learn how to critically assess these interventions, by focusing on different case studies, and by relating these to contemporary debates around notions of humanitarian assistance, transitional justice and the global community.

In this module, you will explore gendered power relations within the political realm of society. You will be engaged in a critical examination of the differential inclusion of men and women in the political realm. This will enable you to understand different forms of political action in their historical and contemporary contexts.

Each session of this module comprises a lecture and a seminar. Lectures are based on interactive teaching methods and aim to inform, provide evidence and stimulate informed critical debate on a range of key issues relevant to gender equality in the contemporary world. Seminars are designed to further critical debates relevant to this module by providing you with the opportunity to swap ideas and explore concepts, policies, and modes of thinking about gender, gender power systems and identities in the modern world.

The aims of this module are:

To develop critical awareness of current educational policy, practices and provisions relating to special and inclusive education, especially for those pursuing an early childhood studies degree or childhood education.
To develop critical awareness of the similarities and differences between contexts in terms of special and inclusive education developments in policy and practice
To consider the inclusion of children with special educational needs from an international perspective

The aim of this module is to examine the ways in which concepts of race have developed historically in the West and to look at some of the key social, political, and theoretical consequences of this. The module begins with looking at the argument that ‘race’ is a social construct then the module examines the ways in which this has been constructed and reconstructed in different historical periods and the political struggles that have surrounded this.

This module provides critically evaluative knowledge and understanding of the application of environmental psychology to practical problems of sustainability and environmental behaviour. In doing so, it aims to enable you to critically evaluate the contribution of environmental psychological approaches to individual and group interactions with natural resources. You will critically explore the consequences of these approaches for current research and practical applications, including behaviour change, and communication. We shall learn about theories and models that attempt to understand behaviour change; in doing so, the module explores key questions in research, including how environmental psychology theory and practice relate, the role of individual and group conceptualisations of environmental problems, and it applies environmental psychology approaches to an understanding of how practices that respond to these problems can be developed. This will prepare you for jobs available with a psychology degree in sustainability-focused fields.

NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.

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Your future career

Our students go on to do amazing things in fields related to sustainable development and social change. Some have become leaders in large and small NGOs, such as Action Against Hunger, Plan International or Stop the Traffik. Others have set up their own NGOs or social enterprises, such as Paws and Pause. Some work in UK government departments, such as the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and with international organisations such as the World Health Organisation (WHO). Lots of our graduates move into work with communities in London, for example, at the London Community Foundation. Many go on to further study including translation studies, human rights, refugee studies, and international social policy, deepening their understanding of sustainable development and social change in a global context.

Industry links

We work closely throughout our course with professionals working in the field of sustainable development and humanitarian response. This ensures that what is learnt on the course is reflected in real-world practices. Many of these are organisations with whom our teaching team have worked as researchers.

Our partners include:

Arab Women’s Centre for Research and Training, Tunisia
ATD Fourth World
Care4Calais
Computer Aid
Embrace the Middle East
Goonj, India
Islamic Relief Worldwide
Jordanian Women’s Union
Morgan Sindall
Newham Renewal Programme
Newham Sparks
Otra Cosa Network, Peru
World Vision

Graduate employers

Our graduates have gone on to work in roles where sustainable development and social change are key. These are organisations like SEE International, TFS, British Red Cross, Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, TikTok, Refugee Council, HCA UK, and Barons Court Project.

Many of these are organisations with whom our teaching team have worked as researchers.

Job roles

Typical roles which our graduates have gone on to do include social housing officer, curriculum manager, supporter engagement, operations director, EDI officer programme manager, project officer, communications executive, head of development, case manager/worker and digital fundraising officer. These roles often involve managing projects or programs that focus on sustainable development and community work.

We offer postgraduate courses for further specialisation and you can explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.

Further study

If you want to continue your study we offer an MSc in International Relations, or you could specialise on our innovative MA Conflict, Displacement and Human Security programme.

These programmes delve deeper into sustainable development and social change in global contexts. This could help you move into a more specialised development career.

My experience was awesome. Great lecturers, and a fantastic learning experience and I travelled to two countries to enhance my knowledge. You too can enjoy these practice-based teaching platforms. I now run an NGO and manage a core of 25 volunteers leveraging on my experience!"

Tokunbo Ifaturoti

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How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated career support, and further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. Our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting-edge technologies and facilities.

Career Zone

This digital platform provides you with careers and employability resources, including:

Jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work
Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts
1-2-1 career coaching services
Careers workshops and employer events
Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight

Mental Wealth programme

Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you've mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

Our Mental Wealth programme

We are careers first

Our teaching methods and geographical location put us right up top:

Work-based projects
Networking and visits to leading organisations
Support in starting a new business
London on our doorstep

How you'll learn

You'll learn beyond the classroom by getting involved in the work of organisations such as the British Overseas NGO for Development (BOND). Four of our students recently attended their annual conference as volunteers and social media coordinators. Our students have also undertaken placements relating to money mentoring and finance in Africa, the education of street children in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the health needs of Syrian refugees in Greece.

Guided independent study

We encourage an educational experience that is active, social, collaborative, engaging and student-owned. You will have access to a variety of resources ensuring your learning experience goes beyond the classroom.

When not attending timetabled lectures you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. This will typically involve reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects, undertaking coursework assignments and presentations, and preparing for exams. Your independent learning is supported by a range of excellent facilities including online resources, Microsoft Teams and Moodle. We are investing in key areas beyond your studies including our career services, library and well-being, to be available both face-to-face on campus and online with many of these available 24/7.

Academic support

Students are supported with any academic or subject-related queries by an Academic Advisor, module leaders, and former and current UEL students.

You can receive advice and guidance on all aspects of the IT systems provided by the university from our IT Service Desks located on all three campuses. Our Student Support hubs in Docklands and Stratford feature centralised helpdesks to cater for your every need. We have new, modern library facilities on both campuses offering inspirational environments for study and research. Libraries contain resources in print and digital formats, a range of study spaces and a dedicated librarian who can assist with your learning.

UEL provides also support and advice for disabled students and those with specific learning difficulties (SPDs). Your overall workload consists of class and online tutor-led sessions, individual learning, and practical activities.

Dedicated personal tutor

You'll be taught by staff with relevant experience and practice to ensure you learn from real-life experience and research, including renowned experts in their field such as Dr Meera Tiwari, who helped 2005 graduate Firoz Patel found the charity Global Development Links while he was still on the course. Firoz Patel received an Honorary Doctorate for his work in the not-for-profit sector in 2016.

If you need a bit of extra help with certain skills such as academic writing, English, maths or statistics, our Academic Tutors offer workshops, drop-in sessions and one-to-one appointments to help our students achieve their potential.

Workload

Your overall workload consists of class tutor-led sessions and individual learning.

Your timetable

Your individualised timetable is normally available to students within 48 hours of enrolment. Whilst we make every effort to ensure timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week between 9.00am and 6.00pm. For undergraduate students, Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities, but there may be occasions when this is not possible.

Class sizes

The size of classes can vary depending on the nature of the course, module and activity. This can range from large groups in a lecture theatre setting, to smaller groups taking part in seminars and collaborative work.

How you'll be assessed

Assessment tasks are mainly spread across the year to make the workload manageable. Assessment methods include group work and individual work including essays, presentations, case studies, professional development and practical activities depending on the nature of the course. All grades count towards your module mark. More details will be included in the student handbook and module guides.

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Campus and facilities

Our campus and the surrounding area

Our waterfront campus in the historic Royal Docks provides a modern, well-equipped learning environment.

Join us and you'll be able to make the most of our facilities including contemporary lecture theatres and seminar rooms, art studios and exhibition spaces, audio and visual labs and a multimedia production centre.

Features include our 24/7 Docklands library, our £21m SportsDock centre, a campus shop and bookstore, the Children's Garden Nursery, cafés, eateries, a late bar, plus Student Union facilities, including a student lounge.

The University of East London is one of the few London universities to provide on-campus accommodation. Our Docklands Campus Student Village houses close to 1,200 students from around the world. We are well connected to central London and London City Airport is just across the water. We also run a free bus service that connects Docklands with Stratford campuses.

Docklands Campus, London, E16 2RD

Who teaches this course

This course is delivered by School of Childhood and Social Care

The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers. Full details of the academics will be provided in the student handbook and module guides.

What our students and staff say

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As a student on the BA Sustainable Development with Social Change course I have learnt about a wide range of topics, from environmental studies to inequalities and social change.

My lecturers have provided support towards finding a placement over the summer, so I feel that I can depart from UEL as a graduate equipped with real-world work experiences.

Atefah Huq

BA Sustainable Development with Social Change student

I'm the co-founder of Paws and Pause, social enterprise. We're a doggy daycare that support people living with mental ill health to learn the skills they need to get back to work. At the University of East London I studied global development as I was looking to study a course that gave me the theory around politics, community, and also particularly UEL because I really loved the practical element of the NGO management that no other course was offering."

Jodie

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Course modules

Exploring Communities as Social Scientists Core Module

Researching Changing Communities Core Module

Reimagining the Work of a Social Scientist Core Module

Crime, Justice and Surveillance Optional Module

Reading the Body Psychosocially Optional Module

Introduction to Digital Sociology Optional Module

Globalisation and Society Optional Module

Becoming an Activist (Mental Wealth) Core Module

Introduction to Sustainable Development Core Module

Global Political Economy Core Module

Digital Sociology and the 4th Industrial Revolution Core Module

The Mess We Are In (And How We Got Here) Core Module

International Relations Core Module

Space, Bodies and Power Core Module

Mental Wealth 2: Social Enterprise Core Module

Research Methods Core Module

Inequalities and Social Change Core Module

Environmental Justice Core Module

Global Governance Optional Module

Human Mobility and Forced Migration Optional Module

Mental Wealth 3: Placement Reflections Core Module

Applied Research Project in Social Sciences Core Module

African Politics and Development Optional Module

Conflict Intervention and Development Optional Module

Gender, Power and Politics Optional Module

Critical and Global Perspectives on Education Optional Module

Constructions of 'Race' in Culture and Politics Optional Module

Gender Studies Optional Module

Culture, Media and Politics Optional Module

Psychological Approaches to Environmental Sustainability Optional Module

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