International Relations - Sustainability (Hons)

Overview

This fascinating interdisciplinary degree will help you to become an active agent of change in the international system. You’ll explore the issues the world faces from a number of perspectives – global and systemic, individual and rational, cultural and critical and Western-centric and post-Western. Our interactive seminars and workshop encourage exciting, free and open debate.

By studying interntional relations with sustainability you will be able to describe the relationships between environmental, social and economic systems, at scales from a local to a global level. You will also learn how to think strategically to identify the root causes of unsustainable development including environmental, social and economic actions.

Employability

Graduates of the  International Relations - Sustainability (Hons) degree at London South Bank University are in demand for their skill-mix, including analysis, critical thinking, research, and strong communication skills.As a graduate you’ll be able to appreciate that problems are often multi-faceted and require thoughtful, creative and logical approaches. Such graduates are highly valuable (in both commercial and Not-for- Profit sectors) because of their ability to contribute to strategic decision making.Typical careers are:

• teaching
• voluntary sector project management
• work in NGOs, local and central government
• general commercial businesses
• national delegations at the United Nations