Global Sustainable Development

Throughout the degree, half of the modules you will study will be with the GSD department, and half will be from across the university. You may choose to bring modules together from multiple departments, or focus on one discipline or theme. You will have the freedom to shape your degree to your own interests and specialisms.

First year core GSD modules consider different perspectives that might be taken on global issues, corresponding to the United Nations’ three pillars of Sustainable Development – Economic, Social and Environmental. You will also complete a group project on a controversial, local, topical problem that poses significant sustainable development questions.

In your Second Year, you have a choice of GSD modules. You can take either Bodies, Health and Sustainable Development, which examines issues surrounding health and the representation of bodies in contemporary culture, or Food Systems which will examine the relationship between food and sustainability using theories and methods from the sciences, social sciences and humanities.

You will also choose a module from a range of options within the GSD department and approved optional modules available across the University. Alternatively, after the first term at Warwick you may choose to travel to one our overseas partners, where you will continue to take relevant modules in Global Sustainable Development.

Your final year comprises modules on Work and Energy, examining their economic, social and environmental impact on sustainable global development. You’ll have the opportunity to also bring together your knowledge, ideas and conclusions in a dissertation focusing on a GSD issue