FdSc Global Change, Sustainability and Society Level 5
*This course will be running from September 2025 entry*
This degree will provide you with practical work-based learning and academic study in a wide range of environmental and sustainability subjects, at the heart of global changes affecting the world today.
During this degree, you will engage with fascinating and contemporary subjects including environmental justice, social change and global challenges, sustainable business and corporate responsibility, protected areas, rewilding, climate change and living environments, ecopsychology and transformative education. The modules interlink a wide range of topics to support you to work in many different sectors related to sustainability. You will become key actors to build more resilient and sustainable societies for all. You will develop research skills to enable you to undertake field work, and enhance your academic skills such as critical and inclusive thinking, writing, and creativity.
This foundation degree is an exciting opportunity to study and develop an understanding of our socio-ecological systems and how we fit into local, regional and global contexts. This interdisciplinary degree is for you if you are passionate about understanding our relationships and connections as humans with non-humans and the planet as a whole. This degree will provide you with practical work-based learning and academic study in a wide range of environmental and sustainability subjects, at the heart of global changes affecting the world today.
This foundation degree is suitable for you if you are interested in studying or working in:
Sustainability
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Practice
Conservation Charities and NGOs
Consultancy and advisory roles
Environmental Management
Social and Environmental Policy
Sustainable Business and Fundraising
Transformative Learning
Course Details
- We will consider a variety of qualifications and relevant experience and each application is assessed on its own merit.
Each module is worth a specified number of credits: you take a combination of compulsory (and if available optional modules) enabling you to cover key subject knowledge while developing your own interests. For full time students a total of 120 credits will be studied in each academic year. In the majority of cases this will consist of 6 modules. For part time students, it will depend on the intensity of your studies.
Year 1 Modules
Global Environmental Challenges and Environmental Justice
Social Change and Global Citizenship
Sustainable Business, Funding strategies and Philanthropy in action
Living Environments and Climate Change
Introduction to research methods in Social Sciences
Year 2 Modules
Applied Conversation: Rewilding and Protected Spaces
Ecopsychology
Environmental Policy and Politics
Transformative Education
Environment Research Project
I’ve recently completed my Level 5 HR Consultant Partner Apprenticeship at South Devon College and have enjoyed every minute! South Devon College has provided me with the tools and resources I needed to complete the course. My tutor and colleagues were extremely supportive and created an open environment to encourage participation and the sharing of ideas! Doing an apprenticeship has allowed me to apply knowledge that I’ve learnt during the course into real life situations. The end point assessment project has enabled me to showcase my new skills by designing a solution to a business need. Amy Law – HR Advisor, Core Highways
