Global Challenges (Security) BASc

If you follow the news and keep up-to-date on what’s happening in the world, you will know that the challenge of keeping people and nations secure is a focus and a priority across the globe. What does the future hold for keeping us safe, and how are solutions concluded?

Everyone wants to feel secure. Whether it is the security of our borders, our food and water supplies, our data or our homes, securing the safety of our resources and ourselves has never posed as big a challenge as it does today.

Course details

Alongside the core spine of your Global Challenges degree, you will take an in-depth look at issues such as climate change, sustainable development, migration, terrorism, inequality and poverty and how they affect the world we live in, this pathway will give you a greater understanding of security issues, whether they’re on the ground, in space or in cyberspace.

Mode of study: 4-5 days a week
Intake: September
Course length: 3-4 years
Course fee: £9250 per year
Location: London campus

Brunel University London

Course overview

Your studies are structured into three levels which reflect the depth and breadth of the subject: integrated, applied and advanced security. The integrated security modules in your first year will introduce you to four themes including security, intelligence, reasoning and influence. In your second year you move on to look at applied security issues to help integrate your knowledge into new topics of war and crime, space and risk. Then, in your final year, you go on to look at more advanced security themes like threats and government.

Benefits

Active collaborative learning
Face-to-face discussion
Outstanding student support
Learn from experienced tutors
Make full use of facilities
Access support
Careers advice

Entry requirements

GCE A-level BBC.
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma DMM in any subject.
BTEC Level 3 Diploma DM in any subject with an A-Level at grade C.
BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma M in any subject with A-Levels grade BB.
International Baccalaureate Diploma 29 points.
Obtain a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points in the Access to HE Diploma (subject) with 45 credits at Level 3.
T levels : Merit overall.

Careers

Today’s workforce seeks graduates who are not only flexible and determined, but also have the awareness and ability to respond to the challenges faced by different industries across a rapidly-changing world.

Global Challenges is both a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science. Having developed skills in scientific, social scientific and humanities fields, our graduates will be able to confidently engage with a range of perspectives, evidence bases and stakeholders.

Modules

Your Global Challenges course is structured around a core spine of compulsory modules where you’ll tap into the expertise of several departments from across the university.

In addition, you’ll study a set of modules which are focused on your Security pathway to build your specialist knowledge.

Year one

Compulsory

GC1700 – Introduction to Global Challenges
GC1704 – Integrated Security: Security, Intelligence, Reasoning, and Influence

Year two

Compulsory

GC2700 – Addressing Contemporary Global Challenges
GC2702 – Applied Security

Year Three

Compulsory

GC3703 Advanced Security: Threats, Simulation, and Government
GC3600 – Arts and Sciences Dissertation in Global Challenges
GC3700 – Global Challenges in Practice
GC3800 – Global Challenges in Practice Enterprize Project