2.5-Term Pathway - Foundation Certificate in Humanities - Continue to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Global Studies (Year Abroad)

For students who've finished high school but don’t meet the entry requirements for university, a Foundation Certificate can help them gain entry to an undergraduate degree. After completing this pathway option students qualify for progression to the 1st year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Essex.

A student’s course length is determined mainly by their English language level (UKVI IELTS score). Students on all course lengths take a set of common or similar modules to gain a solid base of skills for university. Students taking a course longer than 2 terms, will take additional modules designed to improve one or more of their English language level, academic skills, and basic knowledge of particular subjects.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Global Studies (Including Year Abroad)

The challenges facing today’s world are profoundly international. From the migrant crisis to global warming, contemporary challenges require graduates who bring a global perspective and broad skills to the workplace. The BA Global Studies is designed for just this purpose – students study topics from a range of subjects so that they can develop a wide understanding of complex global issues.

Based within the Interdisciplinary Studies Centre (ISC), students have the option to choose from a variety of subjects including history, politics, philosophy, sociology, and more. They study both topics that have an international focus, and those that focus on particular regions and countries.

A core part of the course are modules from history and politics which explore international relations and global history, plus students choose from additional topics in areas including:

• Art, architecture and their geographical contexts • International banking • World technologies • Modern languages • Migration

This is an amazing place to study a course like this one. Since its foundation Essex has had a distinctly international character. Its departments include academics specializing in many diverse regions of the world, so students experience the very best of the University’s expertise in global issues.

Globalization is seen by many as the defining issue of this age, and people live in a world which is connected as never before. This is students’ opportunity to understand it, and to help shape it.