BA (Hons) Environment, Culture and Communication at Birkbeck, University of London

The purpose of our innovative new BA Environment, Culture and Communication is to equip you with the environmental, emotional and cultural knowledge and skills to actively participate in climate change debates. Not only will you gain a foundational, scientific understanding of the human-driven causes of climate change, and its environmental impacts, you will also develop communication skills, creative faculties and cultural and emotional sensitivities - as well as a professional network - so that you graduate as an effective climate advocate.

Faculty: School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication  |  Duration: Three years full-time, on campus; Four years part-time, on campus  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: October 2027  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Grounded in the humanities, creative arts, journalism and social sciences, this fascinating degree gives you the opportunity to study the environment through different lenses, combining current issues such as climate anxiety and its social and cultural ramifications with a grounding in geographic science and environmental data, or journalism practice, deepening your understanding of human/environment relationships or of print media landscapes as mechanisms for communication. You will have the chance to develop your creative faculties through practice-based modules which discuss how poetry and theatrical adaptation can be used to address environmental issues, or take a philosophical approach to address the ethics of human-animal relationships, vegetarianism and veganism. You must complete modules worth a total of 360 credits. Compulsory modules include Climate Change Communication: Feeling, Thinking, Acting, Humans and the Environment, Production of the Human.

Career pathways

You will find BA Environment, Culture and Communication graduates in the following kinds of roles: media, publishing, environmental consulting, environmental advocacy, environmental law, planning, teaching, politics, local and national government, business.

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