Global Challenges (Security) BASc

Everyone wants to feel secure. In a world which is becoming increasingly insecure and experiencing a resurgence of armed conflict, securing the safety of our resources and ourselves has never posed as big a challenge as it does today.

Alongside the core spine of your Global Challenges degree, you will take an in-depth look at issues affecting global security. There is a strong focus on military security and war studies and their integration with those security themes which impact peoples and populations in different ways. This includes topics such as violence and peace, regional and international organisations, gender and security and peace operations. There is an emphasis placed on professional skills development, game-based learning and simulation which ensures you graduate with a toolkit of practical skills and knowledge which are in-demand within a wide range of employment areas. Assessment is similarly structured, with a combination of traditional essay-based and professional skills-based assignments.

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 core foundational aspects of the study of security with a focus on international relations theory, international conflict, local security and strategic thought. In your second year you move on to look at applied security issues to help integrate your knowledge into key themes within security, intelligence studies and their historical contexts. Then, in your final year, you go on to look at more advanced security themes and understanding how to utilise simulation and wargaming in their analysis.

As part of your course, you will also investigate some of the measures adopted in crisis management. This interesting course will take you on a journey through variety of subjects including war studies, criminology, intelligence studies, politics and military history.

Throughout your course you will build your ability to work in a team as you build skills in project management, presenting and team pitches. A third year Enterprise Project will help to bring all these skills together as you work on a group project with a real organisation.

You have the option to apply for an internship at the end of your first year and can take a one-year placement between years two and three, giving you valuable work experience and a step ahead for your career when you graduate.

GPA 4.0/5

• IELTS: 6.5 (min 5.5 in all areas)
• Pearson: 59 (59 in all subscores)
• BrunELT: 63% (min 55% in all areas)
• TOEFL: 90 (min R18, L17, S20, W17)

You can find out more about the qualifications we accept on our English Language Requirements page.

Should you wish to take a pre-sessional English course to improve your English prior to starting your degree course, you must sit the test at an approved SELT provider for the same reason. We offer our own BrunELT English test and have pre-sessional English language courses for students who do not meet requirements or who wish to improve their English. You can find out more information on English courses and test options through our Brunel Language Centre.

Please check our Admissions pages for more information on other factors we use to assess applicants. This information is for guidance only and each application is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Entry requirements are subject to review, and may change.

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