BA (Hons) Design for Climate Justice 36 months Undergraduate Program By University of the Arts London |Top Universities
Subject Ranking

# 151-200QS Subject Rankings

Program Duration

36 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

28,570 GBPTuition Fee/year

Scholarship

YesScholarships

Program overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

BA

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

BA (Hons) Design for Climate Justice explores multiple knowledges and voices to emphasise the urgency of responding to the climate crisis through design. On this course, you’ll learn how to draw on visual communication to champion the ‘…representation, inclusion, and protection of the rights of those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change…’ (UNICEF, 2022).

We recognise that the climate crisis has global impacts and that these don’t affect people and ecosystems in equal measure. BA (Hons) Design for Climate Justice is founded on an acknowledgement of both the historic and current responsibility of countries in the Global North for the climate emergency, and also advocates for those who have done the least to contribute to the climate crisis but are most affected.

We also recognise the privileged position of the designer, and that to avoid widening social inequalities through creative practices, our design learning and teaching must engage with climate justice debate and reflect on traditional Western and Eurocentric approaches.

Working with the Design School disciplines of graphic design, illustration, data visualisation and interaction design, you’ll learn how to uncover, unravel, and creatively communicate existing complexities, as well as future challenges. You’ll also explore the potential for design to have positive agency, whilst being immersed in diverse and inclusive ways of doing and knowing that support global perspectives, nature-centred designing and multiple voices.

Ultimately, you’ll experiment with and evolve visual communication skills, design approaches and theories that will enable you to interrogate, integrate, originate, advocate, narrate and educate in ways that help inform a more equitable and sustainable society.

Year 1 will develop your foundational understanding of climate emergency and the working definition of climate justice, alongside building visual communication skills and creative strategies.

Year 2 will nurture communication and experiential design approaches that will enable you to preserve, restore and regenerate with others, and also provides an opportunity to explore ethical professional practices.

Year 3 will support you to consolidate your knowledge and practice by exploring your own voice as a creative communicator and ‘citizen designer’.

Program overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

BA

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

BA (Hons) Design for Climate Justice explores multiple knowledges and voices to emphasise the urgency of responding to the climate crisis through design. On this course, you’ll learn how to draw on visual communication to champion the ‘…representation, inclusion, and protection of the rights of those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change…’ (UNICEF, 2022).

We recognise that the climate crisis has global impacts and that these don’t affect people and ecosystems in equal measure. BA (Hons) Design for Climate Justice is founded on an acknowledgement of both the historic and current responsibility of countries in the Global North for the climate emergency, and also advocates for those who have done the least to contribute to the climate crisis but are most affected.

We also recognise the privileged position of the designer, and that to avoid widening social inequalities through creative practices, our design learning and teaching must engage with climate justice debate and reflect on traditional Western and Eurocentric approaches.

Working with the Design School disciplines of graphic design, illustration, data visualisation and interaction design, you’ll learn how to uncover, unravel, and creatively communicate existing complexities, as well as future challenges. You’ll also explore the potential for design to have positive agency, whilst being immersed in diverse and inclusive ways of doing and knowing that support global perspectives, nature-centred designing and multiple voices.

Ultimately, you’ll experiment with and evolve visual communication skills, design approaches and theories that will enable you to interrogate, integrate, originate, advocate, narrate and educate in ways that help inform a more equitable and sustainable society.

Year 1 will develop your foundational understanding of climate emergency and the working definition of climate justice, alongside building visual communication skills and creative strategies.

Year 2 will nurture communication and experiential design approaches that will enable you to preserve, restore and regenerate with others, and also provides an opportunity to explore ethical professional practices.

Year 3 will support you to consolidate your knowledge and practice by exploring your own voice as a creative communicator and ‘citizen designer’.

Admission requirements

6+
24+
169+
51+
80+

The standard entry requirements for this course are as follows:

80 UCAS tariff points, which can be made up of one or a combination of the following accepted full level 3 qualifications:

  • A Levels at grade C or above (preferred subjects include: English; History; Geography or Environmental Science, Business; Art and Design, or other subjects within Social Sciences).
  • Pass at Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (Level 3 or 4).
  • Merit, Merit, Pass at BTEC Extended Diploma (preferred subjects: Art and Design, IT & Computing). Merit at UAL Extended Diploma.
  • Access to Higher Education Diploma (preferred subject: Digital and Creative Media, Computing).
  • OR equivalent EU/International qualifications, such as International Baccalaureate Diploma at 24 points minimum
And 3 GCSE passes at grade 4 or above (grade A*-C).

3 Years
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Tuition fee and scholarships

Domestic Students

9,250 GBP
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International Students

28,570 GBP
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