Bachelor of Science (Hons) in International Politics and Sociology

at City, University of London United Kingdom

Gain a strong knowledge of the creative industries and its evolution as a force to globally empower economic and social development. Our MA lets you explore tensions, organisations and issues that emerge from cultural industries. You will learn how processes interact at a local, regional and world levels.

During this programme you will develop an understanding of how cultural goods are produced and consumed.

You will learn how global cultural trade flows are uneven and why there are consequences for local and national development.

Our programme gives you a unique chance to critically approach economic and social aspects of global culture and it transformation on a global and local scale.

Mental health nurses help patients understand and manage their condition, take positive steps towards recovery, and minimise the impact of their mental health on everyday life.

Working in community or hospital settings, you will support patients of all ages and backgrounds, with diverse conditions such as anxiety, depression, addiction, eating disorders, OCD, perinatal depression and more.

This three-year degree is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and provides the opportunity to train in one of London's leading departments for nursing.

You will graduate with the skills and knowledge to start your career with confidence, due to the wide range of professional experiences built into your training.

• Benefit from diverse clinical placements at East London NHS Foundation Trust
• Practise your skills in our well-equipped Clinical Skills Centre, before transferring these skills to real life settings
• Spend approximately half your time on clinical placement, understanding the journeys of service users including older people, children, the severely ill and those in recovery
• Learn from leading academics, active researchers, clinicians and experts in mental health nursing, to gain up-to-date insights about professional practice.

Realise your passion for words and self-expression through a flexible creative writing programme that will develop your skills in your chosen form: fiction, genre fiction or non-fiction. This degree combines a passion for the power of the imagination with intensive study of craft and critical approaches to writing.

You will learn how to read and think as a writer and explore the choices faced and decisions taken by writers. This serves to inform and enrich your own work.

We aim to give you an understanding of the business of writing in all its forms, from print and electronic publication to public performance and the use of social media, as well as the role of editors, agents and publishers.

While you will choose a form of creative writing as your focus (fiction, genre fiction or non-fiction) you will develop technical awareness across a range of genres, and acquire transferable skills

Who is this course for?

If you are seeking a way of developing creative writing skills in your preferred genre, this programme is ideal.

Whether your interests lie in fiction, non-fiction or particular genre fiction, we can empower your creative journey.

Our programme is underpinned by the conviction that imagination is a vital mode of perception and enquiry, and language and literature can transform individual lives and cultures. We hope you share that same conviction.

Learn how to effectively produce and apply empirical research through the development of extensive methodological skills and knowledge. You will gain a broad interdisciplinary perspective of research production and consumption while boosting your understanding and practice of qualitative and quantitative research methods.

You will directly benefit from the expertise of our staff. They will ensure that whatever your academic or professional background, you achieve the broadest possible interdisciplinary perspective on empirical research.

You will also benefit from independently pursuing a specialist subject through original research and selected modules.

We aim to give you an overview of key issues in research design and the philosophical foundations of social research.

This program aims to provide you with a deep understanding of collection-orientated institutions and services and their relevance in society. Your course will enable you to examine the processes of information organization, communication, access and provision, as well as considering library infrastructures and services from both historical and philosophical perspectives.

This course will prepare you for a career in collection-related institutions and services. It is also ideal for those wishing to update their skills in this sector.

Library Science is a broad, interdisciplinary field, the principles and practices of which underpin today's information society.

With an emphasis on the use of new and emergent technologies; information resource description and organization; methods of investigation and analysis; ethical, legal, and socio-political implications, and policy formulation, this course is an ideal foundation for a career in modern collection-based services.

Learn about the latest theory and practice influencing the care and support of people experiencing mental health difficulties and contribute to research that improves the well-being of individuals and communities. You will critically evaluate approaches to compassionate mental health care and consider innovative ways of developing ethical and culturally sensitive practice.

You will gain a thorough grounding in research skills and applied data analysis to support your role as an evidence-based practitioner able to critically evaluate approaches to support and care for people experiencing mental ill-health.

You will address key principles of adult mental healthcare and current issues affecting mental health policy and practice through core discipline-specific modules.

Elective modules will allow you to build your professional knowledge and pursue your particular areas of interest.

The Engineering Systems course takes an interdisciplinary approach to complex systems and the analysis of interactions to enable the successful realization and use of engineered systems in industry and globally.

Over four years, you will develop the professional engineering skills required, with a focus on innovative and sustainable solutions to current and future problems in engineering systems.

Individual and group engineering design projects demonstrate your expertise to future employers and helps you transition from study to professional practice.

• Students will be trained to understand and analyze the broader context in which the engineering system is used, integrating processes and information in a holistic way, dealing with the challenges of complex systems interactions
• Benefit from exceptional industry involvement in the degree programme, taking advantage of the London location of City, including undertaking projects set by industry and guest lectures from practising engineers
• Study in world leading research facilities where different engineering systems are designed, developed and implemented for industry today
• Take an optional placement year or placement over two summer periods to boost your employability, building on the strengths in research and their industrial collaborations across the Department of Engineering, where engineering systems thinking is put into practice to make impact to meet the needs of industry today

This programme enables you to develop a career managing information across a range of organisations. You will gain a deep understanding of information resources, systems and services, and their relevance in society, enabling you to make the next step in your career.

Information Science is a broad, interdisciplinary field, which is relevant and applicable to all sectors. You’ll find many career opportunities across a variety of organisations that collect and process information of any kind.

Throughout your course you will benefit from meeting professionals already working in the field of information science, as well as those who come in to speak on our modules.

Gain a deep understanding of both the international litigation process and alternative forms of dispute resolution such as mediation and arbitration. Our specialist International Litigation and Dispute Resolution LLM delivers practical learning that holds real value in commercial and non-commercial practice.

You will learn how international litigation can be managed strategically and effectively.

We deliver a practice-focused understanding of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), mediation and arbitration. This has increasing value in commercial and non-commercial practice.

Your learning will cover rules of litigation, ADR, arbitration and mediation, within the frameworks of procedure, evidence and ethics.

Our degree gives you a unique chance to accelerate your career as a qualified legal practitioner.

This course will offer those students wishing to report on domestic and international affairs the opportunity to study in greater detail the forces that have shaped the world, and for historians and students of politics to acquire extra skills to become first-rate communicators in whichever professional field they choose to enter.

City’s Journalism department enjoys a first-rate reputation among professional journalists because of the high standard of graduates it produces.

Successful journalists are interested in ideas. This course will give you the education in Journalism, Politics and History for professional success in a complicated world where politics is often polluted by disinformation.

• Location in central London, one of the world’s leading media capitals, with access to the Journalism department’s excellent facilities, and extensive industry contacts
• The chance to study, and report on, British and international politics and history at a time when the U.K. is redefining its relationship with the rest of the world
• A focus throughout on how your studies will prepare you for professional success