BASc Global Challenges

Global Challenges is an emerging and exciting subject area which will challenge you to think differently about humanity’s relationship with the contemporary world using a trans-disciplinary lens. A transdisciplinary approach looks at how working across disciplines can help solve problems in new ways. It’s not just about interactions between different disciplinary areas but about practically applying knowledge in the context of real-world problems like the climate crisis and planetary health.
The transdisciplinary learning guiding principles
* It is action-oriented, focussing on addressing real world complex sustainability issues through thinking in systems.
* It’s a continuously evolving process that goes above and beyond individual disciplines
* It is collaborative, not only looking at academic knowledge, but how social and personal experience can help build a deeper understanding of the world – ecologically, politically, and economically.