Course description

This course provides students with a framework to position themselves as active agents with the capacity to address societal problems. The course aims to give students a 'futures literacy' that will allow them to apply humanities, social science and political science knowledge to the kinds of pressing issues that many public and private organisations are currently trying to address. Students will learn how to use this knowledge to understand social and political problems and they will develop real-world skills through assessments that replicate everyday challenges from a variety of professional settings (writing funding applications, presenting policy briefs and designing participatory policy mechanisms). Students will also have the opportunity to connect with a variety of professionals - government officials, social entrepreneurs and not-for-profit leaders - who rely on social science knowledge when doing their job. Ultimately, the focus on practical knowledge, skill-building and industry interaction will equip students with the tools and the confidence to achieve social change.

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