BA (Hons) Community Education

The Community Education course at The University of the West of Scotland is designed to prepare students for a career that involves challenging inequality and contributing towards social justice. The curriculum focuses on promoting change, inequality, and social justice by working collaboratively with communities. The course adopts a practical experiential approach to your learning and facilitates the development of transferable skills that employers in this sector value.Course Content: The course curriculum entails diverse subjects like social practice, psychology, sociology and public policy. In the final year, students undertake a work-based project in community-based organisations that provides the opportunity to practice all of the learning from the programme in a real-life work situation.Key Modules: Some of the modules include 'Understanding Community', 'Power and Discrimination', ‘Social Identities and Social Issues', 'Community Development', 'Understanding Learning', and 'Equality and Social Justice'. Accreditations: The Community Education course at UWS is professionally approved by the Community Learning and Development Standards Council for Scotland and is a member of the International Association for Community Development.Future Careers: The course equips students with the skills and knowledge for opportunities in various community-focused roles, including community education, community development, youth work, health improvement, housing, and social and welfare roles.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.