1. Broadening
2. Creating Sustainable Futures

Creating Sustainable Futures

Why choose discovery modules from Creating Sustainable Futures?

Want to increase your employability potential by having the sustainability knowledge and skills that companies, public institutions, government and civil society now require?

Want to get your teeth into the global and local challenges that are shaping our world such as the human cost of cheap consumer goods (poor working conditions, financial inequalities) or the impact of climate change (flooding and droughts)? What might a sustainable future look like and how can we best manage change?

Modules in this Theme will expose you to a range of different tools and approaches that can be used in tackling such problems. You can get stuck in to solving sustainability issues at work, in communities or individual lifestyles. Be part of the ‘campus living laboratory’ scheme alongside the University’s Sustainability Service.

If you enjoy practical project-based work and researching new topics that just might help change the world, then this theme is for you! Click here to see how you can develop a pathway of discovery modules.

We have developed an exciting module just for this Theme that involves blended learning (online learning) or hands on experience in the local community:

• SOEE1610 Introduction to Creating Sustainable Futures

• GEOG2661 Social Ecological Systems

• SOEE2035 Community Engagement Project

Watch the video, produced by LSTV - a student-run society, to find out more about Creating Sustainable Futures.

If you have any questions about Discovery modules you can talk to your academic personal tutor, or email curriculum@leeds.ac.uk 

Make the most of your discovery modules

Depending on how your interests develop, you can opt to take further discovery modules within this Theme, or explore new topics in other Discovery Themes. Alternatively, you may wish to take a selection of modules from just one of the sub-themes in 'Creating Sustainable Futures' which cover: the science behind sustainability, how to manage global and local challenges in all types of organisations, how society and its institutions are reacting to these challenges, and student opportunities to get involved in sustainability projects.

Click here to see how you can develop a pathway of discovery modules.

If you want to branch out into other Themes, ‘Exploring the Sciences’ offers modules which cover scientific breakthroughs and challenges. Alternatively, learn about the relationship between sustainability and business by taking modules from the ‘Enterprise and Innovation’ Theme.