Course overview
By studying a Professional Studies degree, you will gain a qualification grounded in the skills that employers value in professional roles today.
Designed with the world of work in mind, this course is particularly relevant if you can bring work experience to your studies. You will learn about key contemporary issues such as globalisation, diversity, and technology. The course content is developed to apply to the world of work and encompasses professional and project strands which focus on skills relevant to employers.
You can choose to specialise in a particular area of professional development:
business management
child and family studies
learning and teaching
creative writing
Career opportunities
The Professional Studies BA has the relevance and breadth that many employers look for when recruiting graduates. Interdisciplinary study is highly valued by employers because of the skills that it develops in problem-solving, adaptability and analytical thinking. The degree focuses on key issues and professional practice to ensure that your learning is relevant and introduces you to how and why experts from different disciplines arrive at their positions.
Graduates from Professional Studies have gained graduate positions in the public and voluntary sector (becoming Business Managers, Housing Officers, Support Work Managers), the NHS, the Care Quality Commission, and in the Home Office and Civil Service. Some have undertaken postgraduate qualifications to become social workers, educators, and in staff development. Others are now undertaking research in human rights, international business and intercultural understanding.
Course details
You will take two core strands each year: the professional and interdisciplinary strands. The third strand provides an opportunity to specialise in either business management, child and family studies, learning and teaching, creative writing or to pursue a broader discovery strand.
In year 1, core modules will examine identity and diversity, health and society, and employability. A research module will help develop your skills for independent enquiry and project management. Additionally, you can follow your own interests and career goals through your chosen professional pathway or discovery route.
In year 2, you will focus on global perspectives, contemporary issues, and creativity. There is further opportunity to customise the course to your own career goals through your chosen professional pathway or discovery route.
Finally, in year 3, core modules will explore technology, new media, and society, how to apply for funding to create positive changes in the city of Leeds, and leadership. You will undertake a major research project and take two further modules in your chosen area of focus.
If you are studying part-time you will complete the course at a 50% intensity each year of study.
The key learning outcomes of this degree course are:
to understand and engage in key debates in contemporary interdisciplinary areas such as identity and diversity, the changing world of work, creativity in work, global perspectives, technology and new media, health and society, and leadership
to gain a critical understanding of how to get involved in social change
to analyse and problem-solve real-world issues creatively and critically
to research areas of your own interest and develop your own research focus
to undertake an independent research project
Course structure
The list shown below represents typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our terms and conditions.For more information and a full list of typical modules available on this course, please read Professional Studies BA Full Time in the course catalogue
For more information and a full list of typical modules available on this course, please read Professional Studies BA Part Time in the course catalogue
Year 1 compulsory modules
- Exploring Diversity
- Employability in a Changing World
- Health and Society
- Introduction to Research and Ethics
Year 2 compulsory modules
- Global Perspectives
- Creativity, Work and Change
- Exploring Contemporary Issues
- Planning and Developing a Research Project
- Project/Dissertation
- Leadership for a Changing World
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