2021/22 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA International Development

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

The minimum requirements are normally A,B,B at 'A' level or equivalent

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Politics and International Studies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Politics and International Studies

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Programme specification:

On completion of the programme, students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- understand the nature and significance of international development as a process and political, economic and social goal
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the origins and evolution of international development, from its emergence in the post-WWII era up to the present day, including the role of international institutions in a variety of shifting contexts
- demonstrate a solid knowledge of recent international development scholarship and an ability to critically engage with it
- appreciate the limits to the approaches and analytical frames prevalent in the international development literature
- demonstrate a solid grasp of key international development tools and policies and their impact on society
- critically evaluate the various ways in which ‘Development is done’ in a range of regional and temporal contexts and under different geo-political climates
- evaluate different interpretations of global processes by which inequality is produced and maintained, and factors that promote positive social, political and economic change; and design and carry out an extended self-initiated research project

The programme:
- offers a unique opportunity to study for a semester abroad, in Ghana for development students (this can be combined with the standard study abroad options). Many students currently use this as an opportunity to carry out volunteering work, which motivates many students for the final year and is used by many as a springboard for their dissertation topic in their final year
- has a strong identity which specialises in the international political economy of development, complemented by a strong focus on social and practical development skills and approaches. It also includes a wide range of contemporary global challenges, that forms a strand from Global Development Challenges module at Level One, through to the entire range of optional modules at Level Three

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

You are required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

You may choose one of the following optional modules. Alternatively, you may choose 20 credits of discovery modules.

Please speak to your Programme Leader if you need advice about study choices.

Discovery modules:

You may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules. Please make sure you have the necessary pre-requisites before you enrol. You will find a list of discovery modules within the Catalogue. They are identified by a D before the title. Please be aware you can only take level 1 modules at Level 1 for example PIED 1XXX

POLIS hosts the multi-disciplinary power and conflict module which you may choose to take if you wish. However there are also numerous other discovery modules based in other schools that you may choose from

Your total credits for the year should be 120

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

You are required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

You are required to study at least 40 and up to 80 credits from the following optional modules:

You must pass 80 credits of Polis modules and 100 credits of Level 2 modules overall

To make up your total number of credits, you may take further options from the following list. You must pass 100 credits overall of Level 2 modules.

Please speak to your Programme Leader if you need advice about study choices.

Discovery modules:

You may choose up to 40 credits of discovery modules. Please make sure you have the necessary pre-requisites before you enrol.

Your total credits for the year should be 120.

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

You are required to study the following compulsory dissertation module:

Optional modules:

LIST A
You must choose between 40 and 80 credits of optional modules from the following list: You may take all 80 credits from List A

LIST B
You are required to study 20-40 credits from the following optional modules. You may take your remaining 20 credits as discovery modules.

Please speak to your Programme Leader if you need advice about study choices.

Discovery modules:

You may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules. Please make sure you have the necessary pre-requisites before you enrol.

Your total credits for the year should be 120.

Last updated: 02/09/2021 14:06:04

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