2021/22 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA International Development (Period Abroad) (Industrial)
| Programme code: | BA-IDEV/PA4 | UCAS code: | G744 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Dr Lisa Thorley | Contact address: | L.Thorley@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 485
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, Hong Kong or Turkey 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:
| PIED1110 | Comparative Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED1201 | Global Development Challenges | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED1212 | Making of the Modern World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED1511 | International Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED1601 | Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Discovery modules:
You must choose 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
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
You are required to study the following compulsory modules:
| PIED2204 | Development Theory and Practice | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED9900 | Semester Abroad | 60 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Please note that the PIED 9900 Semester Abroad 60 credit module forms part of students' (studying this programme) overall classification.
Optional modules:
You are required to study 40 credits from the following optional modules:
| PIED2161 | Media and Democracy | 20 credits | Not running until 202223 | |
| PIED2250 | Latin American Development Challenges in Global Historical Perspective | 20 credits | Not running until 202324 | |
| PIED2448 | Politics of Contemporary China | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED2463 | United States Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED2501 | Theories of International Relations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED2570 | Forced Migration | 20 credits | Not running until 202324 | |
| PIED2601 | Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED2711 | Analysing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| PIED8800 | POLIS Industrial Placement (Full Year) | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
You are required to study the following compulsory dissertation module:
| PIED3750 | Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
LIST A
You must choose at least 40 credits (and up to 80 credits) of optional modules from the following list:
| FOSS3001 | State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3158 | British Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3170 | The End of British Politics? | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
| PIED3207 | International Development and Social Policy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3261 | Violence and Reconciliation in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3342 | Gender and Security in Global Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3608 | Philosophy of Human Rights | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3611 | Radical Political Ideas | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
LIST B
You are required to study 0-40 from the following optional modules.
| FOSS3001 | State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3325 | Europe in the World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3408 | Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3504 | Critically Analysing The Responsibility to Protect | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3565 | Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3617 | Reimagining Politics: Gender, Race, and Popular Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3650 | Global Political Economy | 20 credits | Not running until 202324 | |
| PIED3810 | Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP3500 | Gender, Technologies and the Body | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP3995 | Ethnicity and Popular Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
You may take your remaining 20 credits as discovery modules.
Discovery modules:
You may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules. Please make sure you have the necessary pre-requisites before you enrol.
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