BA International Development

Year 1

(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- demonstrate a familiarity with the basic concepts of international development, and the main theoretical approaches used to understand the processes and dynamics of international development
- demonstrate awareness of the key international actors, the importance of local context, and the role of inequality in shaping relationships between states, and between different social groups
- use basic verbal and written skills to communicate the results of their work
- present a structured and coherent simple argument
- be able to interpret and evaluate the underlying concepts and principles of development theory and practice
- evaluate qualitative and/or quantitative data
- appreciate their own strengths and weaknesses as learners
- demonstrate an awareness of professional and disciplinary boundaries

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment in the field of international development, and related NGOs and the civil service
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility
- evaluate their own achievement and that of others
- appreciate critical thinking and complex ideas as required by the modules and assignments;
- learn independently and manage time effectively, completing work to deadlines;
- develop presentation and team work skills;
- adapt flexibly to a range of tasks and working expectations of different modules;
- work within the expectations of academic boundaries and norms.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- demonstrating the knowledge and application of standard concepts relating to the global economy, social processes and social, political and economic power
- producing work that covers the introductory focus of the discipline
- demonstrating emerging abilities, skills and competencies in a variety of written and verbal formats