BSc International Development with Economics
Entry requirements
A level: AAB. IB: 36 points overall and 6, 6, 5 in three Higher Level subjects.
About this course
BSc (Hons) in International Development with Economics, an international development with economics and economics degree focused on global social and economic challenges. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme includes a professional placement year in the third year of study. The first year covers foundational social science and economics through modules such as Economics, International development: global perspectives, and International development: political perspectives. The second year shifts towards economic analysis and methodology with Development economics: macro perspectives, Development economics: micro perspectives, and Quantitative data analysis: the power of statistics. The third year consists of a professional placement. The final year involves independent research culminating in the International development with economics dissertation, alongside practical training in Becoming a development professional: skills in practice.
Modules
- Becoming a social scientist 1
- Becoming a social scientist 2
- Economics
- International development: global perspectives
- International development: political perspectives
- International development: regional perspectives
- International development: social and cultural perspectives
- Development economics: macro perspectives
- Development economics: micro perspectives
- Qualitative analysis: the power of immersion
- Quantitative data analysis: the power of statistics
- Professional placement
- Becoming a development professional: skills in practice
- International development with economics dissertation