BA International Development and Politics with Year Abroad
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB. IB: 6,6,5 at Higher Level with a minimum of 32 points overall. BTEC: BTEC options considered
About this course
BA in International Development and Politics with Year Abroad, an international development degree centred on global development challenges and political systems. Core topics include Research Methods. This four-year degree includes a dedicated year spent studying abroad. The first year covers core foundations through Global Development Challenges I, Pathways to Political Research I, Introduction to International Development, and Understanding Politics. The second year explores specialised areas such as Comparative Politics, International Political Economy, International Relations Theory, and Global Governance. The final year involves independent research through a dissertation alongside advanced options like African Politics, Global Security, and International Negotiation.
Modules
- Global Development Challenges I
- Global Development Challenges II
- Pathways to Political Research I
- Pathways to Political Research II
- Introduction to International Development
- Introduction to Political Theory
- Politics of Development
- Understanding Politics
- Understanding development assistance
- Working in Development
- Comparative Politics
- History of Political Ideas: power, revolution and the state
- Economics Perspectives on Development
- Governing States and Societies
- Africans in the Global Diaspora
- AI Essentials and Geopolitics
- Anthropology of the Middle East
- Global Governance
- Digital Democracy
- Feminist Political Ideas
- Globalisation, Capitalism and Welfare
- International Political Economy
- International Politics of East Asia
- International Relations Theory
- International Relations of the Middle East
- International Security
- Kinship, Gender and Sexuality
- Parties and Voters across the Globe
- Political Anthropology
- Political Ethics
- Politics of Sustainable Development
- Post-Colonial Britain: Race, Identity & Belonging
- Sexuality and Identity Politics
- The Anthropology of Sport and Recreation
- The International Law and Politics of Armed Conflict
- The Politics of the European Union
- The Political Economy of Energy and Energy Security
- US Politics
- Year Abroad
- Dissertation
- African Politics
- Development: The Environmental Challenge
- Human Rights and Development
- Identity, Inequality and Inclusive Development
- American Foreign and Security Policy
- China: State and Society
- Conflict and Peace: Theory and Practice
- Contemporary International Political Economy
- Environment and climate politics: from global to local
- Global Capitalism and Migration
- Global Security
- Identity in Middle East International Politics
- International Negotiation
- Nuclear Crises
- Parliamentary Studies
- Political Theory and Social Criticism
- Politics of South Asia
- Social Justice and Politics
- Statelessness and Citizenship
- Strategy, Leadership and Foreign Policy
- The Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- The Politics of Gender, Sex and Sexuality
- The Politics of Memory
- The Politics of Protest and Dissent
- Topics in British Politics