BA (Hons) International Development (with Foundation year)

• A Level: Must include passes at A2 in at least one subject.
• BTEC: Extended Diploma (QCF) or Diploma (QCF)
• International Baccalaureate: Diploma with 24 points including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level.
• Other equivalent qualifications recognised by the university.

Note: We would normally expect you to have Grade C in GCSE English and Maths.

English Language Requirements:

• Overall IELTS score of 5.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking (or recognised equivalent).

While studying International Development you will ask questions such as: What is poverty? What is the connection between a country’s economy and the wellbeing of its people? How do issues such as inequality, conflict and faith relate to development? What is globalisation and how does it impact on all of our lives?

Our course gives special emphasis to the lived experience of people in the developing world. In doing so, it challenges the assumption that development is a purely economic phenomenon.

In addition to studying theory, you’ll learn about real-world issues in modules such as Human Mobility, Forced Migration and Social Change as well as The Politics of Global Powers and Imperialism Now: Economy, State and War.

In addition, you’ll learn a range of transferable skills that will equip you for future jobs and study in international development, whether in the private, governmental or non-governmental sector.

Many of our students go on to postgraduate study, either at UEL or other world-class institutions. We prepare you for this by introducing you to both qualitative and quantitative research methods while preparing for your final-year dissertation. This is your chance to specialise in an area of real and future interest to you.

Foundation Year

If you don’t meet the entry requirements for a bachelor’s degree, you can study this course as an ‘extended’ four-year programme. You’ll begin with a foundation year, which will prepare you for a successful transition to the degree course a year later.
By the end of the degree you’ll gain the same qualification as those obtaining direct entry to the course but you’ll take one year longer to complete your studies. 

• Key ideas and issues for Social Scientists 
• Understanding Work in Contemporary Society 
• Perspectives on Race and Racism 
• Technology and Self

Year 1

• Introduction to Development Studies
• Introduction to the Political Economy of Development 
• International Studies 
• Introduction to Social Anthropology 

Year 2

• Theories of Development and Globalisation 
• Inequalities, Social Development and Livelihoods

Optional: 

• Planning and Fundraising in the Third Sector
• Human Mobility, Forced Migration and Social Change 
• International Organisation and Global Governance
• Anthropological Theory 

Year 3

• Research Methods and Dissertation 

Optional:

• Imperialism Now: Economy, State and War 
• Global Crises 
• Islam and Society 
• Faith and Development 
• Conflict, Intervention and Development
• Overseas Study Semester
• The Politics of Global Powers 
• Topics in Regional Ethnography 
• Anthropology of Political Economy and Belief