Course Content
Year 1
Core modules in this year include:
- International Development: Academic Enrichment Programme (AEP L4) – 0 credits
- Introduction to Development Studies: Policy and Practice – 20 credits
- Performing Like a Pro: Skills for Professional and Academic Success (ID) – 40 credits
- The Making of The Global South – 20 credits
Optional modules in this year include:
- French General Language Grade 3 – 20 credits
- French Grade 1 and 2 – General Language – 20 credits
- French Grade 1 and 2 – Language in Use – 20 credits
- Language Project (Spanish) – 20 credits
- Language Project (French) – 20 credits
- Mandarin Grade 1 and 2 – General Language – 20 credits
- Mandarin Grade 1 and 2 – Language in Use – 20 credits
- Spanish General Language Grade 3 – 20 credits
- Spanish Grade 1 and 2 – General Language – 20 credits
- Spanish Grade 1 and 2 – Language in Use – 20 credits
Year 2
Core modules in this year include:
- Economics and Politics of Development – 20 credits
- Global Environmental Issues and Concerns – 20 credits
- International Development: Academic Enrichment Programme (AEP L5) – 0 credits
- Year Abroad Preparation – 0 credits
Optional modules in this year include:
- Analysing Foreign and Security Policy – 20 credits
- Analysing Foreign Policy – 20 credits
- Development and Democracy in Latin America – 20 credits
- Development Economics L5 – 20 credits
- East Asian States and Societies – 20 credits
- Empire and Its Afterlives in Britain, Europe, and Africa – 20 credits
- French General Language Grade 3 and 4 (Part 1) – 20 credits
- French General Language Grade 3 and 4 (Part 2) – 20 credits
- French General Language Grade 4 – 20 credits
- Gender and Social Justice – 20 credits
- International Community Development – 20 credits
- Introduction to Teaching – 20 credits
- Introduction to Translation – 20 credits
- Language for Professional Communication (French) – 20 credits
- Language for Professional Communication (Spanish) – 20 credits
- Managing Across Cultures (FHEQ5) – 20 credits
- Mandarin General Language Grade 3 and 4 (Part 1) – 20 credits
- Mandarin General Language Grade 3 and 4 (Part 2) – 20 credits
- Modern Foreign Language – 20 credits
- Professional Experience L5 – 20 credits
- Spanish General Language Grade 3 and 4 (Part 1) – 20 credits
- Spanish General Language Grade 3 and 4 (Part 2) – 20 credits
- Spanish General Language Grade 4 – 20 credits
- Russian & Eurasian Politics – 20 credits
Optional placement year
- work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years
- Year abroad
Year 4
Optional modules in this year include:
- Africa Revisited: Nation Building and 'State Fragility' in Post-Colonial Africa – 20 credits
- China and East Asian Economies – 20 credits
- French General Language Grade 6 – 20 credits
- Global Capitalism: Past, Present and Future – 20 credits
- Global Health – 20 credits
- Independent Project (International Development) – 20 credits
- Interpreting 1 – 20 credits
- Interpreting 2 – 20 credits
- Mandarin General Language Grade 6 – 20 credits
- NGOs and Social Movements – 20 credits
- Professional Development: Recruiters and Candidates – 20 credits
- Professional Experience L6 – 20 credits
- Race, Rights and Development: Global Perspectives on Inequality and Social Justice – 20 credits
- Research Project (SLAL) – 20 credits
- Rethinking Aid and Development – 20 credits
- Spanish General Language Grade 6 – 20 credits
- Transitional Justice and Human Rights – 20 credits
- Translation Theory and Practice (UG) – 20 credits
- Translation Theory and Practice (UG) (Chinese) – 20 credits