International Development BA

at King's College London

Structure

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

This is a three-year degree course in which you will take a combination of required and optional modules to total 360 credits.

Year 1

Required modules

Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.

You are required to take the following modules:

• Introduction to Development Studies (30 Credits)
• History of the Global Economy (30 Credits)
• Economic Analysis of Emerging Economies (30 Credits)
• Social & Political Analysis of Emerging Economies (30 Credits)

Year 2

Required modules

You are required to take the following modules:

• Development Theory (15 credits)
• Approaches to Researching Development: Quantitative & Qualitative Methods (30 Credits)

Year 3

Required modules
If you are studying the three year BA, you will take the final year modules in your third year. You are required to take the following module:

• Dissertation (30 Credits)

Preferred subjects:
At least one social science subject.

Standard requirements

• The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be 60 credits in total.
• Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall: 36 credits must be from units awarded at Distinction, with 9 at Merit.
• The Access to Higher Education Diploma should be in a relevant subject - Humanities, Social Sciences, or similar - to be considered.

Contextual requirements

• The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be 60 credits in total.
• Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall: 30 credits must be from units awarded at Distinction, with 15 at Merit.
• The Access to Higher Education Diploma should be in a relevant subject - Humanities, Social Sciences, or similar - to be considered.

Tuition Fees

Full time tuition fees UK:
The UK tuition fee for the academic year is currently £9,250 per year. This is based on the UK Government’s cap.

Full time tuition fees International:
The International tuition fee for the academic year is £21,840 per year.

Please note that the International tuition fee is subject to annual increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.

All International applicants to Undergraduate programmes are required to pay a deposit of £2,000 against their first year’s tuition fee. This deposit is payable when you firmly accept an unconditional offer to study with us, and will be offset against your tuition fees when you join King’s.

If you choose the study abroad option with one of King’s partner universities, you will not be charged tuition fees by the host university (although some partners do charge a small administration fee for applying). King’s will continue to invoice for a proportion of King's tuition fees.

You should also budget to pay for the associated subsistence costs, such as travel, visas, accommodation and food as well as any vaccination/immunisations required by the country to which you are travelling.  

The emerging markets are the most dynamic economies and societies in the world today. Their economic growth rates may wax and wane and they face real challenges to continuing success. Nevertheless, their emergence is fundamentally changing the global political economy and they will continue to be dynamic and vital countries for the foreseeable future.

This course provides high quality training for students seeking employment related to the emerging economies, including the development sector in the UK, other OECD countries, and increasingly in ‘emerging economies’ too.