International Development BA (Hons)

at University of Sussex

Year 1 at Sussex

Core modules
Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.

Autumn teaching

• Colonialism and After
• Global Development Paradigms, Policy and Politics
• Sussex Perspectives on International Development

Spring teaching

• Global Development Challenges and Innovation
• Institutions of Aid
• Key Thinkers in Development

Year 2 at Sussex

Core modules
Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.

Autumn teaching

• Economic Perspectives on Development
• Research Skills for Development
• Social Change, Culture and Development

Study abroad or Placement

• Study abroad (optional)
  Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.
• Placement (optional)
  To help you gain experience and increase your employability, you can apply for an optional placement as part of your course. You’ll be responsible for applying for and securing your placement. Our dedicated careers team can provide you with information and advice. If you’re successful in obtaining a placement, this will form part of your course.

Year 3 at Sussex

Options

You choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example in response to student feedback or the latest research.

While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group.

Autumn teaching

• Critical Perspectives on Conflict and Violence
• Cultures of Colonialism
• Development Tools and Skills
• Geographies of Money, Finance, and Debt
• Global Food Security
• Global Food Security
• Horizontal Development(s)
• Human Rights
• Mobilities and Global Inequalities
• Refugees, Migrants and Religion
• Religions in Global Politics
• The Global Politics of Health
• The Politics of Armed Groups: Rebels, State and Society

Autumn and spring teaching

• International Development Thesis

Spring teaching

• Decolonial Movements
• Development, Business and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Digital Development: Gender, Health and Technology
• Geographies of Rising and Declining Powers
• Global Politics of Food
• Global Resistance: Subjects and Practices
• Race, Ethnicity and Identity
• Urban Futures
• Whose Histories Matter? Doing Decolonial Heritage and National Identities

A-level

Typical offer    
AAB-ABB

Contextual offer    

• BBC-BCC
• Not everyone has the same support to get to higher education – we help you reach your potential. When we receive applications through UCAS, we consider all factors and will sometimes make contextual offers as part of our Access and Participation Plan

GCSEs    
You should have a broad range of GCSEs grade 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.

Extended Project Qualification    
We take the EPQ into account when considering your application and it can be useful in the summer when your results are released if you have narrowly missed the conditions of your offer.  We do not routinely include the EPQ in the conditions of your offer but we sometimes offer alternative conditions that include the EPQ. 

International Baccalaureate

Typical offer    
32-34 points overall from the full IB Diploma.

European Baccalaureate

Typical offer    
Overall result of at least 77% - 80%

• Home students: £9,250 per year
• Channel Islands and Isle of Man students: £9,250 per year
• International students: £18,500 per year

Note that your fees may be subject to an increase on an annual basis as the Government reviews the fee levels.

You gain transferable skills such as being intellectually flexible and an independent learner. You also develop organisational, communication and interpersonal skills.

You can use your International Development degree for careers in:

• environment and international development
• the charity, voluntary, social and welfare sectors
• the Civil Service, politics and social research.

We support and stay in touch with our graduates – you can attend specialist careers events and receive careers advice from Sussex, even after when you have completed your studies.

Graduate destinations

Recent International Development graduates have started jobs as or in:

• global change and deployment specialist, Save the Children International
• consultant, UN Industrial Development Organisation
• communications and administration officer, Bhopal Medical Appeal.