BSc Economics and International Development (University of Bath)
Training Provider: University of Bath
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Department of Economics and International Development (DEID)
 

• establish a firm disciplinary base in economics, a coherent understanding of the concepts and models of economics;
• develop an analytical and empirical understanding of the relevance of economics to contemporary problems and policies;
• analyse and evaluate economic problems so that they can reach considered and appropriate conclusions, and can competently communicate the reasoning behind these conclusions;
• focus knowledge of economics on issues of international development, and embrace different disciplinary perspectives;
• access a flexible educational framework that enables them to maintain a broad course of study, including the option to study a language;
• attain their full academic potential, within an environment which is constructively critical and where current research of staff members informs their teaching.

BA International Development Studies (Saint Mary's University)
Training Provider: Saint Mary's University
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: International Development Studies, Faculty of Arts
The Undergraduate International Development Studies Program is an interdisciplinary degree program which uses the analytical concepts and research of many university disciplines to explain the startling, and in many cases disturbing, differences in human living conditions among the world’s social groups, especially those found in what is commonly called the developing world.
 
Using the techniques and theories of the social sciences and humanities disciplines, the Undergraduate International Development Studies Program carries out research and assesses available explanations and engages in real world practices which seek to further the betterment of human living conditions in all countries throughout the world, but especially those countries in the so-called developing world.
 
The Undergraduate International Development Studies Program has a strong orientation towards empirical research, fieldwork, and other forms of primary data acquisition. However, there is also an important role in international development studies for evaluating the empirical research of others in an attempt to create useful synthetic understandings and explanations which contribute to the formation of development perspectives and development theory. Besides the social science disciplines, extensive use is also made of the analytical techniques, explanations and understandings of philosophy, history, psychology, modern languages, religious studies, management, and a number of the natural sciences.
 
A degree in International Development Studies may be combined with a degree in another discipline recognized by the International Development Studies Program. Joint majors, and minors, may be arranged through consultation with the University department involved and the Coordinator of International Development Studies Program.

BA Development Studies and... - 2 Subject degree (School of Oriental & African Studies)
Training Provider: School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS)
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Department of Development Studies
The combined honours degree in Development Studies at SOAS was established in 1991 to provide challenging and innovative teaching in the field of development studies. It is a multidisciplinary course which grounds the study of social, political and economic changes in the developing world in a thorough understanding of specific environmental, historical and cultural contexts. Through the study of problems of development, students are expected to acquire analytical skills, to learn how to make connections between the global and the local, to present materials and ideas effectively and to develop a critical and non-Eurocentric attitude to the understanding of development.