Department of Social & Policy Sciences Programme Catalogue 2019/0 |
UHSP-AFB21: BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH ECONOMICS |
Mode of attendance: Full-time |
Normal programme duration: 3 years |
Please see your programme handbook for circumstances where transfer to DAP may be permitted/required. |
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Year 1 |
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Academic Year: Part 1 Stage 1 |
Designated Essential Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
ES10010 | Introductory economics | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] ![]() |
Semester 1: Part 1 Stage 1 |
Designated Essential Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
SP10204 | Introduction to international development | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP10206 | Thinking and working cross-culturally: Introduction to social analysis of development | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
Compulsory Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
ES10007 | The modern world economy | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP10059 | Becoming a social science researcher: Part 1 | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
Semester 2: Part 1 Stage 1 |
Designated Essential Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
SP10203 | Development economics: microeconomic perspective | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP10205 | Introduction to politics of development | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
Compulsory Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
SP10159 | Becoming a social science researcher: Part 2 | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
Optional Units: Select 1 unit from the following list: |
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Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
MN10248 | Introduction to accounting | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP10001 | Social policy, welfare and the state | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP10287 | Social policy and YOU | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
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Year 2 |
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Academic Year: Part 2 Stage 2 |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
ES20070 | Money and finance | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] ![]() |
Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 2 |
Compulsory Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
SP20062 | Qualitative social research methods | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP20207 | Researching social change | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP20277 | Development economics: macroeconomic perspective | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list: |
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Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
PL20721 | International organisation | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP20244 | Political sociology | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP20299 | Understanding migrations: between transnational governance and lived experience | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP20300 | The social science of climate change | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 2 |
Compulsory Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
SP20160 | Quantitative data analysis | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP20208 | International politics of development | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP20209 | Development policy and practice | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list: |
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Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
SP20005 | Making and communicating policy: theories and practices | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP20069 | Philosophy of the social sciences | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP20262 | The manufacture of consent: propaganda, public relations and power | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP20298 | Civil society and NGOs in the developing world | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP20301 | The social science of climate change: applied research project | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
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Year 3 |
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Academic Year: Part 3 Stage 3 |
Compulsory Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
SP30306 | International development dissertation | 18 credits [equivalent to 36 CATS credits] ![]() |
Semester 1: Part 3 Stage 3 |
Compulsory Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
SP30307 | Global inequality: economic and political perspectives | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 18 credits from the following list: |
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Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
PL30107 | Culture & national identity | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
PL30468 | Transitions to democracy | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
PL30732 | The politics of ethnicity, religion, and nationalism | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
PL30741 | US global politics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP30118 | Power in society | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP30210 | Conflict, security and international development | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP30302 | Crime and the Media | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
Semester 2: Part 3 Stage 3 |
Compulsory Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
SP30278 | Development finance | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 18 credits from the following list: |
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Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
PL30744 | Anti-politics and direct action | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
PL30745 | Culture and religion in international relations | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP30212 | Contemporary issues in African development | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP30263 | Ideas about 'terrorism' | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP30286 | Policy evaluation | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP30310 | The developmental state | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
SP40215 | Critical issues in social development | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] ![]() |
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