Department of Social & Policy Sciences Course Catalogue 2025/26
UHSP-AKB21: BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics
Route: BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics with Year long work placement
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH ECONOMICS
Mode of Attendance: Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement
Normal course duration: 4 Years
[Page last updated: 25 July 2025]
Applicable assessment regulations: | Undergraduate assessment regulations - /publications/undergraduate-assessment-regulations/ |
Approved exemptions: | None |
Coexistent Masters course?: | No |
DACS and exit awards: | BSc (hons) Social Sciences Diploma of Higher Education [exit award] Certificate of Higher Education [exit award] Transfer to DAP possible from study years as follows: Year 1: Yes; Year 2: No; Year 3: Yes; Year 4: Yes; |
Weighting towards final award by stage: | Stage 1: 0% Stage 2: 32% Stage 3: 0% Final Stage: 68% |
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
This course is being replaced. Years 1 to 3 of this version are not available in 2025/6. |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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Students must take 30 credits in each semester (including compulsory units). 10 credit AY units count as 5 credits in each semester. |
Academic Year: Final Stage
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
SP32021 | Becoming a development professional: skills in practice | 10 Credits |
SP32038 | International development with economics dissertation | 20 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 30 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
PS22008 | Social psychology and individual differences | 10 Credits |
SP32043 | Policy analysis for professional practice | 10 Credits |
SP32069 | Global development in the climate crisis | 10 Credits |
SP32070 | Global political economy: critical understandings of the intersection of society, market and governance | 10 Credits |
SP32071 | Humanitarianism | 10 Credits |
Semester 1: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 15 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
PL32088 | Global transitions and retreats from democracy | 10 Credits |
PL32098 | Postcolonialism and the politics of resistance in Asia, Africa and Latin America | 10 Credits |
PL32098 | Postcolonialism and the politics of resistance | 10 Credits |
SP32066 | Atrocities, conflict, human rights | 5 Credits |
SP32068 | Development finance | 5 Credits |
SP32077 | The sociology of experts and evidence | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 15 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
ED32017 | Technology and childhood: an international perspective | 5 Credits |
ES32017 | History of economic thought | 10 Credits |
PL32092 | LGBTQ+ politics | 5 Credits |
PL32107 | The resurgence of reactionary politics | 5 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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