BA Development Studies

SOAS, University of London
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    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Programme Code: L905 BA/DevS
Start of programme: September
Mode of Attendance: Full-time
Have you got a passion for addressing the major issues and challenges facing today’s global community? The BA Development Studies programme draws upon the significant expertise of our academic staff. This exciting programme examines key topics in international development, while analysing the roles and impact of a wide variety of regional and international actors. By the time you graduate, you will have cultivated a deep knowledge of the causes of - and responses to - poverty, marginalisation and vulnerability in developing countries and the process of dramatic social, economic and political change.
Why study Development Studies at SOAS?
we are specialists within the humanities including in key topics such as international development, gender development, violence and conflict, environmental sustainability, the role of aid and trade in promoting development, as well as refugees and forced migration
our staff have unrivalled practical knowledge across the discipline and regularly inform organisations such as the UN, NGOs and international governments
as well as the curriculum knowledge you will also obtain a rich historical and cultural knowledge about the countries and regions in which you may work in
you will be able to flexibly structure your programme using our Open Options modules to take advantage of the expertise of our other departments, including the opportunity to learn a language
we are specialists in the delivery of languages. Your command of a language at SOAS will set you apart from graduates of other universities
Apply now via UCAS or visit our upcoming Open Day.
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Convenors
Leandro Vergara-Camus
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Subjects

  • Trade
  • Economics
  • Staff
  • Conflict
  • Politics
  • Options
  • IT
  • Political Theory
  • International
  • Global
  • Finance
  • Government
  • Banking and Finance
  • IT Development
  • Government Politics
  • International Economics
  • Development
  • Political Economy
  • Communication
  • Africa
  • Development Studies
  • Governane
  • Migration studies
  • Non governmental organisations

Course programme

Students take 120 credits per year composed of core and optional modules, which allows for students to design their own intellectual journey while maintaining a strong grasp of the fundamentals.

Highlights include:

  • Introductions to key issues in international development, such as gender and development; violence and conflict; environment and development; the role of aid and trade in promoting development; refugees and forced migration
  • Exploring the history of development, and the interaction of changing theories of development with practice and policy
  • The possibility of undertaking an independent study project, researching a development studies related topic of your own choosing
  • The opportunity to specialise through a range of options

Year One

Students take three core modules (90 credits) in Development Studies, in addition to 30 credits of Open Options (these are chosen from a list of SOAS modules in a subject or language other than those named in the student's degree title).

  • Introduction To Development Studies
  • Introduction to Political Economy of Development
  • Critical Reasoning in Contemporary Development Studies
Year Two

Students take three core modules (60 credits), in addition to at least 30 credits of Development Studies options. They then take either a further 30 credits of Development Studies options; 30 credits of Economics and Politics options; or 30 credits of Open Options.

  • Comparative Studies in Development
  • Introduction to Development Practice
  • Key Thinkers and Theories in Development
Year Two Development Studies Options
  • Development Communication
  • Development and conflict
  • Introduction to global forced migration studies
  • Governance and development
  • Non-governmental organisations, development and change
  • Political economy of finance, debt and development
Year Two Economics Options

N.B. 153400003 Introduction to Economic Analysis is a prerequisite for all of the options below.

  • Banking and Finance
  • International Economics
Year Two Politics Options
  • Comparative political sociology of Asia and Africa
  • Government and politics of China
  • Government and politics of South Asia
  • Government and politics of the Middle East
  • Political theory
  • Politics of development
  • Southeast Asian government and politics
  • Taiwan's Politics and International Relations
  • The state and politics in Africa
Year Three

Students take 120 credits of Development Studies, Economics and Politics options; of which 30 credits may be Open Options. Please note that Final Year students may not take any introductory level modules, including Languages.

Year Three Development Studies Options
  • BA Professional Placement
  • Development Communication
  • Development and conflict
  • Independent study project in Development Studies
  • Introduction to global forced migration studies
  • Natural resources, development and change: putting critical analysis into practice
  • Neoliberalism, Democracy and Development
  • Non-governmental organisations, development and change
  • Governance and development
  • Issues in Borders and Development
  • Issues in gender and development
  • Issues in global commodity chains, production networks and informal work
  • Issues of the working poor and development
  • Security (BA)
Year Three Economics Options
  • Principles of Marxist Political Economy
Year Three Politics Options
  • Comparative political sociology of Asia and Africa
  • Government and politics of China
  • Government and politics of South Asia
  • Government and politics of the Middle East
  • Political theory
  • Politics of development
  • Taiwan's Politics and International Relations
  • The state and politics in Africa
  • Southeast Asian government and politics
Programme Specification
  • Programme Specification 2015/16 (pdf; 90kb)
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