Economics and International Development BA (Hons)

• Colonialism and After
• Economics Principles 1
• Global Development Paradigms, Policy and Politics
• Introduction to Mathematics for Finance and Economics

• Global Development Challenges and Innovation
• Key Thinkers in Development
• Macroeconomics 1
• Microeconomics 1

• Macroeconomics 2
• Microeconomics 2

• Advanced Macroeconomics
• Advanced Microeconomics

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

• Development and the State
• Environmental Perspectives on Development
• Finance for Development
• Gender and Development: Theory, Concepts and Issues
• Health, Poverty and Inequality
• International Education and Development
• Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism

Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.

A placement is a great way to network and gain practical skills. When you leave Sussex, you’ll benefit from having the experience employers are looking for.

Recent students from the Department of Economics and Department of International Development have gone on placements at:

• PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
• Ernst & Young
• Progressio.

All students receive dedicated support throughout their placement – from finding an employer to preparing for an interview.

Year 3 at sussex

• Statistics and Introductory Econometrics

• Statistics Project

• Anthropology of Migration
• Contemporary Issues in the Global Political Economy
• Development Tools and Skills
• Development Work Experience
• Disasters, Environment and Development
• Economics of European Integration
• Environment, Ecology and Development
• Environmental Economics
• Ethnographies of Aid
• Experimental Economics
• Geographies of Violence and Conflict
• International Trade
• Labour Economics
• Marxism and International Relations
• Mathematical Statistics
• Mercenaries, Gangs and Terrorists: Private Security in International Politics
• Migration and Global Development
• Monetary Theory and Policy
• Religions in Global Politics
• Sex and Death in Global Politics
• The Global Politics of Health
• The Politics of International Trade
• Understanding Global Markets
• Wealth, Inequality and Development

• International Development Thesis

• Behavioural Economics
• Capitalism and Geopolitics
• Climate Change Economics
• Critical Perspectives on Conflict and Violence
• Decolonial Movements
• Development and Geopolitics in East Asia: in-depth Analysis
• Development, Business and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Economics of Crime
• Economics of Education
• Financial Economics
• Global Approaches to Peace
• Human Rights
• Rural Livelihoods in the Global South
• Rural Livelihoods in the Global South
• The Economics of Development
• The Reign of Rights in Global Politics
• The United States in the World