Geography and International Development BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Brighton
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Brighton
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Duration
3 Years
Learn how to tackle the world’s most critical environmental and cultural issues, and how these challenges affect development.
You learn from experts who influence global debates on topics such as poverty, inequality and migration.
And outside the classroom, you gain real-world exposure to global issues through:
debates with industry speakers
international placements
field trips (currently including locations such as Los Angeles, the Mojave Desert, Dubai and China).
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Start date
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About this course
Recent Geography graduates have gone on to jobs such as:
policy and campaign manager, Wildlife and Countryside Link
membership officer, Ethical Trading Initiative
planning adviser, Environment Agency.
You will also need GCSE (or equivalent) Mathematics, with at least grade 4 (or grade C).
You should also have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.
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Subjects
- Politics
- Global Development
- Policy and Politics
- Human Geographies
- Geographer
- Geography
- Analytical skills
- Historical Geographies
- Economic
- Social Change
Course programme
Autumn teaching
- Colonialism and After
- Global Development Paradigms, Policy and Politics
- Human Geographies of the Modern World
- Skills and Concepts in Geography I: Becoming a Geographer
- Culture Across Space and Time
- Global Development Challenges and Innovation
- Key Thinkers in Development
- Skills and Concepts in Geography II: Quantitative and Analytical Skills
Autumn teaching
- Cultural and Historical Geographies
- Economic Perspectives on Development
- Social Change, Culture and Development
- Understanding Global Migration
Autumn teaching
- Research Skills for Development
- Black Lives Matter: Postcolonial and Decolonial Representations
- Culture, Race and Ethnicity
- Development and the State
- Environmental Perspectives on Development
- Finance for Development
- Gender and Development: Theory, Concepts and Issues
- Geography Overseas Field Class
- Health, Poverty and Inequality
- International Education and Development
- Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism
- Social Geography
- Southeast England Field Class
Get involved in fieldwork from the start of your course. You develop research, analytical and team-working skills in regions where our academics actively conduct research.
In Year 2, you can pick from an exciting range of locations: current destinations include China, the Mojave Desert, Dubai and Los Angeles. There is also a UK-based field trip.
Study abroad or Placement
Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.
Placement (optional)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.
Year 3 at sussex
Autumn teaching
- Advances in Climate Sciences
- Anthropology of Migration
- Coastal Processes and Coastal Management
- Contemporary Issues in the Global Political Economy
- Contemporary Issues in the Global Political Economy
- Development Tools and Skills
- Development Work Experience
- Disasters, Environment and Development
- Disasters, Environment and Development
- Environment, Ecology and Development
- Ethnographies of Aid
- Geographies of Rising and Declining Powers
- Geographies of Violence and Conflict
- Geographies of Violence and Conflict
- Home
- Marxism and International Relations
- Mercenaries, Gangs and Terrorists: Private Security in International Politics
- Migration and Global Development
- Religion, Migration and Social Transformation
- Religions in Global Politics
- Sex and Death in Global Politics
- The Global Politics of Health
- The Politics of International Trade
- Wealth, Inequality and Development
- Geography Thesis
- International Development Thesis
- Capitalism and Geopolitics
- Class, Community, Nation
- Critical Perspectives on Conflict and Violence
- Decolonial Movements
- Decolonial Movements
- Development and Geopolitics in East Asia: in-depth Analysis
- Development, Business and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Global Environmental Change
- Human Rights
- Landscape, Nature and Representation
- Memory, Space and Place: Exploring Heritage, Power and Identities
- Rural Livelihoods in the Global South
- Rural Livelihoods in the Global South
- The Reign of Rights in Global Politics
- The United States in the World
Additional information
Geography and International Development BA (Hons)