International Development BA (Hons)

• Colonialism and After
• Global Development Paradigms, Policy and Politics
• Sussex Perspectives on International Development

• Global Development Challenges and Innovation
• Institutions of Aid
• Key Thinkers in Development

At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.

Year 2 at sussex

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

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

At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.

Study abroad or Placement

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.

Year 3 at sussex

• Anthropology of Migration
• Capitalism and Geopolitics
• Contemporary Issues in the Global Political Economy
• Development Tools and Skills
• Development Work Experience
• Disasters, Environment and Development
• Ethnographies of Aid
• Geographies of Violence and Conflict
• Marxism and International Relations
• Mercenaries, Gangs and Terrorists: Private Security in International Politics
• Migration and Global Development
• Political Economy of the Environment
• Religions in Global Politics
• Sex and Death in Global Politics
• The Global Politics of Health
• The Politics of International Trade
• The Politics of Terror
• Wealth, Inequality and Development

• International Development Thesis

• Capitalism and Geopolitics
• Critical Perspectives on Conflict and Violence
• Decolonial Movements
• Development and Geopolitics in East Asia: in-depth Analysis
• Development, Business and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Global Approaches to Peace
• Human Rights
• International Relations of the Modern Middle East: in-depth Analysis
• Rural Livelihoods in the Global South
• Sex and Death in Global Politics: in depth Analysis
• The Political Economy of Latin American Development: in-depth Analysis
• The Reign of Rights in Global Politics