International Development

Year 1

Year 1 Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up to- date, innovative and relevant courses of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on this course page for updates.

Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

• Introduction to Development Studies (30 Credits)
• History of the Global Economy (30 Credits)
• Economic Analysis of Emerging Economies (30 Credits)
• Social & Political Analysis of Emerging Economies (30 Credits)

Optional Modules

There are no optional modules in your first year.

Year 2

Year 2 Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

• Development Theory (15 credits)
• Approaches to Researching Development: Quantitative & Qualitative Methods (30 Credits)

Optional Modules

In addition, you are also required to take four modules from the following optional modules, which may typically include:

• Diversity & Change in Political Economy of East Asia (15 Credits)
• China & Development (15 Credits)
• Transition, Emergence & Development in Africa (15 Credits)
• South Asian Political Economy (15 Credits)
• Political Economy of Development in Latin America (15 Credits)
• Governing Complex Societies: Federalism, Decentralisation and Development (15 credits)
• Migration and Development (15 credits)
• Race, Privilege and Identity (15 credits)
• Social Justice: Ethnographic Insights (15 credits)
• Microeconomics for Development (15 credits)

Year 3

Year 3

International Development BA

If you are studying the three year BA, you will take the final year modules in your third year.

Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

• Dissertation (30 credits)

Optional Modules In addition, you are also required to take six modules from the following optional modules, which may typically include:

• Gender, Society & Development (15 credits)
• Politics of Market Reforms (15 credits)
• National Development Strategies (15 credits)
• Poverty, Inequality & Social Policy (15 credits)
• Analysing Politics (15 credits)
• Health & Development in Emerging Economies (15 credits)
• Race, Privilege and Identity (15 credits)
• Comparative Public Policy Analysis (15 credits)
• Advanced Topics in Development Economics (15 credits)
• Forensic Economics (15 credits)
• Econometrics (15 credits)
• Project Management Essentials (15 credits)
• The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship (15 credits)
• Selected options from the Departments of Geography and Political Economy (subject to availability and reciprocal arrangements)

International Development with a Year Abroad BA

If you are on the four year course, you will spend your third year studying abroad before returning to complete a final year with King's. Partner universities currently include:

• Korea University
• Monash University (includes campuses in South Africa and Malaysia)
• 3 Campus Programme (students attend Keio, Yonsei and HKU)
• University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
• Yonsei University
• Chinese University of Hong Kong
• University of California
• Hong Kong University
• National University of Singapore
• Kyoto University
• Ritsumeikan University

For further information about studying abroad, please visit our Study Abroad webpage.

Year 4

Year 4

International Development with a Year Abroad BA

Students on the four year course will spend their third year studying abroad before returning to complete a final year with King’s.

Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

• Dissertation (30 credits)

Optional Modules In addition, you are also required to take six modules from the following optional modules, which may typically include:

• Gender, Society & Development (15 credits)
• Politics of Market Reforms (15 credits)
• National Development Strategies (15 credits)
• Poverty, Inequality & Social Policy (15 credits)
• Analysing Politics (15 credits)
• Health & Development in Emerging Economies (15 credits)
• Race, Privilege and Identity (15 credits)
• Comparative Public Policy Analysis (15 credits)
• Advanced Topics in Development Economics (15 credits)
• Forensic Economics (15 credits)
• Econometrics (15 credits)
• Project Management Essentials (15 credits)
• The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship (15 credits)
• Selected options from the Departments of Geography and Political Economy (subject to availability and reciprocal arrangements)