International Development

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.

You are required to take the following modules:

• Critical Studies in Development (30 credits)
• History of the Global Economy (30 credits)
• Economic Analysis of Emerging Economies (30 credits)
• Social & Political Analysis of Emerging Economies (30 credits)

There are no optional modules in your first year.

2nd Year

You are required to take the following modules:

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

In addition, you are also required to take 30 credits from the following optional modules, which may typically include:

• East Asian Development (15 credits)
• China & Development (15 credits)
• Transition, Emergence & Development in Africa (15 credits)
• Development Issues in South Asia (15 credits)
• Political Economy of Development in Latin America (15 credits)

You are also required to take 45 credits worth of additional optional modules, to bring your total for the year to 120 credits. Optional modules may typically include:

• Migration and Development (15 credits)
• Race, Privilege and Identity (15 credits)
• Social Justice: Ethnographic Insights (15 credits)
• Microeconomics for Development (15 credits)
• Macroecornomics for Development (15 credits)
• Approved modules from other Departments

International Development BA

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

You are required to take the following modules:

• Dissertation (30 credits)

• 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)
• Comparative Public Policy Analysis (15 credits)
• Advanced Topics in Development Economics (15 credits)
• Forensic Economics (15 credits)
• Econometrics (15 credits)
• The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship (15 credits)
• Project Management for International Development (15 credits)
• Environmental Health Politics (15 credits)
• Approved modules from other Departments

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. This will depend on reaching a certain grade average and being accepted by a partner institution. The year abroad does not accrue credits towards the degree. 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

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.

You are required to take the following modules:

• Dissertation (30 credits)

• 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)