Politics, International Development and, BA

Bachelor's degree

In Birmingham

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Birmingham

This programme explores some of the world’s most pressing development challenges, from poverty and inequality, to migration, conflict and climate change.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Birmingham (West Midlands)
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Birmingham B15 2TT

Start date

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2020

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Subjects

  • Global
  • International
  • International Politics
  • Politics
  • Conflict

Course programme

Year one

Compulsory modules

  • Understanding Politics
  • Understanding Political Economy
  • Introduction to International Development
  • Politics of Development
  • Pathways to Political Research 1 and 2
  • Global Development Challenges 1 and 2
Year two

Compulsory modules

  • Understanding development assistance
  • Working in development
  • International political economy

Optional modules

Three second-year optional modules from IDD and POLSIS

  • Economic perspectives on development (IDD)
  • Governing states and societies (IDD)
  • The international politics of East Asia (POLSIS)
  • International Security (POLSIS)
  • America and the Middle East through politics and film (POLSIS)
  • International relations of the middle east (POLSIS)
  • Feminist political ideas (POLSIS)
  • International politics and security in Russia and Eurasia (POLSIS)
  • Global governance (POLSIS)
  • Rebels and revolutionaries: The politics of non-state armed groups (POLSIS)
  • War and peace: Theory and practice (POLSIS)
  • Controversies in contemporary democracies: Comparative perspectives (POLSIS)
  • The political economy of energy and energy security (POLSIS)
Final Year

Compulsory modules

  • Dissertation

Optional modules

Four final-year modules from below. A 50/50 split of credits between IDD and POLSIS.

  • Development: The environmental challenge (IDD)
  • Identity, inequality and inclusive development (IDD)
  • African politics (IDD)
  • Human rights and development (IDD)
  • Global uprisings: Critique and radical politics (POLSIS)
  • War-torn states and post-conflict reconstruction in the South (POLSIS)
  • Critical approaches to security (POLSIS)
  • Advanced modern Asia (POLSIS)
  • Gender in world politics (POLSIS)
  • Varieties of capitalism and welfare state models (POLSIS)
  • Law, politics and the international system: Mediating power beyond the state (POLSIS)
  • New media, social media and international politics (POLSIS)
  • Conflict, statehood and sovereignty in world politics
  • Politics of migrants, refugees and diasporas in the Middle East (POLSIS)
  • Environment, politics and society (POLSIS)
  • The diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli conflict (POLSIS)
  • Populism in contemporary politics (POLSIS)

Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.

Politics, International Development and, BA

Price on request