BSc International Development with Economics Dr Aurelie Charles Department of Social & Policy Sciences June 2016
Overview What is the course about? Its structure Our approach to teaching and learning Why Bath? The Faculty and Department Related courses Careers Admissions Questions
What is International Development with Economics all about? 1. How are life prospects for ALL people across the world changing? 2. What explains variation in this: by country, gender, generation..? 3. How should and could our prospects be improved? 4. How do we turn ideas into action?
What is International Development with Economics all about? Economics International development studies Politics and international relations Social anthropology, sociology, social policy Geography Philosophy Policy sciences Others?!
Course aims To enable you to study economic, social and political aspects of ID both separately and together. To combine a historical approach to understanding development (how the world is) with a normative approach (how it could and should be changed). To allow you to specialise in different areas as the course progresses. To emphasise economics throughout the degree because of its importance to international development as a field of work, and because of the transferable work skills it provides.
Course structure Economics Politics Sociology & anthropology Interface stream Year 1 Development economics micro; Introductory economics; Modern world Economy The politics of development Thinking and working crossculturally Academic and research skills; Introduction to international development One option (including from economics, politics, or sociology) Year 2 Development economics - macro International politics of development Researching social change Development policy & practice; Qualitative & quantitative research methods Four options, including: Civil Society & NGOs; Humanitarianism; Social Sciences of Climate Change (also from economics, politics, sociology or languages) Year 3 Optional professional placement Final Year Development finance Up to six options, including Field work placement; Institutions and ideas; Social identities in ID; Inequality; ID dissertation
Our approach to teaching and learning Intensive - studying five units each semester, with two rounds of assessment each year. Varied (subjects and styles) - stats and graphs but not much algebra. Lectures and seminars. Structured common core as a foundation for increasing choice and specialisation. Grounded AND theoretical responding to real issues but also critically reflecting about how we know what we know.
Why Bath? A core group of specialist ID staff within a larger community of social scientists A leading centre for development studies research across Asia, Africa and Latin America. One of the top fifty ID centres in the W University reputation, facilities,
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Approximately 2,300 students Six departments: Social & Policy Sciences Economics Education Health Politics, Languages & International Studies Psychology
Department of Social & Policy Sciences 45 Academic Staff www.bath.ac.uk/sps/staff/ 350 Undergraduates Sociology Social Policy Sociology and Social Policy Social Sciences ID with Economics www.bath.ac.uk/sps/undergraduate All courses with or without a placement year
Related courses Department Social & Policy Sciences Politics, Languages & International Studies Economics Courses Social science; Social policy Politics with economics; Politics with IR Economics; Economics and Politics Key difference Less emphasis on: (a) global poverty and wellbeing (b) economics Less emphasis on (a) global poverty and inequality (b) social analysis More specialised, technical and mathematical
International Development with Economics as a career platform Grounding in economics concepts and ideas within a wider understanding of social science principles and methods (quantitative and qualitative). Core analytical skills: researching, interpreting and reconciling diverse and often conflicting views on complex and multi-level issues. Placement opportunities. Reputation of the University among employers.
Admissions criteria Minimum entry requirement is AAB at 'A' level, 36 points IB, or equivalent. An appetite for addressing global issues. An interest in international and cross-cultural understanding. A willingness to challenge established ideas and to see your own ideas challenged. No post-gcse subject prerequisites, but students with strengths in maths, languages, and/or across broad combinations of subjects are particularly welcome.
Director of Studies Aurelie Charles A.Charles@bath.ac.uk 01225 38 5259 Admissions Team admissions@bath.ac.uk 01225 38 3019 University website www.bath.ac.uk