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BSc International Development
with Economics
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
June 2017
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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
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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?
… sustainability …wants … welfare … poverty … wellbeing … justice … inequality …
basic needs … rights …
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What is International Development with
Economics all about?
International
development
studies
Politics and
international
relations
Economics
Social
anthropology,
sociology,
social policy
Others?!
Philosophy
Geography
Policy
sciences
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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.
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Course structure
Year 1
Economics
Politics
Sociology &
anthropology
Interface stream
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
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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.
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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
World according to the “QS Top
University” rankings.
• University reputation, facilities, city…
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Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Approximately 2,300 students
Six departments:
• Social & Policy Sciences
• Economics
• Education
• Health
• Politics, Languages & International
Studies
• Psychology
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Department of Social & Policy Sciences
• 45 Academic Staff
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• 350 Undergraduates
 Sociology
 Social Policy
 Sociology and Social Policy
 Social Sciences
 ID with Economics
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• All courses with or without a
placement year
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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
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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.
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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.
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Director of Studies
Admissions Team
Aurelie Charles
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01225 38 5259
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