BA International Development Management

Key details

BA INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

Start Year

2021

Attendance

Full Time

Award

Degree of Bachelor of Arts

UCAS course code

L7N2

Entry Requirements

ABB

This course is about preparing you to achieve your goals in international development.

In it, you will be grounded in the management techniques and concepts needed to work effectively in the modern development sector. For example, you will learn what it takes to run an advocacy campaign, deliver a health services project, or manage a small charity or an evaluation team. You will demonstrate familiarity with and the ability to use key planning, management, monitoring, evaluation and communication tools.

The course will give you the opportunities to develop the skills and techniques you have learned in a real life setting through our development work placement module. Not only will this contextualize and ground what you have learned, it will also boost your employability and help you reflect on your own positioning within the sector.

Development as a sector is characterized by power relations and by often politically contested processes of change. Beyond the practical skills and experience, the course is also about equipping you with the critical skills needed to navigate the development sector. What does this mean for you? How should you position yourself?

Lastly, you will be equipped a strong grounding in the skills of research and analysis, including the ability to look critically at development interventions, looking beyond the claims made to understand the power dynamics on which development is based.

About

This three year course offers career-focused professional training, delivered by people with first hand development experience, in a department at the cutting edge of development policy and practice.

The aim is to equip you with the practical skills and knowledge you need to build a successful career that will help you achieve your priorities and your ambitions, whether that be running a grassroots campaign or a humanitarian response and whether that be in the private, government or non-profit sectors.

Beyond the core teaching, the course will offer options to develop regional or thematic areas of expertise in DEV’s traditional areas of strength. And in addition to developing practical skills, it will also help build critical expertise and an awareness of development’s challenges that is central to all the courses we provide.

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Meet the Course Director

I worked for over fifteen years as a practitioner, policy professional and programme evaluator in both NGOs and the private sector. I am now teaching development management and practice at the University of East Anglia. I’m interested in how the development sector works, its politics and where it’s going.

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Important Information

Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the courses listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the regular review of course programmes. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes, there will normally be prior consultation of students and others. Changes may for example consist of variations to the content and method of delivery of programmes, courses and other services, to discontinue programmes, courses and other services and to merge or combine programmes or courses. The University will endeavour to keep such changes to a minimum, and will inform students.

Assessment for Year 2

You’ll be assessed through essays, course tests or exams, reflective essays and presentations on your placement experience, as well as quantitative-analytical reports and policy briefs.

Throughout your degree you’ll get valuable feedback on your work from staff and fellow students. This helps you identify areas for improvement, ensuring you get the most from your work.

Structure

In year 2, your two compulsory modules will help you pan out to reflect on the dynamics of development policy and theories on aid effectiveness, introducing you to the broader aid landscape, the politics of development, and key features beyond aid and project-based support. You will also gain experience of different approaches to advocacy and campaign management, by partnering with an external organisation to work on a real world campaign to help influence public and/or corporate policy and practice.  

Teaching and Learning

You’ll join a friendly, thriving learning environment where you can share your passion for making a difference with students from around the world. Approximately half of our students gain experience working or studying abroad as part of their degree. This provides invaluable academic, practical, and personal experience for all those who take advantage of it.

You’ll engage with information technologies, simulation exercises and a range of innovative and often student-led practices. Our varied programme includes lectures, group work, projects, fieldwork and guest speakers. You will gain development experience through a placement, which you will reflect on.

As the degree progresses you’ll pursue areas of learning tailored specifically to your needs and interests. The final year dissertation is an important independent study that enables you to pursue a topic in an original way.

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Assessment for Year 3

You’ll be assessed through essays, course tests or exams, reflective essays and presentations on your placement experience, as well as quantitative-analytical reports and policy briefs.

Throughout your degree you’ll get valuable feedback on your work from staff and fellow students. This helps you identify areas for improvement, ensuring you get the most from your work.

Structure

In your final year, your compulsory modules will deepen your understanding of contemporary and emerging development practice debates. Building on your reflections of both your teaching and the practical experience, you will be helped to orient yourself towards a career in development, exploring the process of defining and developing development projects. You will be able to develop and deepen your own research capabilities through the compulsory dissertation, drawing on DEV’s range of expertise. You must also do a Development Work Placement.

Teaching and Learning

Admissions Live Chat

Virtual Open Day

Assessment for Year 1

You’ll be assessed through essays, course tests or exams, reflective essays and presentations on your placement experience, as well as quantitative-analytical reports and policy briefs.

Throughout your degree you’ll get valuable feedback on your work from staff and fellow students. This helps you identify areas for improvement, ensuring you get the most from your work.

Compulsory Modules

INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

Code DEV-4010B

Credits 20

Introduction to International Development Management will give you key management, leadership and business skills enabling you to make a stronger career contribution to development through helping more people overcome injustice and poverty. Organisational boundaries continue to change and it is less about the type of organisation that delivers development policy and activities and more about the leadership and management skills that enable you to deliver success. This module has a practical focus drawing heavily upon real world contemporary examples.

INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Code DEV-4001A

Credits 40

This module provides an introduction to International Development Studies. Themes of poverty, inequality, culture, economic growth and sustainability are explored from the perspectives of development economics, social development, human geography and environment and natural resource management. A range of contemporary development issues are examined including globalisation, environmental degradation, gender, the state, aid, property rights, knowledge and progress.

EVIDENCE IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GEOGRAPHY

Code DEV-4002A

Credits 20

The Evidence in International Development and Geography (EIDG) module is closely linked to the DEV-4001A Introduction to Development Studies (IDS) module. This module focuses on the role of evidence in understanding the themes introduced in IDS, with the following aims: - to provide a basic introduction to quantitative and qualitative research methods; - to introduce key concepts in maths and statistics relevant to the study of international development and human geography; - to provide training in use of important software used in the analysis of evidence; and - to provide a foundation in the key academic skills expected at university including writing, reading and thinking critically, using UEA Library services and computing systems and developing effective teamwork skills. Learning by doing is the central teaching approach and throughout the semester you will apply ideas from classes to address a research question of your choice. There are few conventional lectures; most sessions are interactive workshops, complemented by IT lab sessions.

Optional A Modules

(20-40 credits)

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-4003B

Credits 20

The module introduces you to key development economics theories and empirical evidence. Topics include the economics of poverty and inequality, economic growth, the balance between states and markets, agriculture and internal migration, population growth, health, human capital, the environment, international trade, and development aid. All of these are discussed within the context of development.

INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT: PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS

Code DEV-4004B

Credits 20

This module explores the biological and physical basis for primary production within the main natural resource systems providing food, fuel and fibre to human populations. The module has an integrated biophysical core and deals with resource demand, supply and exploitation issues. There will be a particular emphasis on the important processes in production and a number of key issues in natural resource systems will be introduced here e.g. global resource cycles, diversity, productivity and stability of natural resource systems. There is an important field-based, practical element throughout this course.

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Code DEV-4007B

Credits 20

This module introduces geographical approaches to the key processes of change that shape our world and its societies. You will examine how people and places are connected and transformed as a result of processes such as colonialism, globalisation, industrialisation, migration, urbanisation and development, and explore how differences and inequalities emerge. A central theme will be why space matters, as people’s lives are influenced by the places that surround them - both near and far - and as they in turn change those places. You will explore these issues through a range of contemporary geographical topics, from sweatshops to climate change, through which you will be introduced to core geographical concepts, ideas and approaches, emphasising on critical thinking and practice. You will discover key methods for geographical research, including Geographical Information Systems (GIS), and will include field-based practical work in the local area.

HUMANITARIAN COMMUNICATION

Code DEV-4008B

Credits 20

This module will critically explore changing trends in humanitarian communication by both the international news media and international development actors, such as Non-Governmental Organisations. This will include a critical review of media representations of development in the Global South and the role and responsibility of journalists reporting about humanitarian crises and poverty. We will also explore conventional strategies of humanitarian communication, such as ‘pornography of poverty’, as well as more contemporary issues such as the role of celebrities, social media and the rise of ‘post-humanitarian’ communication. With case studies ranging from Live Aid to Kony 2012, you will be introduced to key concepts and theoretical approaches cutting across a range of disciplines. This module also contains an integral practical skills component. Speakers from leading NGOs and experienced practitioners will share their insights about the everyday complexities of humanitarian communication and a number of workshops will focus on a relevant hands-on skills such blogging and the basics of development photography.

INTRODUCTION TO THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-4009B

Credits 20

This module provides an introduction to political concepts and frameworks that are central to the study of international development. Through studying theoretical approaches you will gain the foundations required to critically evaluate contemporary development debates and development policy and practice.

Optional B Modules

(0-20 credits)

INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

Code NBS-4101A

Credits 20

This module provides a foundation in the theory and practice of accounting and an introduction to the role, context and language of Financial Accounting, Management Accounting and Finance. The module assumes no previous study of accounting and is aimed at non-specialists. It is designed as a standalone course for those students following a more general management pathway.

APPLIED BUSINESS PROJECT

Code NBS-4103B

Credits 20

The aim of the first year of your BA degree is to actively engage with the learning process so you can begin to become reflective and professional managers. We believe the best way to make this happen is to participate in an independent project which challenges you to solve a real world problem to which (unlike the exams which got you into university) there is no set solution! The project is designed to be as much like the ‘real’ business management world as possible; it has an uneasy beginning, a complex middle, and a difficult end. Student teams start the project as the owners of a new business; but are short of funding, market knowledge, accurate accounts, and a direction for the future. Several dummy businesses will be available to choose from. During a weekly seminar session, and in your own study time, you will have the chance to work on problem framing, personal development, and process reflection. Goals, measures, and direction are to be triggered by tutors but then framed and applied by the students. You can ‘solve’ the ‘problems’ anyway they like, but success (and your assessment) is ultimately dependant on consideration of what you have learned and have applied from the other 5 modules you take during the first year. You will also have a series of high level lectures which will help you develop you capacities to deal with project of this nature. Topics include: Team working, from theory to practice; Project management principles; evidence in academic Vs Practitioner contexts; Presentation Skills, and reflective & report writing. The module concludes with a ‘live’ and ‘immersive’ dragon’s den style event.

PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING

Code NBS-4105B

Credits 20

This module is a general introduction and foundational grounding to Marketing. It is concerned with marketing functions of an organisation and seeks to develop awareness and understanding of marketing as an integrated and business activity. It focuses on the theoretical frameworks which underpin an organisation's responses to market demand. Additionally, it considers examples of marketing strategy and planning for a variety of organisational contexts to provide an industry perspective to theory. It is suitable for all UEA students and is a stand-alone module.

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONS

Code NBS-4929A

Credits 20

What is an organisation? What do we mean by management? How do you lead and manage people? In this module, you will have the opportunity to explore these questions and many more in the fascinating area of management and organisations. You will consider the social world of business and management and what it means in theory and in practice. You will learn about leading, managing and organising people in work settings and why that is critical to organisational effectiveness. You will also reflect on how you work in teams yourself. On successful completion of the module, you will have discovered key insights into the way that organisations exist in practice, and have the knowledge to understand them at a conceptual level. You will also have had opportunities for self-reflection and personal learning.

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Important Information

Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, the University will endeavour to consult with students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will inform students.

Assessment for Year 2

You’ll be assessed through essays, course tests or exams, reflective essays and presentations on your placement experience, as well as quantitative-analytical reports and policy briefs.

Throughout your degree you’ll get valuable feedback on your work from staff and fellow students. This helps you identify areas for improvement, ensuring you get the most from your work.

Compulsory Modules

DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

Code DEV-5021A

Credits 20

Development and Policy Management will review the dynamics of development policy and theories on aid effectiveness. It will introduce you to the broader aid landscape, the politics of development, and key features beyond aid and project-based support. It will contextualise and tie together the strands of learning, whilst giving you the critical tools to locate yourself within the development sector.

ADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT

Code DEV-5023B

Credits 20

Advocacy and Campaign Management aims to provide students with the opportunity to gain experience of different approaches to advocacy and campaign management. The module has a practical focus and involves partnering with an external organisation to work on a real world campaign to help influence public and/or corporate policy and practice.

Optional A Modules

(40-80 credits)

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5001A

Credits 20

This interdisciplinary module will begin by exploring the various approaches to understanding gender and development, then introduces and explains a range of key concepts as the foundations of gender analyses. The module then applies these concepts in examining a selection of important relevant debates: gender analysis of economic growth, divisions of labour and incomes, land and property rights, environmental change, education and health policies, voice and empowerment, violence and religion.

QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE IN DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5002A

Credits 20

Throughout the study of International Development as in all areas of the social and natural sciences, it is important to weigh our theoretical ideas and policy recommendations against the available evidence. This module deals with the use of quantitative evidence. The aim is to enable students to understand quantitative analysis encountered in other modules, to become critical readers of published quantitative data analysis and to manage, analyse and interpret quantitative evidence themselves. The module deals with research design, a review of descriptive statistics and a number of inferential methods. Techniques taught include simple tests for group differences such as the t-test, analysis of variance and multiple regression.

EDUCATION AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5003A

Credits 20

This module provides you with an understanding of key theories and current debates linking education to development and relating these to international and national education strategies, policies and educational practices. The module will begin by introducing you to some key policy themes in education and international development, and some established theories such as human capital, human development and capabilities, and theory on education as social reproduction. The module then goes into more depth with thematic content on themes such as early childhood development, conflict, gender and difference.

SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5004A

Credits 20

On this module you’ll learn the concepts and debates that are fundamental to social anthropology, and their relationships with development and change. The teaching methods on this module include formal lectures, guided discussions of key readings, small-group seminars, and ethnographic films. Topics you’ll cover include economic anthropology, ecological anthropology, personhood, embodiment, the anthropology of talk, identity and gender, cultural rights, technical change and the anthropology of development.

LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5005B

Credits 20

This is a regional studies module which covers economic, social and political aspects of development in Latin America. It situates the region in its historical and international context, and gives an overview of major development debates in the region. The module also includes country case studies of contrasting development strategies.

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5006B

Credits 20

Sub-Saharan Africa Development aims to provide students with a historical, political, social and economic analysis of key issues relating to development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Students will develop a historically grounded understanding of political, social and economic change in Sub-Saharan Africa through a critical engagement with a range of scholarship from political science, sociology, anthropology, education and economics. Through an exploration of issues such as colonialism and the post-colonial experience, the state in Africa, reasons for Africa’s poor economic performance and aid effectiveness, conflict and ethnicity, migration and urban development students will develop understandings of the dynamics and agendas of change.

SOUTH ASIAN DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5007B

Credits 20

This module begins with an overview of the region's history before analysing recent and contemporary social, political and economic development processes. Topics include economic growth, social difference, democracy, land and food security, the environment, health and education. The module draws heavily on India, but also considers Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in relation to the various topics.

GEOGRAPHIES OF DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5010B

Credits 20

What is uneven development and why should we care about it? How did uneven development emerge, and what can we do about it? This module focuses on how geographers have engaged with these questions from different perspectives, including economic, environmental and social. You will explore how economic geographers (and geographical economists) have sought to explain the spatiality and unevenness of economic activity, including examining the evidence for ‘natural advantage’. You will engage with geographical work on urban restructuring and environmental governance which have seen uneven development as a product of capitalism, and consider the influence of Marxist theory on geographical thought. You will also consider how both ordinary people and civil society have tried to address, contest and resist spatial difference and uneven development. Questions of scale emerge in various forms through the module, which demonstrates how understanding ‘uneven development’ is a fundamentally geographical endeavour by exploring some of the key geographies of development.

NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT 2

Code DEV-5012A

Credits 20

This module builds on the key issues and themes introduced in Introduction To Natural Resources And Development, i.e. diversity, productivity, sustainability, variability and stability, change and degradation etc. It broadly addresses the major challenges encountered when trying to achieve sustainable management of natural resources. It aims to give students a working understanding of scientific principles behind natural processes, as well as how these relate to broader contexts in development. The module also develops students' understanding of and experience in using a range of quantitative tools and approaches for measuring and describing natural resources.

NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT 3

Code DEV-5013B

Credits 20

In this module, you will focus on the governance of natural resources in the global South. In particular you will investigate some important and contested environment and development issues involving biodiversity conservation, agricultural technology, fisheries and fire. These contests will include problems of human-wildlife conflict arising from protected areas, conflicts over genetically modified crops and debates about how to achieve food security, and different views of the use of fire to manage lands. By focusing on these contested areas of policy and practice, you will gain insight into the challenges facing governance in the real world. Understanding of these challenges is supported by using different frameworks for analysing the underlying contexts, including an ecosystem services approach, political ecology and environmental justice

METHODS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Code DEV-5014A

Credits 20

This module will introduce students to the theory and practice of research methods in human geography. It will provide a preparation for undertaking research within and beyond the university context i.e. both for the Dissertation and Field course modules and equipping students with key employability attributes for professional careers. In doing so, the module will introduce students to a range of qualitative, quantitative and spatial methods that human geographers use in research including research design, data collection and data analysis skills that are transferable to the workplace. The module will be taught using lecture-based classes and computer labs. The module is organised based on three research methods that use different approaches to data collection, analysis and presentation. The quantitative method focuses on building statistical skills to analyses secondary survey data as well as interpreting quantitative research findings. The GIS method focuses on data visualisation skills, mapping skills and basic GIS analysis. The qualitative method focuses on analysing and presenting qualitative data.

COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5015A

Credits 20

What role can media and communications play within development? How can media – both ‘old’ and ‘new’ - help mobilise citizens, change policy, modify behaviours and promote democracy, good governance and economic growth? You will address these and other questions by providing a critical introduction to the field of ‘Communication for Development’ (C4D). Key topics will include behaviour change communication, participatory communication, press freedom, media literacy, media and conflict and access to new communication technologies. This module is accessible to International Development students who have not studied media before and to students on degrees relevant to media, with no previous experience of studying international development.

ECONOMICS FOR DEVELOPMENT 2: Microeconomics

Code DEV-5016A

Credits 20

You’ll be introduced to the basic concepts of microeconomics and its application to development problems. Microeconomic theories of consumption, production, externalities, public goods, common property resources, market structures, land and labour markets and households are covered with an emphasis on issues relevant to developing countries. In addition to conventional microeconomic principles, insights from behavioural and institutional economics on development problems are also covered.

GLOBAL HEALTH AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5017A

Credits 20

This module will develop your theoretical and empirical understanding of how social environments in different places affect people’s health or ill-health. You will look at health problems and their socio-economic causes at a global, national and sub-national level, examining both communicable diseas (e.g. HIV, covid-19) and non-communicable diseases (e.g. diabetes, stroke), and using case studies from both the Global South and Global North. You will develop knowledge about how ill-health and health inequalities are linked to socio-economic inequalities, poverty and marginalisation. You will be able to apply this knowledge to questions of health policy and interventions designed to improve health. A key conceptual framework for this module is the social determinants of health (SDH). This includes analysis of the risk environment for ill-health, influenced by deeper social structures (such as gender or class inequalities, or poor governance) in a particular setting, how people make a living (their livelihoods), and the nature of health policy and the health services available to people. We are therefore also interested in the interventions which can help deal with risk environments, to make people less susceptible to disease and less vulnerable when they become ill. You will learn how some places have achieved good health. The module is inter-disciplinary, drawing on theories and evidence from disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, public health and development studies, and to a lesser extent economics, demography and epidemiology. It also provides an understanding of the ways different cultures and societies define and understand health and ill-health and why some diseases are highly stigmatised. Case studies from different places and of different diseases are used to illustrate the social determinants of health, including infectious diseases (such as HIV, malaria, Ebola) and non-communicable diseases.

ECONOMICS FOR DEVELOPMENT 3: Macroeconomics

Code DEV-5017B

Credits 20

The module will introduce you to the main macroeconomic issues of development. You will cover long-run macroeconomics, with a particular focus on economic growth, and short-run macroeconomics, including fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policy. The module combines theory and evidence, relating theoretical arguments to recent macroeconomic phenomena. You will look at specific topics including the government budget and fiscal policy, inflation and monetary policy, trade and the balance of payments, exchange rates and capital flows, and the relationships between gender, institutions, and capital (physical, human and natural) and economic growth.

POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2: RESEARCH METHODS AND TOOLS

Code DEV-5018A

Credits 20

This module introduces you to the fundamentals of research design in the social sciences, emphasising the ways in which assumptions, paradigms, and objectives affect methodological choices, and reflecting on the differences and commonalities between qualitative and quantitative approaches. Over the course of the semester these methodological considerations are applied to central themes in contemporary politics and development. You will have the opportunity to design your own political research project based upon your individual interests, and to apply the methodological issues addressed. The module thus enhances your understanding of contemporary political challenges, as well as introducing you to the basic principles of social science research.

POLITICS, DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIETY

Code DEV-5019B

Credits 20

This module critically analyses the role of key development actors, and the contexts that they work within. It emphasises how actual interventions play out in society - where they become concrete and have real effects. What changes because of these interventions, and what stays the same, and why? What are the actors’ intentions, who shaped them, and why are outcomes often unintended and contradictory? The module considers a range of actors from social movements to international organisations. It exposes students to the complexities of policy implementation and social change, and provides a strong grounding in understanding the politics of development policy. Although open to all students it is useful if you have taken Introduction to the Politics of Development (DEV-4009B). If you have not you may have to do some additional work in the opening weeks of the semester in order to familiarise yourselves with key concepts. Lecturers will assist you in doing so.

DEV FIELD COURSE

Code DEV-5024B

Credits 20

DEV FIELD COURSE

Optional B Modules

(0-40 credits)

INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

Code NBS-4101A

Credits 20

APPLIED BUSINESS PROJECT

Code NBS-4103B

Credits 20

PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING

Code NBS-4105B

Credits 20

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONS

Code NBS-4929A

Credits 20

PRINCIPLES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Code NBS-5119B

Credits 20

In this module you will explore what is meant by a project and by project management, and the relationship between projects, organisations and other forms of management. You will first learn how to define a project and set its aims and objectives. You will be introduced to a suite of traditional project management tools and approaches to use in designing a project, e.g., work breakdown structure, time planning (Gantt chart, Critical Path Analysis), communications planning, and risk registers. Through implementing a project, you will learn about project controls, performance management (i.e., critical success factors for project management), and problem solving techniques. In closing out a project, you will explore project completion, review, and evaluation. You will consider the strengths and weaknesses of project management as a discipline.

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Important Information

Assessment for Year 3

You’ll be assessed through essays, course tests or exams, reflective essays and presentations on your placement experience, as well as quantitative-analytical reports and policy briefs.

Throughout your degree you’ll get valuable feedback on your work from staff and fellow students. This helps you identify areas for improvement, ensuring you get the most from your work.

Compulsory Modules

DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE

Code DEV-6009B

Credits 20

This module offers you the opportunity to explore how development ideas and aims are reflected in contemporary and emerging development practice. The module content is geared towards giving you tools with which to approach working in development, exploring the process of defining and developing development projects. We explore the history of different approaches to aid enterprises, and how they have been shaped by different geo-political and ideological forces. You will learn the difference between a log frame and a theory of change, how to create both, and how they may be useful to defining your endeavours. You will work in a team to develop your own project, with a justification of the need, an evidence-based approach and a strong analysis of the social and political context in which it is going to operate. This will also need a communications strategy and a fully costed budget, all of which you will be supported to learn how to do. However we will also encourage you to think critically about these processes, looking at how these tools have been developed and why, and being aware of their limitations and benefits.

DEVELOPMENT WORK PLACEMENT

Code DEV-6005A

Credits 20

This module will provide you with the opportunity to work overseas or in the UK, for example working in education, conservation, agriculture, working with vulnerable groups, administration or journalism. You are expected to fund your own project, which must be approved by the module convenor. The School has a database of projects to assist you with your project selection. The work placement can be between 2 - 5 months duration, over a period stretching from the summer (July) at the end of year two through to the end of the autumn semester of year three (November/December). You are expected to work for a minimum of two months and complete 150 hours of work as a minimum requirement. There are two pieces of assessment: an initial reflective piece of writing about the placement, and an essay related to the placement or project work.

DISSERTATION

Code DEV-6007Y

Credits 40

The dissertation will provide you with an opportunity to undertake a research project on a topic within development studies in consultation with your supervisor. It is intended to complement the more conventional methods of coursework and examination assessment, allowing you to investigate and consider themes and issues of importance to you in more depth. The dissertation is not an extended essay; rather it is a (social) scientific piece of research that sets out a clear question and methods, and develops a coherent argument based on a review of existing and/or interpretation of fresh evidence, and application to theory. Please note, the dissertation is restricted to International Development and Environmental Geography & International Development students.

DISSERTATION (WINTER SUBMISSION)

Code DEV-6017A

Credits 40

Optional A Modules

(20-40 credits)

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5001A

Credits 20

QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE IN DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5002A

Credits 20

EDUCATION AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5003A

Credits 20

SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5004A

Credits 20

LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5005B

Credits 20

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5006B

Credits 20

SOUTH ASIAN DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5007B

Credits 20

GEOGRAPHIES OF DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5010B

Credits 20

NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT 2

Code DEV-5012A

Credits 20

NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT 3

Code DEV-5013B

Credits 20

METHODS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Code DEV-5014A

Credits 20

COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5015A

Credits 20

ECONOMICS FOR DEVELOPMENT 2: Microeconomics

Code DEV-5016A

Credits 20

GLOBAL HEALTH AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-5017A

Credits 20

ECONOMICS FOR DEVELOPMENT 3: Macroeconomics

Code DEV-5017B

Credits 20

DEV FIELD COURSE

Code DEV-5024B

Credits 20

DEV FIELD COURSE

WARS AND HUMANITARIAN CRISES

Code DEV-6003A

Credits 20

Since the late 1950s, far more wars have been fought within the boundaries of single states than between different countries. The occurrence of these violent intrastate conflicts poses significant challenges to the development agenda, as they have often devastating social, political and economic consequences that can lead to severe humanitarian crises. Grounded in the acknowledgment that it is extremely difficult to meet international development targets in states experiencing violent civil conflict, the aim of Wars & Humanitarian Crises is to critically assess the (contested) causes and possible solutions of protracted civil wars. Key themes in the module include competing explanations for the incidence of civil war; the humanitarian implications of civil wars; the role of the media in reporting wars and humanitarian action; terrorism as another form of political violence that is distinct from but in many cases related to violent intrastate conflicts; and strategies and challenges of peace-building.

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT & CONSERVATION

Code DEV-6005B

Credits 20

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT & CONSERVATION is a hands-on module that uses recent research and practical experience to analyse the challenges for more just development and conservation policies in the developing world. You will be examining themes such as the relationship between science and policy, and the implications of increased participation and local control in the use of natural resources through an environmental justice lens, bringing together theory and the use of case studies, in order to learn how people across the world are trying to put in to practice different types of just transformations for sustainability. Each year these themes will be explored within two selected contexts such as; African pastoralism, savannah-forest mosaics, water resources and irrigated agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, indigenous territories, fisheries and aquatic resources, environment and conservation, etc.

GLOBALISATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-6006B

Credits 20

The causes and consequences of globalisation are controversial and this module will present alternative theoretical perspectives that lie behind these debates. It extends the analysis of trade and international finance in Economics of Development 3. Specific areas that are examined include global production and transnational corporations, global trade and liberalisation, global finance and debt crises, aid and migration, as well as several cross-cutting issues such as the impacts of globalisation on the environment and on poverty and inequality.

ENGAGING ANTHROPOLOGY IN DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-6008Y

Credits 20

The aim is to offer students an advanced anthropology module which builds on students’ engagement with development issues, to consider some of the enduring puzzles of social change, to deliver in-depth understanding of particular themes, and to support students in intensive small group development of their anthropological skills, in order to understand social change and contribute to development theory and practice. We use teaching methods based on small group work of seminars and tutorials, in order to develop skills for independent scholarship, appropriate for 3rd year DEV students.

URBAN GEOGRAPHIES

Code DEV-6010B

Credits 20

This module will examine the historical and contemporary development and governance of urban centres around the globe. In order to understand these processes, we will explore the key spaces and nodes of the city, and the multiple relationships and processes that shape and reshape urban spaces. We will examine the changing environmental, political, social, and economic dynamics of cities and smaller urban centres, drawing on case studies from the global north and the global south. The module will cover a range of concepts and topics which have preoccupied urban geographers, including but not limited to: decolonizing urban planning; social housing and housing justice; urban economic restructuring and neoliberalism; urban infrastructure; eviction and displacement; informality; migration; race and sexuality in the city; citizenship; and urban nature. A one-day field trip focusing on urban planning and regeneration is an integral part of the module.

POLITICS, POLICY AND PRACTICE

Code DEV-6011B

Credits 20

This module builds upon key themes in the politics of development that recur throughout the politics-related modules in DEV: distributions of power and resources, geographies of poverty and inequality, and dynamics of social and political change. The module mixes lectures with student led sessions that are intended to provide space for students to draw out their experiences of development in practice, and to think through concrete strategies for making human society a little less unequal, violent, and destructive. Students are encouraged to approach ‘development’ as a ‘relational whole’, and to think critically about the complex and often contradictory nature of change. The module culminates in a workshop in which groups of students will present strategies for fostering more equitable processes of social change.

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Code DEV-6014A

Credits 20

This module will address different forms of migration (e.g. internal, international, circular, return, seasonal, irregular) and reasons why people migrate (e.g. economic, political, social and environmental), and will critically explore the different ways in which these are related to development and change in societies of origin and destination. We will start by exploring migration from a historical perspective, and addressing different theoretical approaches with a multidisciplinary angle (including different methods of researching migration – both quantitative and qualitative), as well as regional differences and heterogeneity in migration trends and patterns across the globe. We will then look at key issues in migration studies including: types of migrants; networks and community organisations that link home and host societies; migrants’ integration into the host society; the impact of climate change on people’s movement; policies, citizenship and human rights; and the refugee crisis. Within these topics, we will also discuss inequalities across population subgroups (e.g. by age, gender, education and ethnicity) in terms of migration opportunities, access, networks and integration. These topics will be discussed through the analysis of case studies in various parts of the world and the participation of local community practitioners or migrants themselves in one or more seminar sessions. The module will also include one visit to a local museum to learn about the long and complex history of migration to Norfolk from the museum curators. With this comprehensive approach to migration this module will move beyond a narrow and casual view of the relationship between migration and development, and contribute to understanding the myriad ways in which global forces influence people’s movements, and how these movements, in turn, have historically been transforming societies and communities.

Optional B Modules

(0-20 credits)

INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Code NBS-6105B

Credits 20

NB: This module will not be available to students until the academic year 2022-23. The International and Strategic HRM module tackles people management issues raised by the emergence of the global operating context that most, if not all, businesses face today. While HRM is privileged in the title, in the first instance the module is concerned with more general strategic management themes. These include: the importance of globalisation and the extent to which it is a new phenomenon; the challenges to national traditions and cultures this raises; the veracity of claims with regard to distinct national styles (a way in which many key issues within international management theory are contested); and the extent to which change/development in national systems is evident. In addition, this course tackles traditional HR specific issues in international context, such as: management development, pay and reward, and recruitment and selection. This mix of general management and HR specific management should be of interest across business school disciplines as well as within the HRM undergraduate course. The following areas are indicative of the content: Globalisation myths and realities; international management challenges; Internationalisation as a strategy, Anglo-American/European/Japanese/Asian Comparative HRM; national culture theories and perspectives; S/IHRM practices; issues/challenges/concerns raised by IHRM; and IHRM and its footprint.

STRATEGIC BRAND MANAGEMENT

Code NBS-6122B

Credits 20

NB: This module will not be available to students until the academic year 2022-23. The module focuses on brand management. It takes a very pragmatic approach, showing through numerous case studies how organisations launch brands, establish and maintain brand equity, and how they manage brands over time and geographic boundaries. To develop a knowledge and understanding of brand management, students study the factors and strategies that contribute to building brand equity. The lectures will be supported by a series of seminar sessions which allow students to experience the practical application of the module syllabus and to test their understanding of the relevant theories. This module is particularly useful for students aiming at careers in marketing, advertising or market research.

MANAGEMENT CONSULTING AND DEVELOPMENT

Code NBS-6127A

Credits 20

NB: This module will not be available to students until the academic year 2022-23. This module introduces the tools, techniques and the practical frameworks associated with management consulting, as well an examination of how organisational development is implemented by management consultants. It is aimed those students who are considering a career in management consulting and/or have an interest in organisational development.

ACTIVIST CAMPAIGNING

Code PPLM6079B

Credits 20

How do grassroots and third sector organisations campaign for social and political change? Rather than pose this as an abstract question, you will partner with existing organisations to conduct campaigns on specific issues such as climate change, tax avoidance or gender inequality. You will receive a brief from a partner organisation and be supported in planning, devising, and carrying out activities that will achieve the aims of the brief. Taught content will include strategies for both online and offline activism, analysing power relations at different scales, and ways of assessing the effectiveness of your campaigns, but the bulk of this module will be the experience of a “live” campaign. You will combine applied research skills with professional practice in the form of a “reverse internship.” As the partner organisations are embedded in the module, you will build valuable skills for employability as well as an opportunity for being supported in the exercise of engaged citizenship. You will be assessed by presentation and critical reflection. In the year 2017-2018 the partner organisation was Greenpeace, but partners may change each year.

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A Levels

ABB or BBB with an A in the Extended Project

BTEC

DDM. Excludes BTEC Public Services, BTEC Uniformed Services and BTEC Business Administration

Scottish highers

BCC

Scottish highers advanced

AAABB

Irish leaving certificate

3 subjects at H2, 3 subjects at H3

Access course

Pass the Access to HE Diploma with Distinction in 30 credits at Level 3 and Merit in 15 credits at Level 3

European Baccalaureate

75%

International Baccalaureate

75%

GCSE offer

You are required to have Mathematics and English Language at a minimum of Grade C or Grade 4 or above at GCSE.

Additional entry requirements

If you do not meet the academic requirements for direct entry, you may be interested in one of our Foundation Year programmes:

BA Geography and International Development with a Foundation Year

BA International Development with a Foundation Year

If you do not meet the academic and or English requirements for direct entry our partner, INTO University of East Anglia offers guaranteed progression on to this undergraduate degree upon successful completion of a preparation programme. Depending on your interests, and your qualifications you can take a variety of routes to this degree:

International Foundation in Business, Economics, Society and Culture (for Year 1 entry to UEA)

International Foundation in Humanities and Law (for Year 1 entry to UEA)

International Foundation in Mathematics and Actuarial Sciences (for Year 1 entry to UEA)

International Foundation in Pharmacy, Health and Life Sciences (for Year 1 entry to UEA)

International Foundation in Physical Sciences and Engineering (for Year 1 entry to UEA)

International Year One in International Development with Media (for Year 2 entry to UEA)

Alternative Qualifications

UEA recognises that some students take a mixture of International Baccalaureate IB or International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme IBCP study rather than the full diploma, taking Higher levels in addition to A levels and/or BTEC qualifications. At UEA we do consider a combination of qualifications for entry, provided a minimum of three qualifications are taken at a higher Level. In addition some degree programmes require specific subjects at a higher level.

Students for whom english is a foreign language

Applications from students whose first language is not English are welcome. We require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading):

IELTS: 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components)

We also accept a number of other English language tests. Please click here to see our full list.

If you do not yet meet the English language requirements for this course, INTO UEA offer a variety of English language programmes which are designed to help you develop the English skills necessary for successful undergraduate study:

Pre-sessional English at INTO UEA

Academic English at INTO UEA

Interviews

Most applicants will not be called for an interview and a decision will be made via UCAS Track. However, for some applicants an interview will be requested. Where an interview is required the Admissions Service will contact you directly to arrange a time.

Gap year

We welcome applications from students who have already taken or intend to take a gap year. We believe that a year between school and university can be of substantial benefit. You are advised to indicate your reason for wishing to defer entry on your UCAS application.

Intakes

This course is open to UK, EU and International applicants. The annual intake for this course is in September each year.

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