Third World Development (Joint Honours)

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What is joint honours?

With joint honours, you can study for an honours degree in two or even three subjects. Find out more about joint honours, including what subjects you can combine with this one.

Why choose this course?

Student raising awareness for human rights issues in Africa

You'll learn about the contemporary issues and problems associated with development.
You'll have the opportunity to do fieldwork overseas, where you'll experience first hand how theory becomes practice.
You'll have the opportunity to do a work placement in your final year, so you can get real experience of working in this area.

About the course

You'll look at patterns of political, socio-economic and environmental change in less developed countries. And you'll get the opportunity to explore major themes, such as the development gap between rich and poor countries, social justice, women's rights, globalisation, democratisation and environmental impacts. Using a range of modern and historical materials, you'll also consider areas such as economics, sociology, history and geography.

In your second year you'll go on a field visit to Senegal and The Gambia. And, in your final year you'll look at how to manage projects effectively in less developed countries and you'll have the opportunity to do a work placement.

Your lecturers are actively involved in a diverse range of research and consultancy in less developed countries, so you'll be learning the very latest theory and be kept up to date with what's new in this field.

You can combine this subject with up to two others within our Joint Honours Scheme, so you can build up a degree to suit your interests and career needs. You can study Third World Development as a major, joint or minor subject.

Find out more about what subjects and modules you'll be studying...

Your career

You'll develop specialist skills during this course, which will open up plenty of career opportunities for you in the field of development. Many of our graduates have gone on to work for aid agencies, development organisations, transnational corporations, or public and voluntary bodies.

What our students say

"The field visit was the highlight of my three years."

"I enjoyed the modules and the different assessments."

"It was really hard work for me, but the staff are helpful and l enjoyed every minute."

Start dates

If you're from the UK or EU you can apply to study this course in:

September 2012

If you're from a country outside the EU you can apply to study this course full time in:

September 2012

Fees

This is a resource intensive course.

UK/EU students

Full time:

If you combine this subject with a classroom based subject it will cost £6,995 per year.
If you combine this subject with another resource intensive subject or a specialist subject it will cost £7,495 per year.

Part time:

You usually take 18 of modules in total for your course

Modules from classroom based subjects will cost £875 per module.
Modules from resource intensive subjects will cost £935 per module.
Modules from specialist subjects will cost £1,000 per module.

International students

Full time:

If you combine this subject with a classroom based subject it will cost £9,700 per year.
If you combine this subject with another resource intensive subject or a specialist subject it will cost £9,975 per year.

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2012 and August 2013. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

More information about our fees for September 2012 and the support available