International Relations and Development Studies
BA, 3 years, UCAS: LL29
Typical A level offer: in the range AAB-ABB
(for qualifications other than A level please refer to the Typical A level offers and their equivalents page)
International relations and development studies share
many interests and concerns, and interact positively with
one another. A core concern of development studies is
to understand the process of change and the conflict
it generates. Meanwhile, the study of international
relations places those concerns in an international
environment and reinforces your appreciation of their
context. The two elements of this degree programme
are linked by common interests in political economy, in
particular the dual attempt to analyse the politics and
economics of development.
In years 1 and 2 you combine the subjects’ core
courses. In your third year you take in-depth options
from both areas of study.
Core courses for
- Year 1
Autumn term: Introduction to International Relations
The Rise of the Modern International Order
Issues in International Relations
+ one elective
Spring / Summer
Regions and Institutions
The Short 20th Century and Beyond
The Local and the Global: World Politics in Brighton
+ one elective
- Year 2
Autumn term:
Classical Political Theory and International Relations
International Political Economy I
Issues in International Security
+ one elective
Spring / Summer
Contemporary International Theory
International Political Economy II
Development and the State OR Gender: Rethinking Politics
+ one elective
- Year 3
Dissertation options, currently drawn from: International Security Since 9/11; War and Genocide; United States in the World; Globalisation and Contemporary Conflict; The Offshore World; Capitalism and Geopolitics; East Central Europe since 1945; Life, Power and Resistance: Critical perspectives on the post Westphalian era; Law in International Relations; and Marxism and International Relations; International Relations of the Modern Middle East; NGO’s in International Relations; The Politics of Fear: Identity and Security in International Relations; Peace Processes in Global Order; International Relations of Global Environment Change.
If you take international relations as part of a joint degree, you spend half of your time on each subject. During the first two years of the degree you combine the core international relations courses with the courses from your joint subject. In the final year you specialise within each area of study, taking one option from the international dissertation options per term along with two courses from your joint subject.
Refer to the Development studies pages for additional details of the Development studies courses.
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