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Third World Development (Joint Honours)

Third World Development (Joint Honours)

Why choose this course?If you would like a career in third worlddevelopment and community projectmanagement, then this course is for you.You’ll develop specialist skills in theseareas and in capacity building, povertyalleviation and empowerment

programmes aimed at improving livingconditions for people in poverty. You’llhave the opportunity to do fieldworkoverseas, to see how developmenttheories relate to practical issues andexperiences of people living in thedeveloping world.

About the courseDuring this course you’ll learn about thedevelopment gap between rich and poorcountries, social justice, women’s rights,globalisation, democratisation andenvironmental impacts. You’ll look atpatterns of political, socio-economic andenvironmental change in less developedcountries in Africa, the Middle East, theCaribbean and Asia.

How you’ll learnYou’ll be taught by lecturers who areexperienced and actively involved inresearch and consultancy in lessdeveloped countries. This means you’ll belearning all the latest theory and will bekept up to date with what’s new in thisfield.

Your careerYou’ll develop specialist skills, such asmanaging projects, advocacy, communityrelations management and the ability tomake change in communities. This willopen up many career opportunities foryou in the field of development. You couldwork for aid agencies, developmentorganisations, transnational corporationsor public and voluntary bodies. Recentgraduates are now working for theDepartment for InternationalDevelopment, the United NationsDevelopment Programme, the VoluntaryService Overseas project and alsoteaching in China as part of the project toimprove education for migrant workers’children.

Additional informationYou’ll have the opportunity to go to TheGambia to explore issues such as healthand healthcare delivery by visitinghospitals and clinics, and look at the roleof education by visiting schools andeducational institutions. You’ll evaluatetourism as a strategy for developmentand investigate alternative or sustainabletourism. You’ll also study the importanceof agriculture in The Gambia by visitingrural projects such as women’s vegetablegardens.

What you’ll coverYou can combine Third WorldDevelopment with other subjectsincluding International Relations andGlobal Development, Geography,Sociology or Law. This subject can bestudied as a major, joint or minor pathwayas part of your joint honours degree,which will determine how many modulesyou’ll choose at each stage.

Where you will study: Derby Campus – Kedleston Road site.

Entry requirements: Academic – 260-300 UCAS tariff pointsfrom your International Baccalaureate orequivalent qualification.

Language – A qualification such as IELTS6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in all areas) orTOEFL – 550 (paper based), 213(computer based), 80 (internet based).See our website for other acceptedqualifications or phone us: +44 (0)1332 591698.

Duration: 3 years full time

Course fees: It depends what subject you combineThird World Development with. If youcombine it with a classroom-basedsubject, it will cost £9,945 per year*. If youcombine it with a resource-intensivesubject or a specialist subject it will cost£10,225 per year*. To find out, go to ourwebsite and search for the subject youwant to combine with, then look under the‘Fees and finance’ section.*These fees apply if you are starting this course between

September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you

check fees as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

Start date: September

UCAS Code: Y002

STAGE ONE STAGE TWO STAGE THREE

Introduction to Third WorldDevelopment

Development: Theory and Practice(PDP)**

Theories and Concepts ofDevelopment

Key Skills for Physical and SocialSciences

International Development Policy:Agencies and the State (PDP)

Development Management andPractice in the Voluntary Sector

Introduction to InternationalRelations and Global Development

Population GeographyResearch Study in Geographical,Earth and Environmental Sciences

(PDP)

Environmental Conservation* Doing Qualitative ResearchGlobal Food Security and FoodFutures in a Developing World

Environmental Hazards andDisasters

Environment, Society andDevelopment

Globalisation and Social Change

Introduction to Human Geography

Water: Resource, HazardCommodity

Vocational Module (Work Placement or Volunteering)

- Transport Geography Education and Global Inequality

*module includes fieldwork**module includes residential overseas fieldwork

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