International Development with Economics Professor James Copestake Department of Social & Policy Sciences 2015

Overview What is the programme about? Its structure Our approach to teaching and learning Why Bath? The Faculty and Dept Related programmes Careers Admissions Questions

What is International Development with Economics all about? How are life prospects for ALL people across the world changing? What explains variation in this: by country, gender, generation..? How should and could our prospects be improved? How do we turn ideas into action? It’s about fireman’s helmets! … wants … welfare … poverty … wellbeing … justice … inequality … basic needs … rights …

International development studies What is International Development with Economics all about? International development studies Politics and international relations Economics A field that draws on other disciplines of study as necessary – open, holistic. Staff who teach on the programme are drawn from all the subjects shown Others? Management, history, maths and statistics, languages, cultural studies… Social anthropology, sociology, social policy Philosophy Others?! Policy sciences Geography

Programme 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 programme 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.

Programme structure (provisional) Economics Politics Sociology & anthropology Interface stream Year 1 Development economics – micro; Introductory economics; Modern world Economy The politics of development Thinking and working cross-culturally Academic and research skills; Introduction to international development One option (including from economics, politics, sociology or languages) 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; Wellbeing & ID (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

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.

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…

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Approximately 2,300 students Six departments: Social & Policy Sciences Economics Education Health Politics, Languages & International Studies Psychology

Department of Social and Policy Sciences 45 Academic Staff http://www.bath.ac.uk/sps/staff/ 350 Undergraduates Sociology Social Policy Sociology and Social Policy Social Sciences ID with Economics http://www.bath.ac.uk/sps/undergraduate/ All programmes with or without a placement year

Related programmes Department Social & Policy Sciences Politics, Languages & International Studies Economics Programmes 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

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.

Admissions criteria Minimum entry requirement is AAB at 'A' level, 38 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.

University website www.bath.ac.uk Director of Studies James Copestake j.g.copestake@bath.ac.uk 01225 38 3859 Admissions Team admissions@bath.ac.uk 01225 38 3019 University website www.bath.ac.uk