Third World Development (Joint Honours)
Education with the personal touch
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Third World Development (Joint Honours) Where you will study: Derby Campus – Kedleston Road site. Entry requirements: Academic – 260-300 UCAS tariff points from your International Baccalaureate or equivalent qualification. Language – A qualification such as IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in all areas) or TOEFL – 550 (paper based), 213 (computer based), 80 (internet based). See our website for other accepted qualifications or phone us: +44 (0)1332 591698. Duration: 3 years full time Course fees: It depends what subject you combine Third World Development with. If you combine it with a classroom-based subject, it will cost £9,945 per year*. If you combine it with a resource-intensive subject or a specialist subject it will cost £10,225 per year*. To find out, go to our website and search for the subject you want 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
Why choose this course? If you would like a career in third world development and community project management, then this course is for you. You’ll develop specialist skills in these areas and in capacity building, poverty alleviation and empowerment
programmes aimed at improving living conditions for people in poverty. You’ll have the opportunity to do fieldwork overseas, to see how development theories relate to practical issues and experiences of people living in the developing world.
About the course During this course you’ll learn about the development gap between rich and poor countries, social justice, women’s rights, globalisation, democratisation and environmental impacts. You’ll look at patterns of political, socio-economic and environmental change in less developed countries in Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Asia.
How you’ll learn You’ll be taught by lecturers who are experienced and actively involved in research and consultancy in less developed countries. This means you’ll be learning all the latest theory and will be kept up to date with what’s new in this field.
Your career You’ll develop specialist skills, such as managing projects, advocacy, community relations management and the ability to make change in communities. This will open up many career opportunities for you in the field of development. You could work for aid agencies, development organisations, transnational corporations or public and voluntary bodies. Recent graduates are now working for the Department for International Development, the United Nations Development Programme, the Voluntary Service Overseas project and also teaching in China as part of the project to improve education for migrant workers’ children.
Additional information
What you’ll cover
You’ll have the opportunity to go to The Gambia to explore issues such as health and healthcare delivery by visiting hospitals and clinics, and look at the role of education by visiting schools and educational institutions. You’ll evaluate tourism as a strategy for development and investigate alternative or sustainable tourism. You’ll also study the importance of agriculture in The Gambia by visiting rural projects such as women’s vegetable gardens.
You can combine Third World Development with other subjects including International Relations and Global Development, Geography, Sociology or Law. This subject can be studied as a major, joint or minor pathway as part of your joint honours degree, which will determine how many modules you’ll choose at each stage.
STAGE ONE
STAGE TWO
STAGE THREE
Introduction to Third World Development
Development: Theory and Practice (PDP)**
Theories and Concepts of Development
Key Skills for Physical and Social Sciences
International Development Policy: Agencies and the State (PDP)
Development Management and Practice in the Voluntary Sector
Introduction to International Relations and Global Development
Population Geography
Research Study in Geographical, Earth and Environmental Sciences (PDP)
Environmental Conservation*
Doing Qualitative Research
Global Food Security and Food Futures in a Developing World
Environmental Hazards and Disasters
Environment, Society and Development
Globalisation and Social Change
Introduction to Human Geography
Water: Resource, Hazard Commodity
Vocational Module (Work Placement or Volunteering)
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Transport Geography
Education and Global Inequality
*module includes fieldwork **module includes residential overseas fieldwork
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