International Development/ Development Studies and Economics

Is anyone planning to do this course or something similar? I'm struggling to find opinions of those at a similar position to me or do this course at uni :/
Currently Year 12 studying English Lit., Maths, Economics, Chemistry.

I've received an offer from UEL to do international development with NGO management. Its the only degree that actually offers NGO experience and planning for working in the development sector - rather than 100% development theory.

I considered UEL myself, it looks an incredible course, I just personally prefer the course content at the uni's I've applied to! Where else have you applied? Have you had any other offers? I'm so excited to get to uni and study this course

I decided on it because I'm a mature student and wanted something that could actually be applied rather than everyone just having the knowledge and no experience as it's a very difficult industry. I've also got an offer from Northampton, and an interview with Sussex. I only applied to those because I didn't want to waste spaces in the application haha but Sussex looks good

That makes sense, I'm hopefully going to have a placement year and do some work experience abroad and some within the UK working for an NGO to get a mix of experiences. That's brilliant, I've also applied to Northampton and Sussex and had offers from them. At the moment, I'm planning on going to Sussex to study as they're very successful with this course

awesome, well done! in the mean time check out the Ics scheme if you haven't already. I did it in the Philippines. did you have to do an interview or test essay for Sussex? I have to presumably because I'm applying to foundation and have been out of education a few years

Is anyone planning to do this course or something similar? I'm struggling to find opinions of those at a similar position to me or do this course at uni :/
Currently Year 12 studying English Lit., Maths, Economics, Chemistry.

Hi, I've just come across this thread and thought I might have some (hopefully) helpful input.

I study BSc (Hons) International Development with Economics at the University of Bath and am in my second year here. While in sixth form I also took English Lit., alongside Politics, Philosophy and History. In the year prior to joining I also took my Maths A-Level (not exactly the wildest gap year...)

Any combination of subjects is likely helpful for the course given the varied, analytical nature of our learning. You do not need to have a huge understanding of economics or maths, though it does help. I was quite apprehensive regarding the economics part of the course when I was applying. However, we are taught the basics from scratch when we arrive - very quickly though! After a couple of compulsory modules in 1st year, you are then able to reduce your economics units or take additional ones depending on your preference.

The thing I enjoy most about my course is variety. In each unit we are encouraged to follow our own interests and to feature these in our work. For example, we had a market study where we could choose our market. This led to some particularly varied and interesting work, topics such as; Gender Reassignment Surgery in Iran, Abortion in Uganda and Chocolate in Brazil.

My course is part of the Department of Social & Policy Sciences, here's some information about the department and some recent achievements and research proposals. In my view, having such prominent lecturers has helped to engage everyone on the course, and has brought in really valuable insight from leading researchers.

If you have any questions about the course at Bath, or anything regarding International Development at university, feel free to quote me.

Hollie
International Development with Economics - 2nd Year

I am also considering this course. What is considered to be 'good' AS grades for Bath?

Do you have any tips or any useful information that will help prepare you for this course? It would be so helfpful to see a schedule of topics you covered in first year if you have one

Hi there!

It's great to hear you're considering the course. Here's the link, if you scroll down to the entry requirements it will hopefully give you a better idea of the typical offer.

For the university as a whole, it is quite hard to say what is 'good' as offers differ a lot between courses.

I hope this is helpful

Hollie

Thanks for your help, I sent off my UCAS application at the beginning of the month and have received an offer from Bath University for International Development with Economics!

I've actually been looking at ICS, I'm glad to finally meet someone who has done it already! How did you find the experience? I'm considering doing that as part of my placement year as I won't be able to fit it in before uni unless I take a gap year, which I'm not really wanting to do. I didn't get asked for an interview or test essay, but yeah as you've said it may be because of that. I hope the interview goes well for you! Do you know when it is?

Im not sure if i replied to this - but you don't need to take a gap year because its only 12 weeks and they can get you back in time to start school. I loved it, 100% recommended, especially if you're going to study dev. I learnt a lot - and way better than voluntourism. Also interview went really well, sussex offered me a place.

Yeah, I have considered doing it in the summer but I'm not 100% sure on whether to do it then or later on. Was it quite independent or were you with loads of other people the whole time? That's brilliant news! I'm so happy for you, well done

How has your course been so far? Why did you choose Bath? And will you do a study abroad programme?