The BA International Relations and Development programme student will apply an international relations lens to understanding and addressing the challenge of global development and learn how development is affected by relations between states, in theory, and in practice. Stuident will explore theories of economic and social development, from colonialism to dependency, and develop core disciplinary skills in international relations and international political economy. Student will apply these theories to a variety of examples of development and change from across the world, and critically examine different forms of development assistance, from aid to trade relations.