• This degree gives students an insight into the challenges of global development. It explores how the competing challenges of inequality, poverty reduction, economic growth, and social development are negotiated and contested, alongside ways in which people and institutions respond to these challenges.
  • Core modules in the program introduce students to key issues such as the impact of colonialism, how different agencies contribute to the development and how development operates in practice. Students also can choose from optional modules in their final year, allowing them to specialize in the regions, countries, and themes that excite you most – and even spend a semester studying at the University of Ghana to gain new insight into development.
  • This course will give students in-depth knowledge of debates, approaches, strategies, politics, and programs in the field of international development. It will also equip them with an understanding of project design and management in the international development context, as well as skills in research, analysis, using qualitative and quantitative data, communication, and decision-making in complex situations.