International development
Study for a semester or year at a university ranked first in the world for Development Studies*. Discover our international development modules and be inspired by world-leading experts. If you're unsure what to study, follow our top tips for how to choose a module.
Browse our modules
You can see our full list of international development modules below.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
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Autumn Semester
- Building Peace After War
- Development, Business and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Disasters, Environment and Development
- Disasters, Environment and Development
- Hope for health: Disease, development and society
- Human Rights
- Human Rights
- International Development Thesis - AuD
- Mobilities and Global Inequalities
- Mobilities and Global Inequalities
- Stage 3/4 Elective Autumn
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Spring Semester
- Critical Perspectives on Conflict and Violence
- Decolonial Movements
- Decolonial Movements
- Designing Alternatives for Development
- Development Tools and Skills
- Education, Justice & Liberation
- International Development Thesis - SpD
- Political Ecology and Environmental Justice
- Political Ecology and Environmental Justice
- Stage 3/4 Elective Spring
Not sure how to choose?
Follow our top tips for choosing your modules. You can also find out about our teaching structure, assessment process and how your credits transfer back to your home institution.
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Which school will I study in?
You'll study in the International Development department, which is part of the School of Global Studies.
We are the world’s highest ranked university for the study of Development Studies.*
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Our Development research
Our staff focus on understanding processes of social exclusion, marginalisation and inequality. We are engaging with initiatives for social justice and activist movements in the UK and abroad. Our academics are pushing the boundaries of development thinking.
Our research influences the way we teach, and you learn from academics at the forefront of their fields.
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Contact us
If you are studying at Sussex for a semester or year and have questions, email sussexabroad@sussex.ac.uk.
*QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020. **(Our campus is nine minutes by train from Brighton & Hove) survey by accommodation providers Student Living by Sodexo. Rankings based on full undergraduate degree at Sussex.