Global Development with Economics with a Year Abroad University of East Anglia

Overview

This Global Development with Economics with a Year Abroad BA course from the University of East Anglia  blends a strong interdisciplinary foundation with a specialist economics lens. You’ll study contemporary issues from an economics perspective – including poverty, exclusion, deprivation, foreign aid, the environment, trade, and globalisation. 

You’ll examine the root causes of economic and social inequality and explore the policies and processes that can help reduce them. You’ll develop practical skills in economic methods and statistics, master data analysis techniques, and gain hands-on experience with specialist statistical software. 

This dynamic course provides a broad foundation in key development issues, organisations, and practices, combining economic insights with perspectives from across the social sciences - including anthropology, environmental sciences, geography, media, and politics. 

You'll explore different world regions and have the flexibility to tailor your studies to your evolving interests. In your third year, you’ll also have the exciting opportunity to study at one of our many partner universities around the world. In recent years students have gone to universities in Ghana, Mexico, Japan, and Australia, amongst many others. 

Employability

• You’ll graduate with knowledge and skills valued by a wide range of organisations related to global development and many of our graduates go on to work in this sector. 

• These organisations include government agencies, the United Nations, private sector companies, and the many hundreds of large and small non-government organisations that focus on development and humanitarian work. 

• Alternatively, you can use the academic and transferable skills gained from our degrees for a career in business, the voluntary and public sector, education, and academia. 

Careers

Example of careers that you could enter include: 

• Multilateral organisations 

• British Government, including in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Department for Health and the Department for Communities 

• Local Government 

• NGOs 

• Universities 

• Consultancy firms