International Development
Department of Geography,
Faculty of Social Sciences

Course description
This course engages with the challenges of international development in today’s complex world. You’ll develop skills and knowledge relating to development research and practice. The course includes a 10-day field class currently in Nepal or Kenya providing hands-on experience of research.
The cost of the compulsory field class is included in your tuition fees.
Modules
Core modules
- Ideas and Practice in International Development
- Research Design and Methods in International Development
- Professional Skills for Development
- Dissertation with Placement
- International Development Field Class
Optional modules
Examples of optional modules include:
- Understanding Environmental Change
- Key Issues in Environment and Development
- Living with Climate Change in the Global South
- Key Issues in Global Public Health
- Using Policy to Strengthen Health Systems
- Cities of Diversity
- Cities of ‘the South’: planning for informality
Teaching
There are seminars, lectures, workshops and reading groups.
Assessment
You’ll be assessed on your coursework assignments, project work and a dissertation.
Duration
- 1 year full-time
- 2 years part-time

This particular course is exciting not just because I am studying the subject I am interested in, but also the opportunity to go on an international field trip and placement in order to experience the issues that I am learning about. Hopefully I can start to make a difference before I have even graduated. I did my undergraduate degree in Sheffield and loved it so much that I didn’t even consider studying anywhere else!
Entry requirements
You’ll need a good 2:1 or first class honours degree in geography or a related subject.
Fees and funding
Apply
You can apply for postgraduate study using our Postgraduate Online Application Form. It's a quick and easy process.
Contact
geography-admissions@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7900
The course information set out here may change before you begin, particularly if you are applying significantly in advance of the start date.