BASc Global Challenges
About this course
BASc (Hons) in International Development with Economics. Core topics include Data Analysis and Research Methods. The programme offers an optional placement year and includes a dissertation. Students undertake group-based applied research projects through the Contemporary Challenges module.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4 and Mathematics SL 2 or HL 2
What students say
Based on about 28 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 93%
- Learning opportunities: 89%
- Assessment and feedback: 86%
- Academic support: 94%
- Organisation and management: 85%
- Learning resources: 78%
- Student voice: 84%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 65 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 74%
- Left higher education: 11%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 15%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 45%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Unemployed: 20%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 20%
- Secretarial and related occupations: 20%
- Sales occupations: 20%
- Media Professionals: 10%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 70 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 1%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 7%
- London: 76%
- South East: 10%
Who gets in
Based on about 70 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 90%
- Access course: 3%
- Foundation course: 1%
- A degree: 3%
- Other HE qualification: 2%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Bronze overall, Bronze for student experience, Bronze for student outcomes.
Modules
- Contemporary Challenges
- Fundamentals of the Social Sciences
- Special Subjects A
- Special Subjects B
- Researching Your World
- Responses to Global Challenges
- Climate Change
- Sustainable Development and Political Ecology
- Ecosystem Stressors
- National Security Intelligence
- Climate Politics
- Insurgency and Counter-insurgency
- Colonialism, Migration and Global Racism
- Digital Culture
- Global Challenges in Practice
- Dissertation
- Cities, Culture and Social Change
- Climate Justice in a Changing World
- Digital Media, Social Movements and Change
- Environment and Sustainability
- Global Development: Critical Perspectives
- Global Migration
- International Development: Politics and Policy
- Lawyers, Guns and Money: Making the Modern World System
- Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Terrorism and Counterterrorism
- War and Humanitarianism
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BASc Global Challenges at Brunel University of London earn?
The median salary is £23,500 after 3 years, £27,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £24,000 and £35,500. The £27,500 median after five years is £3,000 less than the UK median for Development studies.
What do graduates of BASc Global Challenges at Brunel University of London do next?
65% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BASc Global Challenges at Brunel University of London?
93% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BASc Global Challenges at Brunel University of London?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 30 points in the IB. The average entrant had 95 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BASc Global Challenges at Brunel University of London?
74% of students continued into their second year, and 11% left higher education.