BA Anthropology and International Development
About this course
BA (Hons) in Anthropology and International Development with Economics. Core topics include Research Methods. The curriculum is split equally between the two subject areas, allowing knowledge gained in one discipline to complement the other.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB or BBB IB: 32 points
What students say
Based on about 16 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 85%
- Learning opportunities: 89%
- Assessment and feedback: 74%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 82%
- Learning resources: 85%
- Student voice: 71%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 100%
What graduates do next
Based on about 5 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 60%
- Working and studying: 25%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 25%
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Legal professionals: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 70%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 55%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 30%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 50 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 5%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- London: 45%
- South East: 25%
- South West: 10%
- Wales: 5%
- Scotland: 5%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 65%
- Baccalaureate: 15%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
- Other qualifications: 10%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Colonialism and its Afterlives
- Difference and Diversity: Humans and Beyond
- Global Challenges and Innovations
- Making Sense of Humanity: Key Concepts in Anthropology
- Development Policies and Politics
- Key Thinkers and Doers in Development
- Making Money, Making Life: Capitalism, Care and the Environment
- Worlds and Selves
- Critical Approaches to Development Economics
- Ethnographic Research Methods
- Religion, Ritual & Global Transformation
- Social Justice and Development
- Politics and Power
- Cities and Urban Lives
- Culture and Representation
- Development and the State
- Environmental Perspectives on Development
- Ethnographic Field Research
- Gender, Race and Sexuality
- Health, Poverty and Inequality
- International Education and Development
- Practitioner and Activist Skills for Global Justice
- Visual Anthropology
- Anthropology Thesis
- International Development Thesis
- Advanced Sustainable Development: Sustainability in Policy and Practice
- Anthropology in the World: Theory, Knowledge, Action (and back again)
- Decolonial Movements
- Disasters, Environment and Development
- Environment and Development in World Politics
- Geographies of Money, Finance, and Debt
- Global Work Experience
- Living Geopolitics: Re-Thinking the World (Dis) Order
- Mobilities and Global Inequalities
- Slavery, Emancipation and Legacies
- Visualising War: Image, Media, and Culture
- Critical Perspectives on Conflict and Violence
- Development, Business and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Embodied Minds: Culture, Politics, and Psychotherapy
- Ethical Worlds
- Global Food Security
- Global South Asia
- Global Supply Chains: Making an (un)sustainable world?
- Humanitarianism in Theory and Practice
- Political Ecology and Environmental Justice
- Race, Ethnicity and Identity
- Violence, militarism & (anti)colonialism: Transnational feminist and queer perspectives
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Anthropology and International Development at University of Sussex earn?
The median salary is £22,500 after 3 years, £27,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,000 and £34,500. The £27,000 median after five years is £3,500 less than the UK median for Anthropology.
What do graduates of BA Anthropology and International Development at University of Sussex do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Anthropology and International Development at University of Sussex?
85% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Anthropology and International Development at University of Sussex?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 152 UCAS points.
Does BA Anthropology and International Development at University of Sussex include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Anthropology and International Development at University of Sussex?
100% of students continued into their second year, and 0% left higher education.