Course summary
1st in the world for Development Studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022) Food is a cross-cutting development issue that concerns hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition, environment sustainability, power politics, social justice and cultural identity. It is about the global and the local, and the hard trade-offs that the globalisation era has brought about. This MA draws on wide-ranging expertise of faculty at both IDS and School of Global Studies at Sussex (where you’ll be based). You’ll gain an advanced understanding of the complex relationship between food and development. We build your analytical and practical skills, improving your ability to engage critically with issues such as:
- food and nutrition security
- sustainable food systems
- value chains and corporate power
- agri-food technology and its contestations.
Modules
We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2023/24. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity. We’ll do our best to provide as much optional choice as we can, but timetabling constraints mean it may not be possible to take some module combinations. The structure of a small number of courses means that the order of modules or the streams you choose may determine whether modules are core or optional. This means that your core modules or options may differ from what’s shown below. Core modules Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most. Autumn teaching
- Critical Debates in Development Theory
- Food Politics and Development
- Research Methods and Professional Skills
- Dissertation (Food and Development)
- Climate Change and Development
- Climate change: Impacts and Adaptation
- Competing in the Green Economy
- Fair Trade, Ethical Business & New Moral Economies
- Nutrition
- Poverty, Vulnerability and the Global Economy
- Sustainability and Policy Processes: Issues in Agriculture, Environment and Health
- Dissertation with Placement (Global Studies)
Entry requirements
You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above. Your qualification should be in a social or natural science but if you do not meet the academic requirements or have other degrees you will also be considered if you can show evidence of relevant work or voluntary experience.
Fees and funding
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Provider information
University of Sussex
Sussex House
Brighton
BN1 9RH