Why Study ICT in International Development as part of a Combined Honours Degree?
ICT in International Development investigates the relationship between technology and development with a focus on the debates around the potential of ICTs to facilitate international development goals and the existence of a global information society and its claimed ability to accelerate global development. The programme is unique and global in outlook, exploring the opportunities, perspectives policies and challenges of ICTs in a global context. It draws on a combination of interdisciplinary approaches and techniques to provide theoretical and practical understanding of the relationship between ICTs and development and the social, economic and political forces that shape ICTs and development processes. The programme also provides an opportunity to develop the skills and technical knowledge required to design and implement ICT based systems and initiatives within an international context as it includes modules from the IT and the International Development programmes.