L8 Development studies course codes

By UCAS's old subject scheme, a course code starting L8 means development studies, in the social studies area (L). 17 courses at 9 UK universities use one for 2027 entry: most ask for between 72 and 112 UCAS points; 2 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often AAB. Another 43 joint honours courses carry L8 as their second subject.

Compare these courses, filter by entry grades and shortlist with the joint honours too

Codes in use

Universities choose their own codes, so most subjects have several. A code naming two subjects is a major/minor degree.

L800 3
L8N1 with business studies 2
L801 1
L80A 1
L832 1
L833 1
L834 1
L83C 1
L89D 1
L8A1 with pre-clinical medicine 1
L8AF 1
L8N2 with management studies 1
L8N3 with finance 1
L8NF 1

Joint honours

Courses carrying L8 as their second subject, by the subject their code starts with.

with L1 economics 6
with C8 psychology 4
with L3 sociology 3
with C3 zoology 2
with F0 no standard meaning 2
with L2 politics 2
with V1 history by period 2
with V3 history by topic, incl. art history 2
with V4 archaeology 2
with V5 philosophy 2
with C1 biology 1
with F1 chemistry 1
with F2 materials science 1
with F4 forensic and archaeological sciences 1
with F8 physical geography 1
with F9 other physical sciences 1
with H1 general engineering 1
with L0 no standard meaning 1
with P3 media studies 1
with R4 Spanish 1
with T0 no standard meaning 1
with W4 drama 1
with X3 education studies 1

Subjects

The subject UCAS tags these courses with first.

Universities

Courses

Code	Course	Award	University	Entry
L83C	Psychology and Sociology (including a Foundation Year)	BSc (Hons)	University of Chester	72 points	UCAS UNI
L80A	Sustainable Development	BSc (Hons)	University of East Anglia UEA	—	UCAS UNI
L800	Geography	BA (Hons)	Queen's University Belfast	112 - 144 points	UCAS UNI
L8N1	Environment and Sustainability	BA/BSc (H)	Royal Agricultural University	104 points	UCAS UNI
L8N2	Environment and Sustainability with Professional Placement Year	BA/BSc (H)	Royal Agricultural University	104 points	UCAS UNI
L8N3	Environment and Sustainability with Foundation Year	BA/BSc (H)	Royal Agricultural University	48 points	UCAS UNI
L800	Global Sustainable Development	BA (Hons)	University of Sheffield	AAB	UCAS UNI
L801	Global Sustainable Development with Foundation Year	BA (Hons)	University of Sheffield	—	UCAS UNI
L800	Global Development and Global Philosophy	BA (Hons)	SOAS University of London	AAB	UCAS
L89D	Manufacturing Engineering for England	HNC	TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges)	—	UCAS
L8A1	Global Sustainable Development	BASc (Hon)	University of Warwick	—	UCAS UNI
L8N1	Global Sustainable Development and Business Studies	BASc (Hon)	University of Warwick	152 points	UCAS UNI
L8NF	Global Sustainable Development and Business Studies with Integrated International Foundation Programme	BASc (Hon)	University of Warwick	—	UCAS
L8AF	Global Sustainable Development with Integrated International Foundation Programme	BASc (Hon)	University of Warwick	—	UCAS
L832	International Tourism Management	BSc (Hons)	University of West London	112 points	UCAS UNI
L834	International Tourism Management with Foundation	BSc (Hons)	University of West London	72 points	UCAS UNI
L833	International Tourism Management with Placement	BSc (Hons)	University of West London	112 points	UCAS UNI