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Development Studies // Structure

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Structure

100 credit points

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation requires:

  • one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
  • thesis subject (50 points)
  • elective subjects (37.5 point)

Total 100 points

Please note: Students must enrol in the thesis DEVT40009 Development Studies Thesis Part 1 and DEVT40010 Development Studies Thesis Part 2 over two consecutive semesters

Subject Options

Compulsory Subject

12.5 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
DEVT90009 Development Theories
Semester 1
 12.5

Thesis Subject

50 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
DEVT40009 Development Studies Thesis Part 1
Semester 1
Semester 2
 25
DEVT40010 Development Studies Thesis Part 2
Semester 2
 25

Elective Subjects

37.5 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ANTH90004 Migration and Development
Semester 1
 12.5
DEVT50001 Development, Culture and Conflict
February
 12.5
DEVT90005 Development Studies Special Topics B Not available in 2017 12.5
DEVT90007 Development Studies Special Topics A Not available in 2017 12.5
DEVT90035 Monitoring and Evaluation in Development
March
 12.5
DEVT90039 Civil Society, NGOs and the State
Semester 2
 12.5
DEVT90041 Development Research Design & Assessment
February
 12.5
DEVT90043 Management in Development B
September
 12.5
DEVT90044 Management in Development A
March
 12.5
DEVT90046 Family, Community and Development
February
 12.5
DEVT90047 Development Strategies
July
 12.5
DEVT90049 Politics & Contested Development: Africa
May
 12.5
DEVT90051 India’s Political Economy of Development Not available in 2017 12.5
GEND40003 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Semester 1
 12.5
GEND90006 Gender, Globalisation and Development
Semester 1
 12.5
GEND90007 Rethinking Rights and Global Development
Semester 2
 12.5

Links

http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps

Last updated: 24 January 2023