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Development Studies Special Topics B (DEVT90005)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2017
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Special Topic: Development Policy
This subject will review policy debates evolving around some of the key international – bilateral and multilateral – development actors. It will consider some of the interconnections and tensions around integrated policy: attempts to connect development efforts to other (inter)national interests. Drawing from literature on the anthropology of development, it will also require students to step back and treat development policy as an empirical phenomenon and ask how policy really works: does it actually do what it claims to do?
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of this subject, students should:
- be familiar with the policy trends and debates of key development actors;
- be familiar with contemporary critiques of mainstream development policy and take positions in these debates;
- be able to critically reflect on policy as an empirical phenomenon.
Generic skills
The subject is intended to strengthen the following skills:
- unravelling development policies, place them in historical context and critically reflect on them;
- construct coherent arguments about development policy;
- straddle the divide between academic and policy, treat the knowledge, language and workings of both realms at their own merit, and identify tensions and connections between them.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- A written assignment (2000 words) due during the semester.
- A final essay (3000 words) due during the examination period.
- Hurdle requirement: As this is an Intensively-taught subject, Lecture/Seminar attendance is compulsory for all classes and regular class participation is expected.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
Not available in 2017
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Readings will be provided online through the subject's LMS site prior to the commencement of the subjet.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Major Development Informal specialisation Gender and Development Specialisation - 200 point program Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Development Studies Informal specialisation Graduate Certificate in Arts (Advanced) - Development Studies Informal specialisation Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) - Development Studies Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Informal specialisation Gender and Development Specialisation - 150 Point program Informal specialisation Gender and Development Specialisation - 100 point program Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Development Studies Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Development Studies Major Development Specialisation (formal) Development Studies Major Development Specialisation (formal) Development Studies - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
Last updated: 3 November 2022