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Development
Structure
Students will be required to complete the two core subjects, plus choose three subjects from the compulsory specialisation subject list. Students must also undertake electives to make up the balance of the award. The selection of electives is made in consultation with the Development major coordinator.
A list of subjects with special requirements within this specialisation can be found at http://environment.unimelb.edu.au/courses/streams/development
Subject Options
Core Subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULT90004 | Sustainability Governance and Leadership |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MULT90005 | Interdisciplinarity and the Environment |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Compulsory Subjects
and choose 3 subjects from the list of:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVT90003 | The Political Ecology of Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90009 | Development Theories | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
plus undertake electives to make up the balance of the award. The recommended list of electives includes:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90064 | Urban Sustainability and Climate Change | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90065 | Managing Global City Regions | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90279 | Cities Without Slums | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ANTH90004 | Migration and Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT50002 | Poverty, Microfinance and Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90001 | Development Project Management & Design | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90002 | Internship in Development |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| DEVT90008 | International Internship in Development |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90040 | Gender Issues in Development | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON90016 | Environmental Economics and Strategy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENEN90011 | Energy Efficiency Technology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST70001 | Environmental Research Proj (50 Long) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90006 | Environmental Research Review (12.5) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90007 | Environmental Research Project (25) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90016 | Environmental Research Project (50) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
| ENST90017 | Environmental Policy Instruments | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90014 | Environmental Risk Assessment | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90020 | Environmental Modelling | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEND90007 | Rethinking Rights and Global Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90007 | China Field Class PG | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| GEOM90008 | Foundations of Spatial Information |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70068 | Environmental Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NRMT90007 | Community Natural Resource Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS90016 | The United Nations: Review and Reform | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90014 | Epidemiology 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90137 | Primary Health Care, Jamkhed, India | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| POPH90190 | HIV and AIDS:An Evolving Global Response | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ASIA90001 | Human Rights in Southeast Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ACCT90031 | Sustainability Reporting & Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90066 | Women and Global Health | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70118 | Women, War and Peacebuilding | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ENEN90027 | Energy for Sustainable Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS90013 | Politics and Business in post-Mao China | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90030 | Forests in the Asia Pacific Region | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90047 | Development Strategies | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70093 | International Law and Development | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVT90045 | Political Economy of Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90024 | Environmental Research Project - 25 Long |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90025 | Environmental Industry Research (25) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90026 | Environmental Industry Research: 25 Long |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90020 | Environmental Industry Research (50) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
| ENST70002 | Environmental Industry Research: 50 Long |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FOOD90026 | The Politics of Food | No longer available | |
| GEOG90021 | Conservation and Cultural Environments | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ENST90019 | Consumerism and the Growth Economy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90032 | Sustainability and Behaviour Change | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90020 | Risk Management and Public Participation | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| DEVT90007 | Development Studies Special Topics A | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90049 | Politics & Contested Development: Africa | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENEN90027 | Energy for Sustainable Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90042 | Fieldwork in Complex and Hostile Places |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| DEVT50001 | Development, Culture and Conflict | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CVEN90019 | Sustainable Water Resources Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90005 | Development Studies Special Topics B | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90001 | Global Environment and Sustainability | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70169 | Developing Countries and the WTO | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Notes
Other subjects may be approved at the discretion of the coordinator.
Links
http://www.environment.unimelb.edu.au/
Last updated: 4 March 2025