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Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced)Specialisation (formal)Year: 2018
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Development Studies
Overview
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Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete the Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation should:
- understand current practice and thinking about development;
- comprehend the relations between development and environmental conditions, gender and urbanisation; and
- know and be able to use some of the techniques employed in development planning.
Last updated: 31 January 2025
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 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Thesis Subject
50 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT40009 | Development Studies Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
DEVT40010 | Development Studies Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Elective Subjects
37.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH90004 | Migration and Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT50001 | Development, Culture and Conflict | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90005 | Development Studies Special Topics B | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90007 | Development Studies Special Topics A | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90035 | Monitoring and Evaluation in Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90043 | Management in Development B | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
DEVT90044 | Management in Development A | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90046 | Local-Global Nexus: Kinship & Community | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
DEVT90047 | Development Strategies | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90049 | Politics & Contested Development: Africa | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90051 | Asian Political Economy of Development | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
GEND40003 | Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90007 | Rethinking Rights and Global Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps
Last updated: 31 January 2025