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100pt Program
Master of Development StudiesCourse Entry PointYear: 2020
100pt Program
Contact information
Coordinator
Lan Anh Hoang
Email: lahoang@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
- Contact Stop 1
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information: http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
- Contact: 'Make an enquiry' at http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees/master-of-development-studies/overview
Overview
The coursework masters provides specialist training for professional qualification purposes, usually to graduates working in the fields of development and environment, development and gender, development and urbanisation, and health policy and development, but may also be taken for general interest. This course does not necessarily lead to higher degree study, however high achieving students who complete the thesis option may qualify for entry to a masters by research or PhD.
Last updated: 4 January 2021
Structure
100 credit points
100 point program
Duration: 1 year full-time / up to 2 years part-time
- two compulsory subjects (25 points)
Coursework Only Option:
- elective subjects (75 points)
or
Minor Thesis Option:
- DEVT90041 Research Methods for Development (12.5 points)
- minor thesis parts 1 and 2 (total 50 points)
- Elective subject (12.5 points)
Capstone Requirement:
All students are required to complete the Capstone Requirement for the program (25 points). Students must complete one capstone option:
Capstone Stream 1: DEVT90060 Internship in Development (25 points) or DEVT90008 International Internship in Development (25 points)
Purpose: An opportunity to acquire practical skills in development practice and apply this knowledge to solve problems that arise in a professional context and develop an integrated understanding of knowledge and practice.
Capstone Stream 2: DEVT90054 Development Studies Thesis Part 1 and DEVT90055 Development Studies Thesis Part 2 (total 50 points)
Purpose: An opportunity to integrate knowledge and research skills to address a specific development research question.
Capstone Stream 3: DEVT90001 Project Management & Design (12.5 points) and DEVT90035 Monitoring and Evaluation in Development (12.5 point)
Purpose: An opportunity to acquire practical skills in project management and monitoring and evaluation and apply this knowledge to solve problems that arise in a professional context and develop an integrated understanding of knowledge and practice.
For policies that govern this degree, see Academic Services Policy in the University Melbourne Policy Framework.
Subject Options
Compulsory Subjects
25 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90009 | Development Theories |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
DEVT90053 | Intervening in Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Minor Thesis Subject
Minor Thesis Option - 62.5 points
Please note the following prior to enrolling in the minor thesis -
- to be eligible to enrol in the thesis, students must submit a 300 word thesis proposal for approval by the course coordinator prior to the semester of enrolment in the thesis
- students enrolling in the minor thesis must also complete DEVT90041 Research Methods in Development
- the minor thesis must be completed over two consecutive semesters (part 1 and 2)
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90054 | Development Studies Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
DEVT90055 | Development Studies Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Elective Subjects
Coursework Only Option - 75 points
or
Minor Thesis Option - 12.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90067 | Migration and Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90001 | Human Rights in Southeast Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90011 | China's Economic and Social Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
ASIA90014 | Civil Society and Social Change in China | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90016 | China and the Environment | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90017 | Contemporary China | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90017 | Violence, Trauma and Reconciliation | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT50001 | Development, Culture and Conflict | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT50002 | Poverty, Microfinance and Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90001 | Development Project Management & Design | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90003 | The Political Ecology of Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90005 | Development Studies Special Topics B | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90007 | Development Studies Special Topics A | August (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 |
DEVT90035 | Monitoring and Evaluation in Development | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90040 | Gender Issues in Development | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90043 | Management in Development B | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
DEVT90044 | Management in Development A | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90045 | Political Economy of Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90046 | Local-Global Nexus: Kinship & Community | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
DEVT90047 | Rural and Urban Development Strategies | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
DEVT90049 | Politics & Contested Development: Africa | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90056 | The Anthropology of Development | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90057 | Gendering the Economy | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
DEVT90058 | Disaster and Humanitarian Aid | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90060 | Internship in Development |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
DEVT90061 | Global Urban Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90062 | Development and Inequality | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90022 | Contemporary Environmental Issues A | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND40003 | Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90007 | Rethinking Rights and Global Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90016 | Digital Politics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT90058 | Conflict, Security and Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
MULT90059 | Social Enterprise Incubator |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
NRMT90007 | Communities and Ecosystem Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL90010 | Global Justice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90012 | Trade Policy Politics & Governance | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90013 | Politics and Business in post-Mao China | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
POLS90016 | The United Nations: Review and Reform | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90034 | International Policymaking in Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90045 | Governing Money and Finance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90056 | Social Policy and Development |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
November (Off Campus)
|
12.5 |
POLS90058 | Asia-Pacific: Zone of Conflict or Peace? | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90086 | Global Child Health | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90087 | Global Challenges in Adolescent Health | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
POPH90088 | Disability and Global Development | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90137 | Primary Health Care, Jamkhed, India | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
POPH90189 | Health Program Design & Implementation | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90190 | HIV and AIDS:An Evolving Global Response | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90054 | Global Issues in Indigenous Governance | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps
Last updated: 4 January 2021