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200pt Program - Gender and Development
Contact information
Coordinator
Jeff Garmany
Email: jeff.garmany@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
Structure
200 credit points
200 Point program
Duration: 2 years full-time / up to 4 years part-time.
- six compulsory subjects (75 points)
Coursework Only Option
- elective subjects (125 points)
or
Minor Thesis Option
- DEVT90041 Research Methods for Development (12.5 points)
- minor thesis parts 1 and 2 (total 50 points)
- Elective subject (62.5 points)
Capstone Requirement:
All students are required to complete the Capstone Requirement for the program (at least 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: GEND90011 Gender and Development Thesis Part 1 and GEND90012 Gender and Development 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.
Compulsory Subjects
75 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90009 | Development Theories | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
DEVT90040 | Gender Issues in Development | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90053 | Intervening in Development | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | March (Online) |
12.5 |
GEND90007 | Rethinking Rights and Global Development | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90001 | Development Project Management & Design | March (Online) |
12.5 |
Minor Thesis Subject
Minor Thesis Option - 62.5 points
Please note the following prior to enrolling in the minor thesis -
- students admitted into the 200 point program must have completed 37.5 points of compulsory subjects within the program, with an average of H1 (80%)
- 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 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90011 | Gender and Development Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
GEND90012 | Gender and Development Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
Elective Subjects
Coursework Only Option - 125 points
or
Minor Thesis Option - 62.5 points
Please note the following:
- up to 25 points of language study may be included as electives in the 200-point program.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90067 | Migration and Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ASIA90001 | Human Rights in Southeast Asia | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
ASIA90011 | China's Economic Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ASIA90014 | Civil Society and Social Change in China | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ASIA90016 | China and the Environment | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ASIA90017 | Contemporary China | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
CRIM90017 | Violence, Trauma and Reconciliation | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90078 | Development, Culture and Conflict | March (Online) |
12.5 |
DEVT90077 | Poverty, Microfinance and Development | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
DEVT90003 | The Political Ecology of Development | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
DEVT90005 | Development Studies Special Topics B | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
DEVT90007 | Development Studies Special Topics A | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90008 | International Internship in Development |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
25 |
DEVT90035 | Monitoring and Evaluation in Development | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90043 | Management in Development B | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
DEVT90044 | Management in Development A | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
DEVT90045 | Political Economy of Development | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90047 | Rural and Urban Development Strategies | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
DEVT90053 | Intervening in Development | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90056 | The Anthropology of Development | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90058 | Disaster and Humanitarian Aid | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90060 | Internship in Development |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
25 |
DEVT90061 | Global Urban Development | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
DEVT90062 | Development and Inequality | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90022 | Contemporary Environmental Issues A | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND40003 | Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90016 | Digital Politics | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT90058 | Conflict, Security and Development | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT90059 | Social Enterprise Incubator |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
NRMT90007 | Communities and Ecosystem Management | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL90010 | Global Justice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
POLS90012 | Trade Policy Politics & Governance | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90013 | Politics and Business in post-Mao China | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
POLS90016 | The United Nations: Review and Reform | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90034 | International Policymaking in Practice | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90045 | Governing Money and Finance | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
DEVT90076 | Social Policy and Development |
Semester 1 (Online)
November (Online)
|
12.5 |
POLS90058 | Asia-Pacific: Zone of Conflict or Peace? | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90088 | Disability and Global Development | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90137 | Primary Health Care, Jamkhed, India | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
POPH90189 | No longer available | ||
SOCI90018 | Indigenous Policy Analysis | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
For policies that govern this degree, see Academic Services Policy in the University Melbourne Policy Framework.
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps
Last updated: 8 May 2024