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200pt Program - Gender and Development
Master of Development StudiesCourse Entry PointYear: 2023
200pt Program - Gender and Development
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr 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
Overview
The Master of Development Studies (specialisation in Gender & Development) provides specialist training and a professional qualification for graduates who are working, or seeking to work in international and community development, especially for those with an interest in gender and development. The program is designed to give students a firm grounding in theories about gender and development and enable them to think critically, reflexively and creatively about gendered policy and programming. The integration of theory and practice in our curriculum will help students develop capacity for gender analysis of important cross-cutting themes in development such as poverty, inequality, social justice, conflict and security, environment and livelihoods, and mobility and displacement. High achieving students who complete the thesis option may qualify for entry to a masters by research or a PhD.
Last updated: 29 April 2024
Structure
200 credit points
200 Point program
Duration: two years full-time / up to four years part-time.
- Three compulsory subjects (37.5 points)
- Two core subjects (25 points)
and
Capstone Stream 1 or 3:
- Capstone subjects (25 points)
- Elective subjects (112.5 points)
or
Capstone Stream 2:
- DEVT90041 Development Research Design & Assessment (12.5 points)
- Minor thesis parts 1 and 2 (total 50 points)
- Elective subject (75 points)
Capstone Requirement:
Capstone Subject Options must be completed in the final hundred points of the program. All students are required to complete one Capstone Subject Option (at least 25 points). This requirement cannot be waived or replaced in any circumstances:
Capstone Stream 1: DEVT90060 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
37.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90009 | Development Theories | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90040 | Gender Issues in Development | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90080 | Gender Analysis in Development Practice | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Core Subjects
25 points
Two subject from the following list
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90053 | Development Systems and Interventions | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90007 | Rethinking Rights and Global Development | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND40003 | Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Capstone Subjects
Capstone Stream 1 -Internship (25 points)
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90060 | Internship in Development |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
Capstone Stream 2 - Minor thesis (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 Development Research Design & Assessment.
- 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 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90011 | Gender and Development Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
GEND90012 | Gender and Development Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Capstone Stream 3 - Coursework (25 points)
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90001 | Development Project Management & Design | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
and
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90035 | Monitoring and Evaluation in Development | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
Capstone Stream 1 & 3 Option - 112.5 points
or
Capstone Stream 2 Option - 75 points
Please note the following:
- Up to 25 points of non-listed elective subjects may be requested as electives in the 200-point program.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ASIA90001 | Human Rights in Southeast Asia | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90014 | Civil Society and Social Change in China | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90016 | China and the Environment | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ASIA90017 | Contemporary China | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90017 | Violence, Trauma and Reconciliation | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90001 | Development Project Management & Design | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90003 | The Political Ecology of Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90007 | Development Policy: Independent Project | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
DEVT90035 | Monitoring and Evaluation in Development | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90043 | Advocacy in Development | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90044 | Practising Community-led Development | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90045 | Political Economy of Development | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90047 | Rural and Urban Development Strategies | Not available in 2023 | 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 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
DEVT90061 | Global Urban Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90062 | Development and Inequality | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
DEVT90067 | Migration and Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90076 | Social Policy and Development | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
DEVT90077 | Poverty, Microfinance and Development | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
DEVT90078 | Contested Development and Culture | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90079 | Conflict, Security and Development | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90016 | Digital Politics | Semester 2 (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 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90012 | Trade Policy Politics & Governance | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
POLS90013 | Politics and Business in post-Mao China | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90016 | International Organisations | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
POLS90034 | International Policymaking in Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90058 | Asia-Pacific: Zone of Conflict or Peace? | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90088 | Disability and Global Development | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90189 | Health Program Design & Implementation | February (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: 29 April 2024