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Development
Structure
200 credit points
Students will be required to complete the two core subjects, plus choose three subjects from the compulsory specialisation subject list. Students in the 200 point pathway must also take at least 12.5 points of subjects from the compulsory capstone subjects – these subjects enable students to complete an independent project in an area related to environment and development. Students in the 100 point pathway will not normally be required to complete this component. 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.
Subject Options
Core Subjects
Students must complete the following core subjects:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULT90004 | Environmental Sustainability |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MULT90005 | Partnerships for Sustainable Futures |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Specialisation Subjects
Students must take three subjects from the specialisation subjects below:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVT90003 | The Political Ecology of Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90009 | Development Theories | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Compulsory Capstone Experience
Students must complete at least 12.5 points from the following compulsory capstone subjects - please note that if you select either a 25 or 50 point research project that spreads across two semesters you must enrol into the Part 1 and Part 2 subjects over consecutive semesters. Students completing the 100 point pathway will normally be exempt from this requirement.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENST90006 | Environmental Research Review (12.5) |
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90007 | Environmental Research Project (25) |
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90016 | Environmental Research Project (50) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
50 |
| ENST90025 | Environmental Industry Research (25) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90020 | Environmental Industry Research (50) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
50 |
| DEVT90002 | Internship in Development |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
12.5 |
| GEOG90022 | International Internship in Environment |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
25 |
| ENST90035 | Environmental Research Project - 25 Pt1 |
Semester 1 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90036 | Environmental Research Project - 25 Pt2 |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90037 | Environmental Research Project - 50 Pt1 |
Semester 1 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90038 | Environmental Research Project - 50 Pt2 |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90039 | Environmental Industry Research - 25 Pt1 |
Semester 1 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90040 | Environmental Industry Research - 25 Pt2 |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90041 | Environmental Industry Research - 50 Pt1 |
Semester 1 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90042 | Environmental Industry Research - 50 Pt2 |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| DEVT90060 | Internship in Development |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| SCIE90017 | Science and Technology Internship |
Summer Term (Off Campus)
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
Students should make up the balance of the award with electives. Subjects in the list below are recommended. Other subjects may be taken with the approval of stream coordinator.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90064 | Urban Sustainability and Climate Change | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90065 | Managing Global City Regions | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90279 | Cities Without Slums | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90021 | Conservation and Cultural Environments | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90001 | Development Project Management & Design | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90040 | Gender Issues in Development | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON90016 | Environmental Economics and Strategy | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ENEN90011 | Energy Efficiency Technology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90014 | Environmental Risk Assessment | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90020 | Environmental Modelling | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEND90007 | Rethinking Rights and Global Development | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM90008 | Spatial Data Management |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70068 | Environmental Law | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NRMT90007 | Communities and Ecosystem Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS90016 | International Organisations | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ASIA90001 | Human Rights in Southeast Asia | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ACCT90031 | Sustainability Reporting & Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90066 | Women and Global Health | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENEN90027 | Energy for Sustainable Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS90013 | Politics and Business in post-Mao China | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90047 | Rural and Urban Development Strategies | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70093 | International Law and Development | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90045 | Political Economy of Development | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90032 | Sustainability and Behaviour Change |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| GEOG90020 | Participatory Risk Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90007 | Development Policy: Independent Project | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| DEVT90005 | Development Studies Special Topics B | No longer available | |
| FRST90030 | Forests in the Asia Pacific Region | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| POPH90137 | Primary Health Care, Jamkhed, India | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| ENST90034 | Adapting to Climate Change | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90003 | The Political Ecology of Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90009 | Development Theories | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90002 | Internship in Development |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
12.5 |
| DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90006 | Environmental Research Review (12.5) |
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90007 | Environmental Research Project (25) |
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90016 | Environmental Research Project (50) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
50 |
| ENST90020 | Environmental Industry Research (50) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
50 |
| ENST90025 | Environmental Industry Research (25) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| GEOG90007 | China Field Class PG | Not available in 2023 | 25 |
| LING90002 | Presenting Academic Discourse |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| POPH90020 | Health Promotion | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90131 | Primary Health Care: applied principles | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS90034 | International Policymaking in Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MECM90016 | Digital Politics | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PHIL90010 | Global Justice | No longer available | |
| POPH90088 | Disability and Global Development | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90019 | Indigenous Land Management | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| GEOG90025 | East Timor Field Class | May (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70169 | International Trade and Development | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90042 | Fieldwork in Complex and Hostile Places | Not available in 2023 | 25 |
| ABPL90371 | Design Activism | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ASIA90016 | China and the Environment | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| DEVT90058 | Disaster and Humanitarian Aid | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC90848 | Applied Research Methodology |
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| POPH90112 | Infectious Disease Epidemiology | April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90003 | Integrated River & Catchment Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90030 | Forests in the Asia Pacific Region | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| GEOG90007 | China Field Class PG | Not available in 2023 | 25 |
| GEOG90025 | East Timor Field Class | May (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| POPH90137 | Primary Health Care, Jamkhed, India | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MKTG90049 | Marketing, Society and Sustainability | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90044 | Analysing Ecosystems and Their Values | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025