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100pt 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
Structure
100 credit points
Duration: 1 year full-time / up to 2 years part-time
Students entering the 100 Point Program - Gender and Development will need to complete:
- 37.5 credit points of compulsory subjects
Remaining 62.5 credit point requirements:
Capstone Stream 1 or 3:
25 credit points of Capstone Stream 1 subject and 37.5 credit points of Elective subjects
OR
25 credit points of Capstone Stream 3 subjects and 37.5 credit points of Elective subjects
OR
Capstone Stream 2 - Minor Thesis
- 12.5 credit points of development research design & assessment subject
- 25 credit points of Minor Thesis subjects - Part 1
- 25 credit points of Minor Thesis subjects - Part 2
Capstone Requirement
All students are required to complete one Capstone Subject Option (at least 25 credit points). This requirement cannot be waived or replaced in any circumstances.
Capstone Stream 1: DEVT90060 Internship in Development (25 credit 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 credit 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 credit points) and DEVT90035 Monitoring and Evaluation in Development (12.5 credit 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.
Subject Options
Compulsory subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90009 | Development Theories | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90080 | Gender Analysis in Development Practice | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90040 | Gender Issues in Development | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Capstone Subjects
Capstone Stream 1 -Internship
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90060 | Internship in Development |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
25 |
Capstone Stream 2 - Minor thesis
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 Development Research Design & Assessment.
- The minor thesis must be completed over two consecutive semesters (Part 1 and 2).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Capstone Stream 3 - Coursework
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90001 | Development Project Management & Design | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90035 | Monitoring and Evaluation in Development | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective subjects
Capstone Stream 1 or 3 Option only - 37.5 credit points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ASIA90001 | Human Rights in Southeast Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90014 | Civil Society and Social Change in China | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90016 | China and the Environment | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90017 | Contemporary China | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90017 | Violence, Trauma and Reconciliation | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90001 | Development Project Management & Design | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90003 | The Political Ecology of Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90007 | Development Policy: Independent Project | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
DEVT90035 | Monitoring and Evaluation in Development | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90043 | Advocacy in Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90044 | Practising Community-led Development | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90045 | Political Economy of Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90053 | Development Systems and Interventions | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90056 | The Anthropology of Development | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90058 | Disaster and Humanitarian Aid | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90060 | Internship in Development |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
25 |
DEVT90061 | Global Urban Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90062 | Development and Inequality | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
DEVT90067 | Migration and Development | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90076 | Social Policy and Development | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
DEVT90077 | Poverty, Microfinance and Development | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
DEVT90078 | Contested Development and Culture | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90079 | Conflict, Security and Development | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 |
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 |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
NRMT90007 | Communities and Ecosystem Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90012 | Trade Policy Politics & Governance | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90013 | Politics and Business in post-Mao China | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
POLS90016 | International Organisations | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90034 | International Policymaking in Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90058 | Asia-Pacific: Zone of Conflict or Peace? | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90088 | Disability in Policy and Practice | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90189 | Health Program Design & Implementation | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90007 | Rethinking Rights and Global Development | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90442 | International Development Infrastructure | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90072 | Critical Development in Latin America | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
POPH90137 | Primary Health Care, Jamkhed, India | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Notes:
Up to 25 credit points of non-listed elective subjects may be requested as electives in the 150 Point Program.
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: 1 February 2024