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150pt Program - Development Studies
Master of Development StudiesCourse Entry PointYear: 2025
150pt Program - Development Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Professor Bina Fernandez
Email: bina.fernandez@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: 15 November 2024
Structure
150 credit points
Duration: 1.5 years full-time / up to 3 years part-time
Students entering the 150 Point Program – Development Studies will need to complete:
- 25 credit points of compulsory subjects
Remaining 125 credit point requirements:
Capstone Stream 1 or 3 - Coursework option
25 credit points of Capstone Stream 1 subject and 25 credit points of core subjects and 75 credit points of elective subjects
OR
25 credit points of Capstone Stream 3 subjects and 12.5 credit points of core subjects and 87.5 credit points of elective subjects
OR
Capstone Stream 2 - Minor Thesis
- 25 credit points of core subjects
- 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
- 37.5 credit points of elective subjects
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 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: DEVT90054 Development Studies Thesis Part 1 and DEVT90055 Development Studies 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 |
DEVT90053 | Development Systems and Interventions | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Capstone Stream 1 subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90060 | Internship in Development |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
25 |
Capstone Stream 2 subjects
Please note the following prior to enrolling in the minor thesis:
- Students admitted into the 150 point program must have completed 37.5 credit points of compulsory and core subjects within the program, with an average of H1 (80%).
- To be eligible to enrol in the thesis, students must submit a 1000 word thesis proposal for approval by the course coordinator prior to the semester of enrolment in the thesis. Please see detailed eligibility and requirements for DEVT90054.
- 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 | 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 |
Capstone Stream 3 subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90001 | Development Project Management & Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90035 | Monitoring and Evaluation in Development | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Core subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90040 | Gender Issues in Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90045 | Political Economy of Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90001 | Development Project Management & Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90056 | The Anthropology of Development | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective subjects
Capstone Stream 1: 75 credit points or Capstone Stream 3: 87.5 credit points
or
Capstone Stream 2 Option - 37.5 credit points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90067 | Migration and Development | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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 |
DEVT90078 | Contested Development and Culture | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
DEVT90003 | The Political Ecology of Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90007 | Development Policy: Independent Project | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
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 |
DEVT90043 | Advocacy in Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90044 | Practising Community-led Development | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90058 | Disaster and Humanitarian Aid | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
DEVT90060 | Internship in Development |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
25 |
DEVT90061 | Global Urban Development | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
DEVT90062 | Development and Inequality | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90005 | Environmental Politics and Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND40003 | Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90084 | Rethinking Rights and Global Development | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90016 | Digital Politics | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90079 | Conflict, Security and Development | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90290 | Social Enterprise Incubator |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
POLS90012 | Trade Policy Politics & Governance | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
POLS90013 | Politics and Business in post-Mao China | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
POLS90016 | International Organisations | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90076 | Social Policy and Development | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
POLS90058 | Asia-Pacific: Zone of Conflict or Peace? | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90088 | Disability in Policy and Practice | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90189 | Health Program Design & Implementation | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90054 | Global Issues in Indigenous Governance | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
DEVT90080 | Gender Analysis in Development Practice | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90442 | International Development Infrastructure | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90072 | Critical Development in Latin America | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90137 | Primary Health Care, Jamkhed, India | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
POPH90301 | Pandemic Preparedness and Response | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
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Last updated: 15 November 2024