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150pt Program - Gender and Development // Structure
150pt Program - Gender and Development
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
Structure
150 credit points
Duration: one and a half years full-time / up to three years part-time
Students entering the 150 Point Program - Gender and Development will need to complete:
- 37.5 credit points of compulsory subjects
- 25 credit points of core subjects
Remaining 87.5 credit point requirements:
Capstone Stream 1 or 3:
25 credit points of Capstone Stream 1 subject and 62.5 credit points of Elective subjects
OR
25 credit points of Capstone Stream 3 subjects and 62.5 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
- 25 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: 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 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Core subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90053 | Development Systems and Interventions | Semester 1 (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 |
GEND40003 | Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective | Semester 2 (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:
- Students admitted into the 150 point program must have completed 37.5 credit 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 | March (On Campus - 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
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 |
Elective subjects
Capstone Stream 1 or 3 Option - 62.5 credit points
or
Capstone Stream 2 Option - 25 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 |
DEVT90001 | Development Project Management & Design | Semester 1 (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 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 |
DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | March (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 |
DEVT90045 | Political Economy of Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90056 | The Anthropology of Development | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 |
DEVT90067 | Migration and Development | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90076 | Social Policy and Development | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
DEVT90078 | Contested Development and Culture | Not available in 2025 | 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 Politics and Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90016 | Digital Politics | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - 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 |
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 |
DEVT90058 | Disaster and Humanitarian Aid | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NRMT90007 | Communities and Ecosystem Management | Semester 2 (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 |
DEVT90002 | Internship in Development |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (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: 20 December 2024