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100pt Program - Gender and Development
Master of Development StudiesCourse Entry PointYear: 2025
100pt 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
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: 15 November 2024
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 | Semester 1 (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 | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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 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 | 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 |
DEVT90053 | Development Systems and Interventions | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90056 | The Anthropology of Development | March (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 |
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 |
FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (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 |
NRMT90007 | Communities and Ecosystem Management | 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 |
GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90084 | 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 | 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 |
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: 15 November 2024