MSc in African Development

Full-year programme. Students take courses to the value of three full units and a dissertation as shown.

Paper

Course number and title

1

DV418

African Development (H)

DV435

African Political Economy (H)

2

A choice of:

DV400

Development: History, Theory and Policy or

DV431

Development Management or

A combination of DV442  Key Issues in Development Studies (H) and one of the following:

DV420

Complex Emergencies (H)

DV421

Global Health and Development (H)

DV428

Managing Humanitarianism (H)

3

Courses to the value of one unit not already taken under paper 2 or from the following:

DV407

Poverty (H)

DV409

Economic Development Policy (n/a 14/15)

DV411

Population and Development: An Analytical Approach (H)

DV413

Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (H)

DV415

Global Environmental Governance (H)

DV423

Global Political Economy of Development (H)

DV424

International Institutions and Late Development (H)

DV432

China in Developmental Perspective (H)

DV433

The Informal Economy and Non-State Governance (H)

DV434

Human Security (H) (n/a 14/15)

DV445

Research Themes in International Development (H)

DV446

Technical Change, Paradigm Shifts and Global Development (H)

DV447

Public Affairs, International Development and Gendered Violence (H)

DV483

Information Technologies and Socio-Economic Development (H)

AN436

The Anthropology of Development (H)

GI407

Globalisation, Gender and Development

GI409

Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction (H)

GI411

Gender, Postcolonialism, Development: Critical Perspectives and New Directions (H)

GI418

Feminist Economics and Policy: An Introduction (H)

GI419

Gender and Contemporary Social Movements (H)

GI420

Globalisation, Gender and Development: Policy and Practice (H)

GV483

Public Management Theory and Doctrine (H)

GV4C2

Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Totalitarianism (H) (n/a 14/15)

GV4D3

Local Power in an Era of Globalization, Democratization, and Decentralization (H)

GY403

Contemporary Debates in Human Geography (H)

GY407

Globalization, Regional Development and Policy

GY408

Local Economic Development and Policy (n/a 14/15)

GY409

Globalization and Regional Development (H)

GY410

Economics of Local and Regional Development (H) (n/a 14/15)

GY421

Gender and Development : Geographical Perspectives (H)

GY423

Environment and Development

GY431

Cities, People and Poverty in the South (H)

GY432

Urban Ethnography (H)

GY447

The Economics of Regional and Urban Planning (H)

GY464

Race and Space (H) (n/a 14/15)

GY467

Global Migration and Development (H) (n/a 14/15)

GY468

Environment and Development: Sustainability, Technology and Business (H)

GY469

Environment and Development: Ecosystem Services and the Global South (H)

ID430

Organisational Behaviour (H)

ID431

Organisational Change (H)

IR422

Conflict and Peace Studies (with permission) (n/a 14/15)

IR461

Islam in International Relations: From Al-Andalus to Afghanistan

MG402

Public Management: A Strategic Approach (H) (n/a 14/15)

MG438

Business Model Innovation at the 'Base of the Pyramid'

SA492

Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes: Design, Implementation and Evaluation (H)

SA4E6

Rural Development and Social Studies (with permission) (H) (n/a 14/15)

SA4F1

Migration: Population Trends and Policies (H)

SA4H9

Non-Governmental Organisations, Social Policy and Development (H)

Other relevant courses with permission of degree programme and course managers.

4

DV410

Research Design and Dissertation in Development Studies and Development Management, including:

DV410.1

Social Research Methods in Developing Countries