MSc in African Development

Programme Code: TMAFDV

Department: International Development

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

This information is for the 2016/17 session.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

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) (n/a 16/17)

DV421

Global Health and Development (H)

DV424

International Institutions and Late 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)

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)

DV446

Technical Change, Paradigm Shifts and Global Development (H) (n/a 16/17)

DV447

Public Affairs, International Development and Gendered Violence (H)

DV453

Humanitarian Consultancy Project (H)

DV483

Information Communication Technologies and Socio-economic Development (H)

DV490

Economic Development Policy I: Applied Policy Analysis for Macroeconomic Development (H)

DV491

Economic Development Policy II: Microeconomic Analysis (H) (n/a 16/17)

DV492

Economic Development Policy III: Government Policy Analysis (H)

AN436

The Anthropology of Development (H)

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Gender and Contemporary Social Movements (H) (withdrawn 16/17)

GI420

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

GV483

Public Management Theory and Doctrine (H)

GV4C2

Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Totalitarianism (H)

GY403

Contemporary Debates in Human Geography (H)

GY407

Globalization, Regional Development and Policy

GY408

Local Economic Development and Policy

GY409

Globalization and Regional Development (H)

GY410

Economics of Local and Regional Development (H)

GY421

Gender and Development : Geographical Perspectives (H) (n/a 16/17)

GY423

Environment and Development

GY431

Cities, People and Poverty in the South (H) (n/a 16/17)

GY432

Urban Ethnography (H) (n/a 16/17)

GY447

The Economics of Regional and Urban Planning (H)

GY464

Race and Space (H) (n/a 16/17)

GY467

Global Migration and Development (H)

GY468

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

GY469

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

IR422

Conflict and Peace Studies (with permission) (withdrawn 16/17)

IR461

Islam in International Relations: From Al-Andalus to Afghanistan (n/a 16/17)

MG402

Public Management: A Strategic Approach (H) (n/a 16/17)

MG4B7

Organisational Change (H)

SA492

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

SA4E6

Rural Development and Social Studies (with permission) (H)

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, Development Management, African Development and International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies and

DV445

Research Themes in International Development (non-assessed)