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MSc in Development Management (Political Economy)

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Programme Code: TMDVMPE

Department: International Development

For students starting this programme of study in 2025/26

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

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

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Course code, title (unit value)

Paper 1

DV469 The Political Economy of Development (0.5)

Paper 2

DV443 Development Management Consultancy Project (0.5)

Paper 3

Two from:

DV424 International Institutions and Late Development (0.5)

DV464 Democracy and Development (0.5)

DV480 Development Transformations: The Political Economy of Colonialism, Revolution and Reform (0.5)

Paper 4

A B

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

AC470 Accounting in the Global Economy (0.5) #

DV407 Poverty (0.5)

DV411 Population, Development and Environment: an Analytical Approach (0.5)

DV413 Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (0.5)

DV415 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)

DV418 African Development (0.5)

DV420 Complex Emergencies (0.5)

DV421 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Development (0.5)

DV423 Global Political Economy of Development (0.5) #

DV424 International Institutions and Late Development (0.5)

DV428 Managing Humanitarianism (0.5)

DV432 China in Developmental Perspective (0.5) # (withdrawn 2026/27)

DV433 The Informal Economy and Inclusive Development (0.5)

DV434 Human Security (0.5) (suspended 2026/27)

DV435 African Political Economy (0.5)

DV444 Quantitative Analysis in Health and Sustainable Development (0.5) # (suspended 2026/27)

DV454 Gender, labour markets and social change in the Global South: theory, evidence, public action (0.5) (suspended 2026/27)

DV455 Advocacy, Campaigning and Grassroots Activism (0.5)

DV456 Population, Health and Development: Evidence and Projections (0.5) # (suspended 2026/27)

DV457 Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes: Design, Implementation and Evaluation (0.5)

DV458 Key issues in Global Health and Development (0.5)

DV462 Forced Migration and Refugees (0.5)

DV464 Democracy and Development (0.5)

DV465 Labour, Social Services and Development (0.5)

DV472 Capitalism and Development: a history (0.5)

DV473 Health, conflict and crises (0.5)

DV480 Development Transformations: The Political Economy of Colonialism, Revolution and Reform (0.5)

DV483 Digital Development and Socioeconomic Development (0.5)

DV490 Economic Development Policy I: Applied Policy Analysis for Macroeconomic Development (0.5) #

DV491 Economic Development Policy II: Microeconomic Analysis (0.5) #

DV492 Economic Development Policy III: Government Policy Analysis (0.5) #

DV494 Foundations of Applied Econometrics for Economic Development Policy (0.5)

GI409 Conceptual Foundations in Gender, Development and Globalization (0.5) #

GI411 Gender, Post/coloniality and Development: Critical Perspectives and New Directions (0.5) #

GI418 Feminist Economics and Policy (0.5) #

GI420 Feminist Perspectives on Transnational Development Agendas (0.5)

GV483 Public Management Theory and Doctrine (0.5)

GV4C9 Globalization and Democratization in Southeast Asia (0.5) (suspended 2026/27)

GV4K1 Participatory Governance (0.5)

GV4L3 Data Science Applications in Politics and Policy (0.5) # (suspended 2026/27)

GV4L7 Political Participation and Representation in Latin America (0.5) (suspended 2026/27)

GY403 Contemporary Debates in Human Geography (0.5) #

GY409 Globalisation and territorial development: Theory, Evidence and Policy (0.5)

GY410 Economics of Local and Regional Development (0.5)

GY413 Regional Development and Policy (0.5) #

GY431 Cities, People and Poverty in the South (0.5) # (withdrawn 2026/27)

GY432 Urban Ethnography (0.5)

GY447 The Economics of Regional and Urban Planning (0.5) #

GY459 Global Urbanism (0.5)

GY473 Economic Development and the Environment (0.5) #

GY474 Politics of Environment and Development (0.5)

GY480 Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity (0.5) (suspended 2026/27)

MG402 Public Management: A Design-Oriented Approach (0.5) (suspended 2026/27)

MG460 Emergencies Management: Humanitarian Intervention and Digital Innovation (0.5) (suspended 2026/27)

MG4B7 Leading Organisational Change (0.5)

MY476 Population Analysis: Methods and Models (0.5) # (withdrawn 2026/27)

PP449 Comparative Political Economy and Development (0.5) (suspended 2026/27)

SP415 Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global Souths (0.5) #

Paper 5

DV410 Research Design and Dissertation in International Development (1.0)

DV445 Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice (0.0)

Footnotes

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

A: Paper 4: Another course with the approval of the supervisor/course tutor.

B: Paper 4, GI409: GI409 cannot be taken with GI420

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