MSc in Development Studies
Programme Code: TMDV
Department: International Development
For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24
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.
Students who choose to concentrate their electives and dissertation in a certain topic area may elect to have a specialism in "African Development”, “Population Studies” or "Applied Development Economics" attached to their degree certificate and transcript. To obtain the specialism indication, students must meet the criteria below.
African Development: students must take DV418 and DV435, and their dissertation topic must be approved as being appropriate for this specialism.
Population Studies: students must take two half units from DV444, DV456 or DV476 and their dissertation topic must be approved as being appropriate for this specialism.
Applied Development Economics: Students to take at least two courses from DV490, DV491, DV492, and DV494 and their dissertation topic must be approved as being appropriate for this specialism. Alternatively, students must take three courses from DV490, DV491, DV492, and DV494.
If no such election is made, the degree certificate will state “Development Studies” without further specification.
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.
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Course number, title (unit value) | |
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Paper 2 |
DV410 Research Design and Dissertation in International Development (1.0) | |
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DV445 Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice (0.0) | |
Papers 3 & 4 |
Courses to the value of 2 unit(s) from the following: A | |
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AN451 Anthropology of Politics (0.5) | |
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AN456 Anthropology of Economy (1): Production and Exchange (0.5) | |
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AN457 Anthropology of Economy (2): Transformation and Globalisation (0.5) | |
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DV407 Poverty (0.5) | |
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DV411 Population, Development and Environment: an Analytical Approach (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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DV413 Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (0.5) # | |
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DV415 Global Environmental Governance (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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DV418 African Development (0.5) | |
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DV420 Complex Emergencies (0.5) | |
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DV421 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Development (0.5) | |
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DV424 International Institutions and Late Development (0.5) | |
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DV428 Managing Humanitarianism (0.5) | |
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DV432 China in Developmental Perspective (0.5) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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DV433 The Informal Economy and Development (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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DV434 Human Security (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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DV435 African Political Economy (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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DV444 Global Health Challenges: Epidemics, Disease, and Public Health Response (0.5) # | |
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DV447 Youth and Gendered Violence (0.5) # (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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DV453 International Development Consultancy Project (0.5) | |
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DV454 Gender, labour markets and social change in the Global South: theory, evidence, public action (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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DV455 Advocacy, Campaigning and Grassroots Activism (0.5) | |
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DV456 Population, Health and Development: Evidence and Projections (0.5) # | |
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DV457 Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes: Design, Implementation and Evaluation (0.5) | |
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DV458 Key issues in Global Health and Development (0.5) | |
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DV460 Bayesian Reasoning for Qualitative Social Science: A modern approach to case study inference (0.5) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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DV462 Forced Migration and Refugees (0.5) | |
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DV463 Civil society, security and development (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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DV464 Democracy and Development (0.5) | |
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DV465 Labour, Social Services and Development (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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DV472 Covid-19 pandemic: health, socio-economic and political implications for development (Special Topics in International Development) (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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DV476 Population Analysis: Methods and Models (0.5) # (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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DV477 Rural Livelihoods, Development and Agrarian Transformation (0.5) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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DV480 Transforming Society: Revolutions, Evolutions and Colonialism (0.5) # | |
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DV483 Information Communication Technologies and Socio-economic Development (0.5) | |
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DV490 Economic Development Policy I: Applied Policy Analysis for Macroeconomic Development (0.5) # | |
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DV491 Economic Development Policy II: Microeconomic Analysis (0.5) # | |
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DV492 Economic Development Policy III: Government Policy Analysis (0.5) # | |
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DV494 Foundations of Applied Econometrics for Economic Development Policy (0.5) # | |
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EH446 Economic Development of East and Southeast Asia (1.0) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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GI407 Globalisation, Gender and Development (1.0) 1 (not available 2024/25) | |
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GI409 Conceptual Foundations in Gender, Development and Globalization (0.5) 2 | |
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GI418 Feminist Economics and Policy: An Introduction (0.5) # | |
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GV441 States and Markets (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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GV483 Public Management Theory and Doctrine (0.5) | |
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GV4C9 Globalization and Democratization in Southeast Asia (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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GV4K1 Participatory Governance (0.5) | |
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GV4L3 Data Science Applications in Politics Research (0.5) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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GV4L7 Political Participation and Representation in Latin America (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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GY403 Contemporary Debates in Human Geography (0.5) | |
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GY420 Environmental Regulation: Implementing Policy (1.0) (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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GY431 Cities, People and Poverty in the South (0.5) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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GY432 Urban Ethnography (0.5) | |
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GY438 Urban Asia: Cities and Social Change (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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GY447 The Economics of Regional and Urban Planning (0.5) # C | |
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GY459 Urban Theory and Policy in the Global South (0.5) | |
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GY465 Concepts in Environmental Regulation (0.5) | |
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GY474 Politics of Environment and Development (0.5) | |
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GY475 Issues in Environmental Governance (0.5) | |
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GY480 Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity (0.5) | |
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LL4AX Selected Topics in International Human Rights Law (0.5) | |
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LL4C2 World Poverty and Human Rights (0.5) | |
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MG460 Emergencies Management: Humanitarian Intervention and Digital Innovation (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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MY425 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5) # | |
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PP449 Comparative Political Economy and Development (0.5) | |
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SP415 Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global Souths (0.5) # E | |
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SP436 Basic Education for Social Development (0.5) # (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
1 : GI407 can not be taken with GI409, GI420
2 : GI409 can not be taken with GI407, GI420
3 : GI420 can not be taken with GI409, GI407
Footnotes
A : The International Relations (IR) Department permits non-IR students to take only one option from those prefixed "IR". Access is not guaranteed for any option.
B : Entry to this course may be restricted.
C : Entry to this course may be restricted.
D : Entry to this course may be restricted.
E : Course designed for those with a minimum of one year's practical working experience in developing countries; seminars draw extensively on students' own experience. Entry may be restricted. Interested students should attend lectures and consult the lecturers.
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.