Overview

Development Studies is an interdisciplinary field of teaching and research that takes 'development' as its central concern. It intends to study the improvement in people’s lives through the lens of human development.The course articulates with the 36 unit Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Development and the 72 unit Master of Sustainable … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Bedford Park
Flinders

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Program of study
18 Units

Year 118 Units

Admission requirements

Admission requirements
English Language requirements

Aims

This course aims to:

  • Provide students with specialised knowledge of current development issues and policy areas and the theories that inform them
  • As a stand-alone course it provides a conceptual and practical framework for individuals wishing to take their careers in private sector, public sector or non-government organisations into the development arena
  • Form the first step in the Graduate Program in Sustainable Development, providing a basic entry point to more advanced studies up to Masters level

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course you will be able to:
1.
Appraise contemporary theories in the field of development studies and the socio-economic, political, cultural and environmental forces that shape developing countries
2.
Evaluate different types of information including big data sets relevant to the problems of development
3.
Assess development problems within the broader political and institutional context of international development at local, national and international scales