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 is designed to prepare students for a variety of careers where knowledge is required on the … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Bedford Park
Flinders

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Program of study
36 Units

Year 136 Units

Admission requirements

Admission requirements
English Language requirements

Aims

The course aims to:

  • Provides students with an understanding of current fundamental development issues and policy areas and the theories that inform them
  • Enable students to develop awareness, knowledge and skills required for careers in public, private and non-governmental sector organisations that operate in in the field of development
  • Provides a mid-career opportunity for practitioners to address major issues in development in greater depth and breadth

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course you will be able to:
1.
Critique 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 qualitative and quantitative information relevant to the problems of development
3.
Appraise analytical tools (e.g., Human Development Index) and conceptual frameworks (e.g., Muti-dimensional Poverty) used by development practitioners
4.
Evaluate development problems within the broader political and institutional context of international development at local, national and international scales