Development Studies

Major/Minor/Specialisation !B-ARTS-MIN+1002 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Year and Campus: 2010

Coordinator

Dr Alan Thorold
Email:
athorold@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre
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Overview:

Development Studies is an interdisciplinary program that addresses major issues connected with social, political and environmental changes in developing countries. It examines how these changes impact on the livelihoods and quality of life of both urban and rural populations. Students learn about a range of issues, including food and environmental security, debt and poverty, gender relations, culture and human rights, and globalisation and national sovereignty. Continual growth in the development sector, in organisations such as international aid agencies, non goverment organisations, and consulting companies, ensures this program is relevant and valuable.

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Structure & Available Subjects: Development Studies

Development Studies is available as a 75 point minor sequence, consisting of the following:

Level 1

  • The Developing World (compulsory)and

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  • Anthropology: Studying Human Diversity
  • International Politics
  • Famine and the Modern World

Level 2 compulsory subject:

  • Development and the Third World

Level 2 optional subjects (one of):

  • Working with Value
  • Ethnic Nationalism
  • Society and Environments

Level 3 compulsory subject:

  • Power, Ideology and Inequality

Level 3 optional subjects (one of):

  • Africa: Environment, Development People
  • Sustainable Environment
Total 75 points
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12.50

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Links to further information: http://www.pasi.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts

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