Development Studies Major

Major/Minor/Specialisation !105-AA-MAJ+1017 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus: 2011

Coordinator

Dr Violeta Schubert
Email: violetas@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre

Overview: This major can be taken by students enrolled in the pre-2008 Bachelor of Arts - please refer to the course overview for details.
Objectives: see course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects: A major in development usually consists of eight 12.5-point subjects, totalling 100 points. It comprises:

  • two first-year subjects (25 points), which must include Famine in the Modern World and at least one other subject from the list of first-year social science subjects below; and
  • six second/third-year subjects (75 points), which must include Development and the Third World, three core subjects and two optional subjects.

Students seeking to make a career in development are strongly advised to construct an undergraduate program that combines a major in development with a major in one of the social sciences (anthropology, economics, geography, political science, sociology).

Students who commenced their degree before 2007 will need to complete 112.5 points toward this major in order to complete the major. For the specific major structure you must follow, refer to the handbook produced in the year you commenced your degree, available online at https://psc.unimelb.edu.au/.

If you have any questions about the major structure or subjects, please contact the Arts & Music Student Centre.

Subject Options:

Development Studies: Level 1 Compulsory Subject

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Development Studies: Level 1 Elective Subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Development Studies Compulsory Subject

This subject is available at level two
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Development Studies Core Subjects: Level Two

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Development Studies Core Subjects: Level Three

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Development Studies Optional Subjects: Level Two

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Semester 1
12.50

Development Studies Optional Subjects: Level Three

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Arts (Combined Theology)
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Arts and Sciences
Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) and Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) and Bachelor of Arts

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