Major Thesis - Development Studies

Subject 121-528 (2009)

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Credit Points:
Level: Research Higher Degree
Dates & Locations: This is a time-based subject, taught on campus at .
Time Commitment: Total Time Commitment: 5 contact hours/week, 35 additional hours/week. Total of 40 hours per week.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Master of Arts program
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Coordinator

Dr Salim Lakha

Contact

Dr Salim Lakha

salim@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview: The Development Studies Major thesis is designed for students to develop advanced skills in carrying out independent and sustained research in an area of Development. The thesis should demonstrate a critical application of specialist knowledge and make an independent contribution to existing scholarship in the area of research. Students who complete this subject will produce a 30,000 word thesis on a research project dealing with an area of Development; demonstrate an ability to present, argue and demonstrate a coherent hypothesis on an issue in Development Studies, supported by research and analysis; and demonstrate an aptitude for original research at a higher degree level in the future.
Objectives:
  • be able to demonstrate advanced knowledge in an area of study relating to development;
  • engage in the broader theoretical debates as they relate to development;
  • produce a substantial piece of written work;
  • make an original scholastic contribution;
  • develop advanced research skills.
Assessment: one 30,000 word thesis
Prescribed Texts:
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:
  • be able to think critically (for example, about development and its measures);
  • obtain information to evaluate propositions (about the principles of development);
  • write a coherent and empirically substantiated research paper;
  • defend that paper.
Related Course(s): Master of Arts in Development Studies(Thesis only)

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