Development Studies

Development Studies is a dynamic field concerned with processes of social, economic, political and cultural change in the global South. This minor provides students the opportunity to critically examine processes of managed change in the developing world, as well as a skills set to intervene in such processes. Through this programme, students will better understand the nature of policies and relationships at local, national and international levels that have shaped poverty, inequality and insecurity in the contemporary world. We examine themes such as debt and global poverty, environmental sustainability, the relationship between citizens and the state, culture and human rights, globalisation, national sovereignty, gender inequity, social exclusion, health, and migration.

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Development Studies

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

Level 1

• The Developing World (compulsory)and

And one of:

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

Level 2 compulsory subject:

• Anthropology of Policy in Development

Level 2 optional subjects (one of):

• Working with Value
• Ethnic Nationalism and the Modern World
• 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

Development Studies: Level 1 Compulsory Subject

Development Studies: Level 1 Optional Subjects:

Development Studies: Level 2 Compulsory Subject

Development Studies: Level 2 Optional Subjects

Development Studies: Level 3 Compulsory Subject

Development Studies: Level 3 Optional Subjects