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.

On successful completion of this minor, students will be able to:

• engage critically with processes of social, economic, political and cultural change in the global South; and
• communicate knowledge effectively about the challenges and processes of processes of social, economic, political and cultural change in the global South; and
• demonstrate a broad knowledge of the field of development studies; and
• demonstrate an awareness of the historical and contemporary relationship between developed and developing societies; and
• acquire critical insights into the key themes such as debt and global poverty, environmental sustainability, the relationship between citizens and the state; and
• develop skills in analysis of policies, institutions and approaches to development; and
• be prepare for becoming good global citizens; and
• work with independence, self-reflection and creativity to meet goals and challenges in the workplace and personal life; and
• work effectively in groups to meet a shared goal with people whose disciplinary and cultural backgrounds differ from their own.

Development Studies

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

Level 1

• DEVT10001 The Developing World (compulsory)and

And one of:

• ANTH10001 Anthropology: Studying Human Diversity
• INTS10001 International Politics
• GEOG10001 Famine: The Geography of Scarcity

Level 2 compulsory subject:

• DEVT20001 Development in the 21st Century

Level 2 optional subjects (one of):

• ANTH20007 Working with Value
• ANTH20011 Ethnic Nationalism and the Modern World
• GEOG20001 Society and Environments

Level 3 compulsory subject:

• ANTH30005 Power, Ideology and Inequality

Level 3 optional subjects (one of):

• GEOG30024 Africa: Environment, Development People
• GEOG30019 Sustainable Environment

Total 75 points

Level 1 Compulsory Subject

Level 1 Elective Subjects

Level 2 Compulsory Subject

Level 2 Elective Subjects

Level 3 Compulsory Subject

Level 3 Elective Subjects