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Study Details: MSc one year full-time, two years part-time
Development Studies is a dynamic field concerned with processes of change in the South – social and economic, political and cultural – and the major policy challenges they present to efforts to overcome poverty and insecurity. This programme provides a solid interdisciplinary social science formation in development theory and practice and develops students’ capacities for independent and critical analysis.
We will consider all applications with 2:ii (or international equivalent) or higher. In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application including supporting statement and references.
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A degree from the Department of Development Studies at SOAS will further develop your understanding of the world and how society is organised, with specific focus on violence and conflict, the role of aid, refugees and forced migration. Graduates leave with a range of transferable skills, including critical thinking, analytical skills and cultural awareness.
Core module
Dissertation in Development Studies - 60 credits
Open
Compulsory modules
Theories of Development - 15 credits
Open
Policy and Practice of Development - 15 credits
Open
Political Economy of Development: Foundational concepts - 15 credits
Open
Political Economy of Development: applied topics and policy debates - 15 credits
Open
Guided modules
Development Practice - 15 credits
Open
Civil society, social movements and the development process - 15 credits
Open
Gender and Development - 15 credits
Open
Issues in Forced Migration - 15 credits
Open
Fundamentals of research methods for Development Studies - 15 credits
Open
War to Peace Transitions - 15 credits
Open
Security - 15 credits
Open
Borders and Development - 15 credits
Open
Global Commodity Chains, Production Networks and Informal Work - 15 credits
Open
Agrarian Development, Food Policy and Rural Poverty - 15 credits
Open
Aid and Development - 15 credits
Open
Migration and Policy - 15 credits
Open
Labour, Activism and Global Development - 15 credits
Open
Structural Change and Economic Development in Africa - 15 credits
Open
Energy Transitions, Nature and Climate - 15 credits
Open
Environment, Governance and Development - 15 credits
Open
Global Health and Development - 15 credits
Open
Cities and Development - 15 credits
Open
Feminist Political Economy and Global Development - 15 credits
Open
Global Approaches to Peace - 15 credits
Open
International Development Virtual Placement - 15 credits
Open
Open options
Students can take a maximum of 30 credits from the School-wide open options list, including languages.
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