Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
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Study Details: 2 Years
The MSc Global Development with Work Placement Year programme provides a solid interdisciplinary social science formation in development theory and practice and develops students’ capacities for independent and critical analysis.
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.
For your placement year, you will have the opportunity to take part in a full-time, 10–12 month work placement at an organisation of your choice. Please note: you will be expected to secure the work placement yourself, to be approved by the academic department. The SOAS Careers team are on hand to help you with your CV, interview skills and finding the right organisation for you.
We will consider all applications with 2:2 (or international equivalent) or higher.
In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application such as supporting statement. References are optional, but can help build a stronger application if you fall below the 2:2 requirement or have non-traditional qualifications.
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.
Recent graduates have been hired by:
Amnesty International
BBC World Service
British Embassy Brussels
Department for International Development
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
Embassy of Japan
Government of Pakistan
Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
KPMG LLP
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
National Health and Medical Research Council
Overseas Development Institute
Oxfam
Royal Norwegian Embassy
Save the Children UK
The World Bank
Thinking Beyond Borders
US Department of State
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
WaterAid
Core and Compulsory modules
Theory, policy and practice of development - 30 credits
Open
Political Economy of Development - 30 credits
Open
Optional modules
In addition to the above, the following is selected:
Modules from the list below to the value of 30 credits
Open option module(s) to the value of 30 credits OR a further 30 credits from the modules listed below
Non-assessed module
All MSc students in Development Studies are eligible to attend the one-term, non-assessed module Economics for Beginners, which introduces students to basic concepts in microeconomics, macroeconomics, development economics, and statistics and econometrics.
List of Development Studies modules (subject to availability)
Civil society, social movements and the development process - 15 credits
Open
Gender and Development - 15 credits
Open
Development Practice - 15 credits
Open
Fundamentals of research methods for Development Studies - 15 credits
Open
War to Peace Transitions - 15 credits
Open
Problems of Development in the Middle East and North Africa - 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
Water Justice: Rights, Access and Movements (Development Studies) - 15 credits
Open
Water and Development: Commodification, Ecology and Globalisation (Development Studies) - 15 credits
Open
Global Health and Development - 15 credits
Open
International Development Virtual Placement - 15 credits
Open
Cities and Development - 15 credits
Open
Feminist Political Economy and Global Development - 15 credits
Open
Issues in Forced Migration - 15 credits
Open
Borders and Development - 15 credits
Open
Open options
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