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MSc International Development in the Americas

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year - 2 years

Masters Degree Description

Interested in understanding the most pressing global development challenges and how these play out in the Americas? Join this one-year immersion to acquire the theoretical insights and practical skills needed to address the challenges of reducing inequalities while building prosperous, socially just and environmentally sustainable societies. You’ll link theory with practice by exploring emblematic case studies and influencing policy papers from the Americas and beyond – so you’re ready to work in the United Nations, NGOs, government, think tanks, charities and the media.

Entry Requirements

Normally an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. A basic reading competence in Spanish, French or Portuguese is useful but not essential.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Upon completing this degree, you will have skills well suited for jobs in sectors such as development sector worldwide, government institutions (UK and Latin America), United Nations agencies and Think Tanks, NGOs and charitable organisations, media and journalism.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Researching the Americas
  • International Development: Theory, Policy, and Practice
  • Dissertation
  • The Caribbean from the Haitian Revolution to the Cuban Revolution
  • The Politics of Human Rights in Latin America: Challenges to Democratization
  • The International Politics of Latin America
  • Gender, Politics, and Public Policy in Latin America
  • The Making of Modern Latin America: History, Politics and Society

Optional modules

  • The Caribbean from the Haitian Revolution to the Cuban Revolution
  • The Politics of Human Rights in Latin America: Challenges to Democratization
  • The International Politics of Latin America
  • Gender, Politics, and Public Policy in Latin America
  • The Making of Modern Latin America: History, Politics and Society

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