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Study Details: MSc one year full-time, two years part-time
Students are encouraged to examine critically the relationship between labour, capitalism, development and poverty. We investigate labour in the contemporary social and economic development of the Global South as well as established and emerging social movements of labour in local, national and international spaces. You will learn to identify and evaluate the relationship between collective agency, policy and vice-versa.
A virtual or physical placement in an organisation promoting collective and progressive social change will enable you to develop an understanding of how a social movement or a union deal with such issues in practice.
We work in a seminar/tutorial formats that encourage critical thinking and participation via an emphasis on the relationship between theory and practice. Programme lecturers are not just research active. We are also activists and have experience of participation in labour and social movements across the world – Latin America, Africa and Asia and Europe and have on-going contacts with such movements as well as with NGOs and international organisations. We are well-placed to work with you on applying a deep understanding of collective movements to the challenge of working in development, development-related organisations and beyond into education and corporate social responsibility at various levels and scales.
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.
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Core module
Dissertation in Development Studies - 60 credits
Open
Compulsory module
Labour, Activism and Global Development - 15 credits
Open
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
A minimum of 30 credits to be selected from Guided options. If International Development Placement is not available, the two remaining guided options should be taken.
A further 15 credits can be selected from Open options.
Global Commodity Chains, Production Networks and Informal Work - 15 credits
Open
Civil society, social movements and the development process - 15 credits
Open
International Development Virtual Placement - 15 credits
Open
Open options
Students can take a maximum of 15 credits from the School-wide open options list, including languages.
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