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Study Details: MSc one year full-time, two years part-time
The MSc Research for International Development is a cutting-edge degree funded and supported by the UK’s ESRC (The Economic and Social Research Council) as part of the Bloomsbury Doctoral Training Centre.
The programme’s equips students with the theoretical background and analytical skills to inquire into the relationship between theory, research methods and politics in international development. It provides students with knowledge about the plurality of methodological approaches in key
areas of international development research, and the policy choices and strategies associated with these. The module offers students the opportunity to engage with a selection of methods used in international development research.
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
Dissertation in Research Methods for International Development - 60 credits
Open
Compulsory
Fundamentals of research methods for Development Studies - 15 credits
Open
Evaluation Methods in International Development - 15 credits
Open
Guided options List A
30 credits of related modules to be selected from List A - either Political Economy of Development OR Theories and Policy and Practice of Development.
Political Economy of Development: Foundational concepts - 15 credits
Open
Political Economy of Development: applied topics and policy debates - 15 credits
Open
Theories of Development - 15 credits
Open
Policy and Practice of Development - 15 credits
Open
Guided options
Students must choose 60 credits from the guided options list
Civil society, social movements and the development process - 15 credits
Open
Gender and Development - 15 credits
Open
Development Practice - 15 credits
Open
Issues in Forced Migration - 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
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
Structural Change and Economic Development in Africa - 15 credits
Open
Macroeconomics - 15 credits
Open
Microeconomics - 15 credits
Open
Political Economy of Development and Change in the Middle East - 15 credits
Open
Economic development in the Asia Pacific region - 15 credits
Open
Financial Systems and Economic Development - 15 credits
Open
Economics of Environment and Development - 15 credits
Open
Global Economic Policy Analysis - 15 credits
Open
China and World Development - 15 credits
Open
Green Finance - 15 credits
Open
Principles of Statistics and Econometrics with R coding - 15 credits
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