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MA Global Development

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    MA 1 year full time, 2 years part time

Course Description

Explore the multiple connections (and disconnections) between countries of the Global North and the Global South. You will consider alternative future possibilities for international development in theory and practice, combining cutting-edge thinking on global development, economic geography, political economy, labour studies, globalisation, and social change. You will be able to extend your understanding of these topics through an optional field trip to Mumbai or Malaysia

Why this programme

  • Gain a detailed understanding of development practices and experiences within different sites and spaces of the Global North and South
  • Gain insights into globalisation, migration studies, global politics as well as global urban justice development practice
  • Engage with academics in the School of Geography on their world-leading Economy, Development and Social Justice research theme
  • Develop field-based research skills through a field trip to Mumbai (subject to change)

Entry Requirements

A 2:1 or above at undergraduate level in a relevant subject.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

There are a number of ways you can fund your postgraduate degree.

  • Scholarships and bursaries
  • Postgraduate loans (UK students)
  • Country-specific scholarships for international students

Student Destinations

This programme will prepare you for a broad range of careers but will specifically deliver the research skills and substantive knowledge required by NGOs, development organisations, national government departments and academic research roles. Previous graduates have gone onto undertake PhDs, as well as working in consultancy, as traders, as research executives, marketers and in management.

Module Details

  • 12,000-word dissertation
  • Two compulsory modules
  • Two or three elective modules

Compulsory/Core modules

  • Geographical Thought and Practice
  • Retheorising Global Development
  • Dissertation 12,000 Words

Elective modules

  • Migration and Mobilities
  • Global working lives
  • Global Health Geographies
  • Advanced Readings
  • Evaluation and Delivery in Public Policy
  • International Security: War and Peace in a Global Context
  • Globalisation and the International Political Economy of Development
  • International Organisations

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