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Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time
Gain the skills and understanding to tackle the global challenges of poverty, inequality, conflict, sustainability and social justice.
Learn what it means to be a global citizen and gain the skills and tools to make a difference in the world.
Whether you’re aiming to further your career as an international development professional or looking to start working in this field, our International Development master’s courses could be for you.
This degree will equip you with interdisciplinary research and interpersonal skills to constructively engage with the different social, political and cultural environments shaping countries’ development processes. It will also prepare you to explore these topics at a deeper, doctoral level by pursuing a relevant PhD.
You should have a bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent, typically a 2:1 or above.
To apply for this course you should have an undergraduate degree in an appropriate subject such as politics, economics, anthropology, international relations, sociology, government studies, African, Latin American or South East Asian Studies or environmental studies.
We will also consider graduates with an undergraduate degree in other subjects, especially where you have relevant professional experience in international development.
We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree.
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This course provides an excellent background for those wishing to pursue careers in fields that aim to improve people’s lives. These include the international development, sustainability, humanitarian and peacebuilding sectors.
You will be qualified to work in a wide variety of roles, including social research, public policy, public information and campaigning.
Graduates from our suite of International Development master’s courses have gone on to secure the following roles:
Other graduates have chosen to work for themselves and set up their own charities, while others have gone on to complete doctoral studies.
Year 1
Semester 1
You’ll choose one optional unit.
Compulsory units
Optional units
Semester 2
You’ll choose one optional unit.
Compulsory units
Optional units
Summer
You’ll complete a dissertation or practicum.
Optional units
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