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Development Studies

Semester 2, 2020 unit of study availability

Some Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences units of study originally intended to run in Semester 2, 2020 are no longer available.

A full and up-to-date list of units of study available in Semester 2, 2020 from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, can be found on this webpage.
 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Development Studies

Master of Development Studies

Students complete 72 credit points, including:
(a) a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a minimum of 6 credit points from selective units of study; and
(c) a maximum of 30 credit points from elective units of study
(i) a maximum of 12 credit points can be taken as elective units from outside those listed in the Table, including:
(ii) units of study from other faculties; and
(d) a minimum of 6 credit points from capstone units of study; or
(f) an optional specialisation in:
(i) Social Research.

Graduate Diploma in Development Studies

Students complete 48 credit points, including:
(a) 24 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) 6 credit points from selective units of study; and
(c) 18 credit points from elective units of study.

Graduate Certificate in Development Studies

Students complete 24 credit points, including:
(a) 12 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) 12 credit points from elective units of study.

Core units

DVST6901
Development: Civil Society and Wellbeing
6    N SSCP6900


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2
DVST6902
Development: Communication and Education
6    N SSCP6901


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2
DVST6904
Rethinking Poverty
6   

This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
ANTH6916
Culture and Development: Key Concepts
6      Semester 1

Selective units

DVST6905
Development Project Evaluation
6      Semester 1
DVST6906
Culture, Gender, Health in Development
6      Semester 2
ECOP6130
Human Rights and International Development
6    N SCLG6912


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
HRTD6903
Dynamics of Human Rights Violations
6      Semester 2
HRTD6916
Human Rights Simulation
6      Semester 1

Elective units

ANTH6910
Supervised Reading I

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6    N ANTH3921

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
ANTH6911
Supervised Reading II

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6    N ANTH3922

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
CISS6004
Health and Security
6      Semester 2
CISS6006
Intervention and 'Fragile' States
6      Semester 1
CISS6013
Middle East Conflict and Security
6    N GOVT6154
Semester 1
ECON5001
Microeconomic Theory
6    N ECON5040
Intensive January
Semester 1
Semester 2
ECON5002
Macroeconomic Theory
6    N ECON5003
Intensive January
Semester 1
Semester 2
ECON6016
Trade and Development
6    P ECON5001 or ECON5002 or ECON5040
Semester 2
ECON6023
International Trade
6    P ECON6001 or ECON6701
Semester 1
ECOP6015
Global Employment and Migration

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ECOP6016
China in the World Economy
6      Semester 1
ECOP6017
Inequality in the Global Economy
6      Semester 2
ECOP6018
Economic Development: Growth and Wellbeing

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 1
ECOP6031
Research in Political Economy
6      Semester 2
ECOP6101
Core Concepts in Political Economy
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ECOP6103
Strategic Debates on Economic Change
6      Semester 2
ECOP6108
Economic Management for Sustainability
6      Semester 1
EDPB5016
Global Poverty, Social Policy and Ed
6      Semester 2
ENVI5903
Sustainable Development
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit of study involves additional costs.
Intensive July
GCST6905
Gender in Cultural Theory
6      Semester 2
GLOH5112
Global Communicable Disease Control
6      Semester 2
GLOH5124
Humanitarian Crises and Refugee Health
6    N MIPH5124
Intensive October
GLOH5135
Global Health Systems and Delivery
6    N HPOL5001
Semester 1
GOVT6108
Democracy, Development and Rights in SE Asia

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 2
GOVT6135
Global Environmental Politics
6      Semester 2
GOVT6138
Gender, Family and the State

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 2
GOVT6139
Research Design
6      Semester 1
GOVT6156
Strategy and Civil Society
6      Semester 2
GOVT6163
Critical Challenges of Governing Cities

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 2
GOVT6223
Topics in Environmental Politics

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 2
GOVT6301
Public Sector Ethics and Corruption
6      Semester 2
GOVT6304
Development and World Politics

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 2
GOVT6313
Leadership in Theory and Practice

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 2
GOVT6316
The Politics of Policy Making
6      Semester 2
GOVT6319
Governance and Public Policy Making

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 2
GOVT6331
Public Management and Governance
6      Semester 2
GOVT6358
Comparative Migration Policy

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 2
HPOL5007
Global Health Policy
6      Semester 2
HRTD6901
Human Rights and the Human Rights System
6      Semester 1
ITLS6007
Disaster Relief Operations
6    N TPTM6390
Intensive July
LNGS7507
Language and Communities
6      Semester 1
MIPH5124
Health Issues and Humanitarian Emergencies

This unit of study is not available in 2020

4      Intensive November
MIPH5135
Health Systems in Developing Countries

This unit of study is not available in 2020

4      Semester 2
MIPH5219
International Health Project Management

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6    A General knowledge of public health in low and middle income countries
N MIPH5220


Department permission required for enrolment for students from degrees other than MIPH.
Semester 2
GEOS5501
Human Rights and the Environment

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6   

This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2a
GOVT6137
Forces of Change in Int Relations
6      Semester 2
GOVT6156
Strategy and Civil Society
6      Semester 2
FASS7001
Academic English for Postgraduates
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
FASS7002
Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
PACS6901
United Nations, Peace and Security
6      Semester 1
PACS6909
Cultures of Violence

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 2
PACS6911
Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies
6    N SCWK6930
Semester 1
PACS6912
Nonviolence: Philosophy and Practice

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6    N SCWK6933
Intensive March
PACS6913
Conflict in Organisations

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Summer Main
PACS6914
Conflict-Resolving Media
6    N SCWK6935
Intensive August
PACS6915
Human Rights, Peace and Justice

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6    N SCWK6941
Semester 2
PACS6923
The Human Right to Food

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 2b
PACS6924
Democracy in the Developing World
6      Semester 1
PACS6925
Peace and the Global Compact
6      Semester 2b
PACS6928
Community Mediation: Theory and Practice
6      Intensive April
PACS6931
Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice
6      Intensive October
PACS6934
Conflict-Sensitive Development Practice

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Intensive May
SCLG6901
Citizenship Rights and Social Movements
6    N SCWK6901


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
SCLG6902
Ethics of Social Research

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6    N SCLG3003
Semester 1
SCLG6913
Social Justice Vocational Placement
6    P 24 credit points at 6000 level and including SCLG6923

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Intensive December
Intensive February
Intensive January
Intensive July
Intensive November
Semester 1
Semester 1b
Semester 2
Semester 2b
SCLG6923
Social Justice Vocational Project Design
6    N SCLG6914
Semester 1
Semester 2
SCLG6916
Indigenous Rights - Global Issues
6      Semester 2
SSPS6001
Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
6      Semester 1
SSPS6002
Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences
6      Semester 1
WRIT6000
Professional Writing
6      Semester 2
WRIT6001
Professional Editing
6      Semester 1

Optional Specialisation

Social Research
(a) 12 credit points from the following:
SSPS6001
Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
6      Semester 1
SSPS6002
Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences
6      Semester 1
(b) 6 credit points from the following:
ECOP6031
Research in Political Economy
6      Semester 2
GOVT6139
Research Design
6      Semester 1
SCLG6902
Ethics of Social Research

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6    N SCLG3003
Semester 1
Capstone units
DVST6911
Dissertation Part A
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
DVST6912
Dissertation Part B
6    P DVST6911

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
DVST6913
Development Collaboration

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6    P 48 credit points from the master of development studies program
Semester 2