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Development Studies

Errata
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Social Research specialisation:

Credit points have changed.
Students must choose 6 credit points from the following units:

ECOP6031 Research in Political Economy
GOVT6139 Research Design
SCLG6902 Doing Social Research

25/7/2018
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Development Studies

Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Development Studies must complete 24 credit points, including a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study and a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units of study.
Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Development Studies must complete 48 credit points, including 24 credit points of core units of study, a minimum of 6 credit points of core elective units of study and 18 credit points of elective units of study.
Candidates for the Master of Development Studies must complete 72 credit points, including 24 credit points of core units of study, a minimum of 6 credit points of core elective units of study, a maximum of 30 credit points of elective units of study, including an optional specialisation, and a minimum of 6 credit points of capstone units of study.

Core units of study

DVST6901
Development: Civil Society and Wellbeing
6    N SSCP6900


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
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
Semester 2
ANTH6916
Culture and Development: Key Concepts
6      Semester 1
Semester 2

Core elective units of study

DVST6905
Development Project Evaluation
6      Semester 2
DVST6906
Culture and Politics of Health Development
6      Semester 1
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
Students who complete 18 credit points within a single cognate discipline with relevance to Development Studies will have a specialisation recorded. Students must satisfy any prerequisite requirements set by the offering Department or Centre, as well as any prerequisites set by individual units of study, before they enrol in any unit of study.
With the permission of the Degree Coordinator, a maximum of 12 credit points can be taken as elective units from units of study outside those listed in the Development Studies subject area of the Postgraduate Unit of Study table, including a maximum of 6 credit points from units of study offered by other faculties.

Elective units of study

ANTH6910
Supervised Reading I
6    N ANTH3921

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
ANTH6911
Supervised Reading II
6    N ANTH3922

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
ASNS6900
Contemporary Asian Societies

This unit of study is not available in 2018

6      Semester 2
CISS6006
Statebuilding and 'Fragile States'
6      Semester 2
CISS6013
Middle East Conflict and Security

This unit of study is not available in 2018

6    N GOVT6154
Intensive December
ECON5001
Microeconomic Theory
6    N ECON5040
Intensive February
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
Semester 1
ECOP6015
Global Employment and Migration
6      Semester 1
ECOP6016
China in the World Economy

This unit of study is not available in 2018

6      Summer Main
ECOP6018
Economic Development: Growth and Wellbeing
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 2
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 1
GOVT6108
Democracy, Development and Rights in SE Asia
6      Semester 1
GOVT6135
Global Environmental Politics
6      Semester 1
GOVT6138
Gender, Family and the State
6      Semester 2
GOVT6139
Research Design
6      Semester 1
GOVT6163
Critical Challenges of Governing Cities
6      Semester 2
GOVT6223
Topics in Environmental Politics
6      Semester 2
GOVT6304
Development and World Politics
6      Semester 2
GOVT6313
Leadership in Theory and Practice
6      Semester 2
GOVT6316
Policy Making, Power and Politics
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT6319
Governance and Public Policy Making
6      Semester 2
GOVT6331
Public Management and Governance
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT6358
Comparative Migration Policy
6      Semester 2
HPOL5007
Global Health Policy
6      Semester 2
ITLS6007
Disaster Relief Operations
6    N TPTM6390
Winter Main
MIPH5112
Global Communicable Disease Control

This unit of study is not available in 2018

4      Semester 2
MIPH5116
Culture, Health, Illness and Medicine

This unit of study is not available in 2018

4      Semester 2
MIPH5124
Health Issues and Humanitarian Emergencies
4      Intensive November
MIPH5135
Health Systems in Developing Countries
4      Semester 2
MIPH5219
International Health Project Management
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
6   

This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2a
GOVT6137
Forces of Change in Int Relations
6      Semester 2
GOVT6156
Governance and Civil Society
6      Semester 2
PACS6901
United Nations, Peace and Security
6      Semester 1
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 2018

6    N SCWK6933
Intensive March
PACS6914
Conflict-Resolving Media
6    N SCWK6935
Intensive August
PACS6915
Human Rights, Peace and Justice
6    N SCWK6941
Semester 2
PACS6922
Peaceful Conflict Transformation

This unit of study is not available in 2018

6      Semester 1
PACS6923
The Human Right to Food
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      Summer Main
PACS6931
Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice
6      Intensive February
Intensive September
PACS6934
Conflict-Sensitive Development Practice
6    P PACS6911 or DVST6901
Intensive May
SCLG6901
Citizenship Rights and Social Movements
6    N SCWK6901


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
SCLG6902
Doing Social Research
6    N SCLG3003
Semester 1
SCLG6913
Social Justice Vocational Placement
6    P 24 credit points at 6000 level, including SCLG6923

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
SCLG6923
Social Justice Vocational Project Design
6    N SCLG6914
Semester 1
Semester 2
SCLG6914
Social Justice Internship B

This unit of study is not available in 2018

6    P 24 credit points from the Master of Human Rights program or 24 credit points from the Development Studies program or 24 credit points from the Peace and Conflict Studies program.
C SCLG6913

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
SCLG6916
Indigenous Rights - Global Issues
6      Semester 2
SSPS6001
Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
6      Semester 2
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 specialisation

12 credit points from the following
SSPS6001
Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
6      Semester 2
SSPS6002
Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences
6      Semester 1
12 credit points from the following
ECOP6031
Research in Political Economy
6      Semester 2
GOVT6139
Research Design
6      Semester 1
SCLG6902
Doing Social Research
6    N SCLG3003
Semester 1
Capstone units of study
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
6    P 48 credit points from the master of development studies program
Semester 1
Semester 2